American Geographical Society
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The American Geographical Society is a long-standing U.S.-based scholarly organization dedicated to advancing geographic knowledge and exploration through research, education, and public outreach.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Geographical Society canonical | 10 |
| American Geographical Society Fall Symposium | 1 |
| American Geographical Society of New York | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1838405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Geographical Society Context triple: [Robert E. Peary, memberOf, American Geographical Society]
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A.
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is a renowned nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to exploring and documenting the planet’s geography, wildlife, cultures, and environment.
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B.
American Acclimatization Society
The American Acclimatization Society was a 19th-century New York–based group dedicated to introducing non-native European plants and animals to North America, most notoriously responsible for releasing European starlings into the United States.
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C.
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society is a prestigious scholarly organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, dedicated to promoting knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, publications, and meetings.
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D.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
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E.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Geographical Society Target entity description: The American Geographical Society is a long-standing U.S.-based scholarly organization dedicated to advancing geographic knowledge and exploration through research, education, and public outreach.
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A.
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is a renowned nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to exploring and documenting the planet’s geography, wildlife, cultures, and environment.
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B.
American Acclimatization Society
The American Acclimatization Society was a 19th-century New York–based group dedicated to introducing non-native European plants and animals to North America, most notoriously responsible for releasing European starlings into the United States.
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C.
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society is a prestigious scholarly organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, dedicated to promoting knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, publications, and meetings.
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D.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
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E.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic journal publisher
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geographical society ⓘ learned society ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| awards |
fellowships
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medals ⓘ research grants ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
government agencies
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non-governmental organizations ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
cartography
ⓘ
exploration ⓘ geography ⓘ geospatial science ⓘ |
| focus |
exploration and discovery
ⓘ
geographic education ⓘ geospatial technology ⓘ global issues ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Broadway, Manhattan
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linked to:
Broadway (Manhattan street)
Washington Heights, Manhattan ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Heights
|
| foundedBy |
Albert Smith Bickmore
ⓘ
linked to:
Albert S. Bickmore
|
| hasAbbreviation | AGS ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
atlas collection
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geographic archives ⓘ map collection ⓘ |
| hasMembership |
individual members
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institutional members ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Brooklyn Heights
ⓘ
Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Brooklyn
|
| inception | 1851 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mission | to advance geographic knowledge and the application of geographic information in business, government, science, and education ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Alexander Graham Bell Medal
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linked to:
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Charles P. Daly Medal ⓘ Samuel Finley Breese Morse Medal ⓘ |
| organizes |
American Geographical Society Fall Symposium
ⓘ
linked to:
American Geographical Society
Geography 2050 ⓘ conferences ⓘ public lectures ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| publication |
Focus on Geography
ⓘ
Geographical Review ⓘ |
| publishes | Geographical Review ⓘ |
| purpose |
education
ⓘ
public outreach ⓘ research ⓘ |
| website | https://americangeo.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: American Geographical Society Description of subject: The American Geographical Society is a long-standing U.S.-based scholarly organization dedicated to advancing geographic knowledge and exploration through research, education, and public outreach.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: American Geographical Society
linked to: American Geographical Society
subject linked to:
“Ice Woman” for her Arctic work