open society
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An open society is a political and social system characterized by democratic governance, protection of individual rights, transparency, and a critical, pluralistic public sphere that allows for the free exchange of ideas and peaceful change.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| open society canonical | 3 |
| open society theory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3304570 — 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: open society Context triple: [The Open Society and Its Enemies, mainSubject, open society]
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies is Karl Popper’s influential two-volume critique of totalitarianism and historicism, defending liberal democracy and the principles of an open society.
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Public Choice Society
The Public Choice Society is an academic organization devoted to the study of public choice theory, focusing on the application of economic and rational-choice analysis to political and collective decision-making.
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Civic Forum
Civic Forum was a broad anti-communist political movement in Czechoslovakia that led the Velvet Revolution and the country’s transition to democracy in 1989–1990.
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Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society is an international organization of classical liberal and free-market economists, intellectuals, and policymakers dedicated to promoting individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom.
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System of Positive Polity
System of Positive Polity is Auguste Comte’s multi-volume work that elaborates his philosophy of positivism into a comprehensive social and political doctrine aimed at reorganizing society on scientific and altruistic principles.
- 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: open society Target entity description: An open society is a political and social system characterized by democratic governance, protection of individual rights, transparency, and a critical, pluralistic public sphere that allows for the free exchange of ideas and peaceful change.
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A.
The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Open Society and Its Enemies is Karl Popper’s influential two-volume critique of totalitarianism and historicism, defending liberal democracy and the principles of an open society.
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B.
Public Choice Society
The Public Choice Society is an academic organization devoted to the study of public choice theory, focusing on the application of economic and rational-choice analysis to political and collective decision-making.
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C.
Civic Forum
Civic Forum was a broad anti-communist political movement in Czechoslovakia that led the Velvet Revolution and the country’s transition to democracy in 1989–1990.
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D.
Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society is an international organization of classical liberal and free-market economists, intellectuals, and policymakers dedicated to promoting individual liberty, limited government, and economic freedom.
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E.
System of Positive Polity
System of Positive Polity is Auguste Comte’s multi-volume work that elaborates his philosophy of positivism into a comprehensive social and political doctrine aimed at reorganizing society on scientific and altruistic principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
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| instanceOf |
normative political theory concept
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philosophical concept ⓘ political concept ⓘ social concept ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
constitutionalism
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human rights regime ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ liberalism ⓘ pluralist democracy ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | closed society ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
access to information
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accountability of public officials ⓘ civil society participation ⓘ constitutional limits on power ⓘ critical public sphere ⓘ democratic governance ⓘ electoral competition ⓘ free exchange of ideas ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ government responsiveness ⓘ independent judiciary ⓘ independent media ⓘ institutional checks and balances ⓘ legal equality of citizens ⓘ merit-based social mobility ⓘ non-discrimination ⓘ nonviolent conflict resolution ⓘ open markets with regulation ⓘ open public debate ⓘ openness to criticism of government ⓘ peaceful change of government ⓘ peaceful transfer of power ⓘ pluralism ⓘ pluralistic party system ⓘ political competition ⓘ protection against arbitrary arrest ⓘ protection against censorship ⓘ protection of academic freedom ⓘ protection of artistic freedom ⓘ protection of individual rights ⓘ protection of minorities ⓘ protection of privacy ⓘ protection of private property ⓘ protection of religious freedom ⓘ public oversight of power ⓘ regular free and fair elections ⓘ respect for human rights ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ tolerance of dissent ⓘ transparency ⓘ transparency of government ⓘ |
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: open society Description of subject: An open society is a political and social system characterized by democratic governance, protection of individual rights, transparency, and a critical, pluralistic public sphere that allows for the free exchange of ideas and peaceful change.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: open society