Buddhist Association of the United States
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The Buddhist Association of the United States is a religious organization that promotes Buddhism and supports Buddhist communities and institutions across the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Buddhist Association of the United States canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5392459 — 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: Buddhist Association of the United States Context triple: [Chuang Yen Monastery, operatedBy, Buddhist Association of the United States]
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A.
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
The International Network of Engaged Buddhists is a global alliance of socially active Buddhists and organizations dedicated to applying Buddhist principles to contemporary social, political, and environmental issues.
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B.
Rissho Kosei-kai
Rissho Kosei-kai is a Japanese Buddhist lay organization known for its emphasis on peace, interfaith dialogue, and social engagement.
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C.
Soka Gakkai
Soka Gakkai is a Japanese lay Buddhist movement known for its large membership, global peace activism, and close historical ties to the Komeito political party.
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D.
Sangha
Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
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E.
Mahayana Buddhist Temple
Mahayana Buddhist Temple is a prominent Chinese Buddhist temple in Manhattan’s Chinatown known for its large Buddha statue and role as a cultural and religious center for the local community.
- 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: Buddhist Association of the United States Target entity description: The Buddhist Association of the United States is a religious organization that promotes Buddhism and supports Buddhist communities and institutions across the United States.
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A.
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
The International Network of Engaged Buddhists is a global alliance of socially active Buddhists and organizations dedicated to applying Buddhist principles to contemporary social, political, and environmental issues.
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B.
Rissho Kosei-kai
Rissho Kosei-kai is a Japanese Buddhist lay organization known for its emphasis on peace, interfaith dialogue, and social engagement.
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C.
Soka Gakkai
Soka Gakkai is a Japanese lay Buddhist movement known for its large membership, global peace activism, and close historical ties to the Komeito political party.
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D.
Sangha
Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
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E.
Mahayana Buddhist Temple
Mahayana Buddhist Temple is a prominent Chinese Buddhist temple in Manhattan’s Chinatown known for its large Buddha statue and role as a cultural and religious center for the local community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist organization
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religious organization ⓘ |
| continentOfOperation | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist education
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community support ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| focusArea | Buddhist community development ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
Buddhist education programs
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community outreach ⓘ religious activities ⓘ support for Buddhist institutions ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
promotion of Buddhism
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support of Buddhist communities ⓘ support of Buddhist institutions ⓘ |
| hasScope | national ⓘ |
| ideology | Buddhist teachings ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-profit organization ⓘ |
| operatesInSector | non-profit sector ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| servesCommunity | Buddhists in the United States ⓘ |
| supports |
Buddhist centers in the United States
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Buddhist educational institutions in the United States ⓘ Buddhist temples in the United States ⓘ |
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: Buddhist Association of the United States Description of subject: The Buddhist Association of the United States is a religious organization that promotes Buddhism and supports Buddhist communities and institutions across the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.