Asperger syndrome
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Asperger syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition on the autism spectrum characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication alongside focused interests and often average or above-average intelligence.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Asperger syndrome canonical | 11 |
| Asperger | 1 |
| Asperger's syndrome | 1 |
| Asperger’s syndrome | 1 |
| autism spectrum disorder (ICD-11) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T40949 — 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: Asperger syndrome Context triple: [Greta Thunberg, diagnosis, Asperger syndrome]
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ABA
The ABA (American Basketball Association) was a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and later merged with the NBA, known for its flashy style, three-point line, and red-white-and-blue basketball.
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SAS
SAS is the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences departments and programs.
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ATE
ATE is a U.S. National Science Foundation program that supports the education and training of technicians for advanced technology fields through partnerships between two-year colleges, industry, and other educational institutions.
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WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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CHOP
CHOP is a leading pediatric hospital and research institution in Philadelphia renowned for its specialized care for children and groundbreaking medical research.
- 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: Asperger syndrome Target entity description: Asperger syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition on the autism spectrum characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication alongside focused interests and often average or above-average intelligence.
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A.
ABA
The ABA (American Basketball Association) was a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and later merged with the NBA, known for its flashy style, three-point line, and red-white-and-blue basketball.
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B.
SAS
SAS is the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, encompassing the university’s core liberal arts and sciences departments and programs.
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C.
ATE
ATE is a U.S. National Science Foundation program that supports the education and training of technicians for advanced technology fields through partnerships between two-year colleges, industry, and other educational institutions.
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D.
WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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CHOP
CHOP is a leading pediatric hospital and research institution in Philadelphia renowned for its specialized care for children and groundbreaking medical research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autism spectrum disorder
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developmental disorder ⓘ neurodevelopmental condition ⓘ |
| affects |
behavior patterns
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communication ⓘ social functioning ⓘ |
| diagnosedBy |
behavioral observation
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clinical assessment ⓘ developmental history evaluation ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | Hans Asperger ⓘ |
| firstDescribedIn | 1944 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
genetic factors
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neurobiological factors ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
average or above-average intelligence
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difficulties in social communication ⓘ difficulties in social interaction ⓘ difficulty forming peer relationships ⓘ difficulty understanding social cues ⓘ difficulty with eye contact ⓘ difficulty with reciprocal conversation ⓘ impaired nonverbal communication ⓘ intense special interests ⓘ literal interpretation of language ⓘ motor clumsiness ⓘ no significant delay in cognitive development ⓘ no significant delay in language development ⓘ preference for routines ⓘ repetitive behaviors ⓘ restricted interests ⓘ sensory sensitivities ⓘ |
| hasOnset | early childhood ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
often considered a form of neurodivergence
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viewed by many as a difference rather than a disease ⓘ |
| isNotCausedBy |
parenting style
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vaccines ⓘ |
| mayBeComorbidWith |
anxiety disorders
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attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ⓘ depression ⓘ obsessive–compulsive disorder ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hans Asperger ⓘ |
| partOf | autism spectrum ⓘ |
| replacedByDiagnosis |
autism spectrum disorder (DSM-5)
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autism spectrum disorder (ICD-11) ⓘ
linked to:
Asperger syndrome
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| treatedWith |
behavioral interventions
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cognitive behavioral therapy ⓘ educational support ⓘ occupational therapy ⓘ social skills training ⓘ speech and language therapy ⓘ |
| wasDiagnosticCategoryIn |
DSM-IV
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ICD-10 ⓘ
linked to:
International Classification of Diseases
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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: Asperger syndrome Description of subject: Asperger syndrome is a neurodevelopmental condition on the autism spectrum characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication alongside focused interests and often average or above-average intelligence.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asperger syndrome
linked to: Asperger syndrome
linked to: Asperger syndrome
The Best Kind of Different: Our Family’s Journey with Asperger’s Syndrome
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mainSubject
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Asperger’s syndrome
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linked to: Asperger syndrome
subject linked to:
Rizwan Khan from My Name Is Khan