American Society of Naturalists
E583495
The American Society of Naturalists is a professional scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology through research, education, and communication among naturalists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Society of Naturalists canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6318055 — 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 Society of Naturalists Context triple: [Eric R. Pianka, memberOf, American Society of Naturalists]
-
A.
Ecological Society of America
The Ecological Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the science and practice of ecology through research, education, and policy engagement.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is a professional scientific organization dedicated to the study and conservation of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
-
D.
Entomological Society of America
The Entomological Society of America is a professional scientific organization dedicated to the study of insects, supporting research, education, and communication among entomologists.
-
E.
American Society of Mammalogists
The American Society of Mammalogists is a professional scientific organization dedicated to the study, conservation, and dissemination of knowledge about mammals.
- 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 Society of Naturalists Target entity description: The American Society of Naturalists is a professional scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology through research, education, and communication among naturalists.
-
A.
Ecological Society of America
The Ecological Society of America is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the science and practice of ecology through research, education, and policy engagement.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is a professional scientific organization dedicated to the study and conservation of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
-
D.
Entomological Society of America
The Entomological Society of America is a professional scientific organization dedicated to the study of insects, supporting research, education, and communication among entomologists.
-
E.
American Society of Mammalogists
The American Society of Mammalogists is a professional scientific organization dedicated to the study, conservation, and dissemination of knowledge about mammals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional association
ⓘ
scientific society ⓘ |
| awards |
E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award
ⓘ
Sewall Wright Award ⓘ Student Research Awards ⓘ Young Investigator Award ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| disciplineOfPublishedJournal |
behavioral ecology
ⓘ
ecology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ theoretical biology ⓘ |
| field |
ecology
ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ natural history ⓘ organismal biology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conceptual unification in biology
ⓘ
integration of ecology and evolution ⓘ natural history ⓘ |
| founded | 1883 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAbbreviation | ASN ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
granting research awards
ⓘ
organizing conferences ⓘ promoting science education ⓘ publishing scientific research ⓘ |
| hasNotableJournal | The American Naturalist ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.amnat.org ⓘ |
| languageOfPublishedJournal | English ⓘ |
| membershipScope | international ⓘ |
| membershipType | individual members ⓘ |
| organizes |
scientific meetings
ⓘ
symposia ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| publicationType | scientific journal ⓘ |
| publishes | The American Naturalist ⓘ |
| purpose |
advance the study of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology
ⓘ
facilitate communication among naturalists ⓘ promote education in ecology and evolution ⓘ promote research in natural history and evolution ⓘ |
| supports |
early-career researchers
ⓘ
field-based research ⓘ graduate students ⓘ postdoctoral researchers ⓘ theoretical research in ecology and evolution ⓘ |
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 Society of Naturalists Description of subject: The American Society of Naturalists is a professional scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology through research, education, and communication among naturalists.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.