Allen Institute for Brain Science
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The Allen Institute for Brain Science is a Seattle-based nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing the understanding of the brain through large-scale, open-access neuroscience projects and data resources.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T591589 — 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: Allen Institute for Brain Science Context triple: [Estate of Paul Allen, includesOrganization, Allen Institute for Brain Science]
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Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory is a neuroscience research center at MIT dedicated to understanding the mechanisms of learning, memory, and related brain disorders.
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McGovern Institute for Brain Research
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research is a neuroscience research center at MIT dedicated to understanding the brain and applying that knowledge to help treat brain disorders.
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Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is a U.S. government research agency that supports and conducts scientific studies on the brain and nervous system to better understand, treat, and prevent neurological disorders.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences is an interdisciplinary research center at Duke University dedicated to advancing understanding of the brain and translating discoveries into treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
- 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: Allen Institute for Brain Science Target entity description: The Allen Institute for Brain Science is a Seattle-based nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing the understanding of the brain through large-scale, open-access neuroscience projects and data resources.
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A.
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory is a neuroscience research center at MIT dedicated to understanding the mechanisms of learning, memory, and related brain disorders.
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B.
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research is a neuroscience research center at MIT dedicated to understanding the brain and applying that knowledge to help treat brain disorders.
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C.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is a U.S. government research agency that supports and conducts scientific studies on the brain and nervous system to better understand, treat, and prevent neurological disorders.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences is an interdisciplinary research center at Duke University dedicated to advancing understanding of the brain and translating discoveries into treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
neuroscience research institute
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nonprofit research organization ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
academic institutions
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government agencies ⓘ industry partners ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataPolicy |
open-access
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publicly available datasets ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biomedical research
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brain research ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Paul Allen ⓘ |
| fundingModel | philanthropic funding ⓘ |
| fundingSource | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Allen Institute for Brain-wide Cell Census
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linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Institute for Cell Types ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Cell Science
Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seattle, Washington
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linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
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| inception | 2003 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle, Washington
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linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
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| methodUsed |
high-throughput data generation
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large-scale team science ⓘ multimodal brain mapping ⓘ |
| mission | advance the understanding of the brain ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Paul Allen ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Allen Brain Observatory
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linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Cell Types Database ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Connectivity Atlas ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Human Brain Atlas ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Mouse Brain Atlas ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Allen Spinal Cord Atlas ⓘ
linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
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| operatesAs | independent research institute ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Allen Institute
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linked to:
Allen Institute for Brain Science
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| provides |
neuroscience data portals
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online brain atlases ⓘ open data APIs ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
brain mapping
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cell types in the brain ⓘ computational neuroscience ⓘ gene expression in the brain ⓘ human brain ⓘ mouse brain ⓘ neural circuits ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ systems neuroscience ⓘ |
| website | https://alleninstitute.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: Allen Institute for Brain Science Description of subject: The Allen Institute for Brain Science is a Seattle-based nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing the understanding of the brain through large-scale, open-access neuroscience projects and data resources.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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