superior frontal gyrus
E764622
The superior frontal gyrus is a region of the frontal lobe of the brain involved in higher cognitive functions, motor planning, and aspects of self-awareness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| superior frontal gyrus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8902143 — 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: superior frontal gyrus Context triple: [supplementary motor area, locatedIn, superior frontal gyrus]
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A.
prefrontal cortex
The prefrontal cortex is the front part of the brain’s frontal lobes responsible for higher-order functions such as decision-making, attention, impulse control, and working memory.
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B.
Broca's area
Broca's area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain that is crucial for speech production and language processing.
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C.
supplementary motor area
The supplementary motor area is a region of the medial frontal cortex involved in planning, coordinating, and initiating complex voluntary movements, especially those requiring sequences or bilateral coordination.
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D.
cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex is the brain’s highly folded outer layer responsible for complex functions such as perception, language, thought, and voluntary movement.
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E.
Amygdala
The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
- 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: superior frontal gyrus Target entity description: The superior frontal gyrus is a region of the frontal lobe of the brain involved in higher cognitive functions, motor planning, and aspects of self-awareness.
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A.
prefrontal cortex
The prefrontal cortex is the front part of the brain’s frontal lobes responsible for higher-order functions such as decision-making, attention, impulse control, and working memory.
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B.
Broca's area
Broca's area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain that is crucial for speech production and language processing.
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C.
supplementary motor area
The supplementary motor area is a region of the medial frontal cortex involved in planning, coordinating, and initiating complex voluntary movements, especially those requiring sequences or bilateral coordination.
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D.
cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex is the brain’s highly folded outer layer responsible for complex functions such as perception, language, thought, and voluntary movement.
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E.
Amygdala
The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brain region
ⓘ
cerebral cortex region ⓘ |
| arterialSupply |
anterior cerebral artery
ⓘ
middle cerebral artery (superior divisions) ⓘ
linked to:
middle cerebral artery
|
| boundedLaterallyBy | superior frontal sulcus ⓘ |
| boundedMediallyBy | longitudinal cerebral fissure ⓘ |
| BrodmannArea |
BA10 (parts)
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BA32 (adjacent medial portions) ⓘ BA6 (medial portion) ⓘ BA8 (parts) ⓘ BA9 (parts) ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
basal ganglia
ⓘ
cingulate cortex ⓘ parietal cortex ⓘ thalamus ⓘ |
| contains |
parts of dorsomedial prefrontal cortex
ⓘ
pre-supplementary motor area ⓘ
linked to:
supplementary motor area
supplementary motor area ⓘ |
| extendsAnteriorlyTo | frontal pole ⓘ |
| extendsPosteriorlyTo |
precentral gyrus
ⓘ
linked to:
primary motor cortex
|
| hemisphereOccurrence |
left cerebral hemisphere
ⓘ
right cerebral hemisphere ⓘ |
| imagingBiomarkerIn |
Alzheimer’s disease (atrophy patterns)
ⓘ
linked to:
Alzheimer's disease
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ⓘ major depressive disorder (functional alterations) ⓘ schizophrenia (structural and functional changes) ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
attention control
ⓘ
decision making ⓘ emotion regulation ⓘ executive functions ⓘ higher cognitive functions ⓘ metacognition ⓘ motor planning ⓘ response inhibition ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ social cognition ⓘ voluntary movement initiation ⓘ working memory ⓘ |
| lesionAssociatedWith |
apathy
ⓘ
changes in self-awareness ⓘ deficits in executive function ⓘ impaired motor initiation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | dorsal frontal lobe ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
medial surface of frontal lobe
ⓘ
superolateral surface of frontal lobe ⓘ |
| partOf |
cerebrum
ⓘ
frontal lobe ⓘ prefrontal cortex ⓘ |
| venousDrainage | superior sagittal sinus (via cortical veins) ⓘ |
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: superior frontal gyrus Description of subject: The superior frontal gyrus is a region of the frontal lobe of the brain involved in higher cognitive functions, motor planning, and aspects of self-awareness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.