World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession
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global federation of teachers’ unions
international non-governmental organization
trade union international
The World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession was a major global federation of teachers’ unions that represented educators’ interests internationally and later became one of the key predecessors of Education International.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9993878 — 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: World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession Context triple: [Education International, foundedBy, World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession]
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A.
European Association for International Education
The European Association for International Education (EAIE) is a European professional organization that supports and advances international higher education through training, conferences, networking, and policy advocacy.
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B.
International League of Esperanto-Speaking Teachers
The International League of Esperanto-Speaking Teachers is a global professional organization that unites and supports educators who teach the Esperanto language.
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C.
Korean Federation of Educationists
The Korean Federation of Educationists is a North Korean professional and mass organization that brings together educators to support and propagate the state’s educational and ideological policies.
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D.
UNESCO Associated Schools Network
The UNESCO Associated Schools Network is a global network of educational institutions committed to promoting UNESCO’s values and priorities in areas such as peace, sustainable development, human rights, and intercultural dialogue through innovative teaching and learning.
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E.
General Assembly of Rectors
The General Assembly of Rectors is the main collegiate body that brings together the rectors of Spanish universities to deliberate and decide on the strategic direction and common policies of CRUE Universidades Españolas.
- 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: World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession Target entity description: The World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession was a major global federation of teachers’ unions that represented educators’ interests internationally and later became one of the key predecessors of Education International.
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A.
European Association for International Education
The European Association for International Education (EAIE) is a European professional organization that supports and advances international higher education through training, conferences, networking, and policy advocacy.
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B.
International League of Esperanto-Speaking Teachers
The International League of Esperanto-Speaking Teachers is a global professional organization that unites and supports educators who teach the Esperanto language.
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C.
Korean Federation of Educationists
The Korean Federation of Educationists is a North Korean professional and mass organization that brings together educators to support and propagate the state’s educational and ideological policies.
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D.
UNESCO Associated Schools Network
The UNESCO Associated Schools Network is a global network of educational institutions committed to promoting UNESCO’s values and priorities in areas such as peace, sustainable development, human rights, and intercultural dialogue through innovative teaching and learning.
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E.
General Assembly of Rectors
The General Assembly of Rectors is the main collegiate body that brings together the rectors of Spanish universities to deliberate and decide on the strategic direction and common policies of CRUE Universidades Españolas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
global federation of teachers’ unions
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international non-governmental organization ⓘ trade union international ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WCOTP ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
democratic participation of teachers in education policy
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quality public education for all ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
International Labour Organization
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UNESCO ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| dissolvedInto | Education International ⓘ |
| field |
education
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labor relations ⓘ teachers’ unions ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ |
| focus |
education policy
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teachers’ professional status ⓘ teachers’ salaries ⓘ teachers’ working conditions ⓘ trade union rights in education ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ |
| hasMember |
national teachers’ unions
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professional associations of teachers ⓘ |
| hasPredecessorRole | predecessor of global education union structures ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Education International
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Education International: Public Services International–affiliated education union federation ⓘ
linked to:
Education International
|
| headquartersLocation |
Brussels
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linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
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| membershipType | federation of organizations rather than individual members ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key predecessor of Education International
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being a major global federation of teachers’ unions in the 20th century ⓘ |
| organizationScope | global ⓘ |
| organizationType |
federation
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non-profit organization ⓘ |
| participatedIn | international education policy debates ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Education International ⓘ |
| purpose |
defense of teachers’ professional and trade union rights
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promotion of public education ⓘ representation of teachers’ interests at the international level ⓘ |
| represented |
educators
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teachers ⓘ |
| representedBy | affiliated national organizations ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| sector | education sector ⓘ |
| sectoralClassification | global union federation in education ⓘ |
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: World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession Description of subject: The World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession was a major global federation of teachers’ unions that represented educators’ interests internationally and later became one of the key predecessors of Education International.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Education International
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foundedBy
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World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession
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Education International
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formedByMergerOf
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World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession
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