International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions
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The International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions was a global organization representing independent and democratic teachers’ unions, advocating for educators’ rights and public education before merging into Education International.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9993879 — 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: International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions Context triple: [Education International, foundedBy, International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions]
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A.
International Federation of Trade Unions
The International Federation of Trade Unions was a major early 20th-century global umbrella organization that coordinated and represented national trade union centers in international labor affairs.
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B.
World Federation of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions is an international organization that unites trade unions worldwide, historically associated with left-wing and socialist labor movements.
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C.
Council of Non-European Trade Unions
The Council of Non-European Trade Unions was an early South African labor federation representing Black and other non-white workers under apartheid-era racial segregation.
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D.
International Transport Workers’ Federation
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is a global union federation representing transport workers and their trade unions across sectors such as maritime, aviation, rail, road, and logistics.
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E.
World Confederation of Labour
The World Confederation of Labour was an international trade union federation that represented Christian and independent labor organizations worldwide before merging into the International Trade Union Confederation.
- 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: International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions Target entity description: The International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions was a global organization representing independent and democratic teachers’ unions, advocating for educators’ rights and public education before merging into Education International.
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A.
International Federation of Trade Unions
The International Federation of Trade Unions was a major early 20th-century global umbrella organization that coordinated and represented national trade union centers in international labor affairs.
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B.
World Federation of Trade Unions
The World Federation of Trade Unions is an international organization that unites trade unions worldwide, historically associated with left-wing and socialist labor movements.
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C.
Council of Non-European Trade Unions
The Council of Non-European Trade Unions was an early South African labor federation representing Black and other non-white workers under apartheid-era racial segregation.
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D.
International Transport Workers’ Federation
The International Transport Workers’ Federation is a global union federation representing transport workers and their trade unions across sectors such as maritime, aviation, rail, road, and logistics.
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E.
World Confederation of Labour
The World Confederation of Labour was an international trade union federation that represented Christian and independent labor organizations worldwide before merging into the International Trade Union Confederation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international trade union federation
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non-governmental organization ⓘ teachers’ union federation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IFFTU ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
democratic governance of education systems
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freedom of association for teachers ⓘ trade union rights in education ⓘ |
| coreValue |
democracy in unions
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independence from governments ⓘ solidarity among teachers’ unions ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | merger into Education International ⓘ |
| documentType |
policy statements
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reports on education and teachers’ rights ⓘ resolutions ⓘ |
| field |
education
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teachers’ rights ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
academic freedom in education
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collective bargaining rights for teachers ⓘ quality public education ⓘ teachers’ professional status ⓘ teachers’ working conditions ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
defending public education as a public good
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improvement of teachers’ salaries and conditions ⓘ strengthening democratic teachers’ unions worldwide ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ other major international languages ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| ideology |
democratic unionism
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trade union pluralism ⓘ |
| memberType |
national teachers’ unions
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professional education unions ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Education International ⓘ |
| mergerRole | founding organization of Education International ⓘ |
| opposes |
non-democratic union structures
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state-controlled unions ⓘ |
| purpose |
advocacy for educators’ rights
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defense of public education ⓘ promotion of free and independent trade unionism in education ⓘ |
| represents |
democratic teachers’ unions
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independent teachers’ unions ⓘ public education teachers ⓘ |
| sector | education sector ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| worksWith |
human rights organizations
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intergovernmental organizations in education ⓘ international trade union organizations ⓘ |
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: International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions Description of subject: The International Federation of Free Teachers’ Unions was a global organization representing independent and democratic teachers’ unions, advocating for educators’ rights and public education before merging into Education International.
Referenced by (2)
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