World Federation of the Deaf
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The World Federation of the Deaf is an international non-governmental organization that advocates for the human rights, linguistic recognition, and full inclusion of deaf people worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World Federation of the Deaf canonical | 3 |
| World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section | 1 |
| World Federation of the Deaf congresses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10960136 — 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 Federation of the Deaf Context triple: [International Sign, associatedWith, World Federation of the Deaf]
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A.
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf is the global organization that oversees and promotes international multi-sport competitions for deaf athletes, including the Deaflympics.
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B.
National Association of the Deaf (United States)
The National Association of the Deaf (United States) is a leading civil rights organization that advocates for the rights, access, and full inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people across the country.
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C.
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People
Signature is a UK-based charity and awarding body that develops and accredits qualifications in British Sign Language and other forms of communication with deaf and deafblind people.
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D.
British Deaf Association
The British Deaf Association is a UK-based national charity that advocates for the rights, language, and culture of Deaf people, with a particular focus on promoting and protecting British Sign Language.
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E.
Korean Association of the Deaf
The Korean Association of the Deaf is a national organization that advocates for the rights, accessibility, and social inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in South Korea.
- 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 Federation of the Deaf Target entity description: The World Federation of the Deaf is an international non-governmental organization that advocates for the human rights, linguistic recognition, and full inclusion of deaf people worldwide.
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A.
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf is the global organization that oversees and promotes international multi-sport competitions for deaf athletes, including the Deaflympics.
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B.
National Association of the Deaf (United States)
The National Association of the Deaf (United States) is a leading civil rights organization that advocates for the rights, access, and full inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people across the country.
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C.
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People
Signature is a UK-based charity and awarding body that develops and accredits qualifications in British Sign Language and other forms of communication with deaf and deafblind people.
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D.
British Deaf Association
The British Deaf Association is a UK-based national charity that advocates for the rights, language, and culture of Deaf people, with a particular focus on promoting and protecting British Sign Language.
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E.
Korean Association of the Deaf
The Korean Association of the Deaf is a national organization that advocates for the rights, accessibility, and social inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in South Korea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advocacy organization
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international non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WFD ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
early access to sign language for deaf children
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employment equality for deaf people ⓘ inclusive education for deaf learners ⓘ political participation of deaf people ⓘ quality sign language interpreting services ⓘ |
| affiliation | United Nations ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
World Association of Sign Language Interpreters
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international disability organizations ⓘ national deaf associations ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| estimatedConstituency | more than 70 million deaf people ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
accessibility
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advocacy ⓘ education ⓘ human rights monitoring ⓘ language policy ⓘ |
| founded | 1951 ⓘ |
| foundedAtLocation |
Rome, Italy
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linked to:
Rome
|
| hasConsultativeStatus |
UN Economic and Social Council
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linked to:
United Nations Economic and Social Council
UNESCO ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
deaf people
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disability rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ linguistic rights ⓘ sign languages ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
English
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International Sign ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Helsinki, Finland
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linked to:
Helsinki
|
| legalForm | non-profit organization ⓘ |
| mission |
to achieve recognition of national sign languages
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to ensure full inclusion of deaf people in society ⓘ to promote the human rights of deaf people worldwide ⓘ |
| organizes |
World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf
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regional conferences ⓘ |
| promotes |
International Day of Sign Languages
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International Week of Deaf People ⓘ |
| represents |
deaf people worldwide
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national associations of the deaf ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| supports | implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ⓘ |
| website | https://wfdeaf.org ⓘ |
| worksTo |
combat discrimination against deaf people
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improve access to information and communication ⓘ promote bilingual education in sign language and written language ⓘ promote recognition of sign languages as official languages ⓘ |
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 Federation of the Deaf Description of subject: The World Federation of the Deaf is an international non-governmental organization that advocates for the human rights, linguistic recognition, and full inclusion of deaf people worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: World Federation of the Deaf
linked to: World Federation of the Deaf
subject linked to:
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