National Cemetery Administration
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The National Cemetery Administration is a branch of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for maintaining national cemeteries and providing burial and memorial benefits for eligible veterans and their families.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T930498 — 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: National Cemetery Administration Context triple: [SECVA, oversees, National Cemetery Administration]
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A.
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is a U.S. military cemetery and memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, honoring American service members, particularly those who served and died in World War II and subsequent conflicts.
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B.
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery and national memorial site where many American service members and notable figures are buried.
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C.
American Battle Monuments Commission
The American Battle Monuments Commission is a U.S. federal agency responsible for commemorating American armed forces by designing, constructing, and maintaining military cemeteries and memorials outside the United States.
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D.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
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E.
San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco National Cemetery is a historic United States military burial ground located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, serving as the final resting place for numerous veterans and notable military figures.
- 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: National Cemetery Administration Target entity description: The National Cemetery Administration is a branch of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for maintaining national cemeteries and providing burial and memorial benefits for eligible veterans and their families.
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A.
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is a U.S. military cemetery and memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii, honoring American service members, particularly those who served and died in World War II and subsequent conflicts.
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B.
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery and national memorial site where many American service members and notable figures are buried.
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C.
American Battle Monuments Commission
The American Battle Monuments Commission is a U.S. federal agency responsible for commemorating American armed forces by designing, constructing, and maintaining military cemeteries and memorials outside the United States.
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D.
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
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E.
San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco National Cemetery is a historic United States military burial ground located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, serving as the final resting place for numerous veterans and notable military figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
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federal agency ⓘ veterans affairs organization ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn |
eligible family members of veterans
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veterans ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States federal budget ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Field Programs
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Management and Administration ⓘ National Cemetery Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Memorial Programs Service
cemetery service offices ⓘ national cemeteries ⓘ national cemetery districts ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| industry |
cemetery administration
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funerary services ⓘ veterans services ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal executive agency ⓘ |
| mission | to honor veterans and their eligible family members with final resting places in national shrines and with lasting tributes that commemorate their service and sacrifice to our Nation ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
|
| parentOrganization | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Benefits and Services structure ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
United States national cemeteries
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administration of burial eligibility determinations for VA national cemeteries ⓘ cemetery grounds maintenance and appearance standards ⓘ establishing and expanding national cemeteries ⓘ national cemetery system of the United States ⓘ national veterans cemeteries ⓘ setting standards for national shrine commitment ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
burial benefits for eligible veterans
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burial flag provision for eligible veterans ⓘ commemorative memorial programs ⓘ gravesite locator services ⓘ headstones and markers for eligible veterans ⓘ interment scheduling in national cemeteries ⓘ maintenance of national cemeteries ⓘ memorial benefits for eligible veterans ⓘ perpetual care of gravesites in national cemeteries ⓘ presidential memorial certificates ⓘ |
| shortName | NCA ⓘ |
| subjectOf | United States veterans burial benefits policies ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cem.va.gov/ ⓘ |
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: National Cemetery Administration Description of subject: The National Cemetery Administration is a branch of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responsible for maintaining national cemeteries and providing burial and memorial benefits for eligible veterans and their families.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Cemetery Administration
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hasPart
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National Cemetery Administration
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Memorial Programs Service
subject surface form:
Veterans Benefits Administration
this entity surface form:
National Cemetery System of the United States
this entity surface form:
VA national cemetery administration
this entity surface form:
Part 38 – National Cemeteries of the Department of Veterans Affairs