Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
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The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is a major U.S. federal research facility in Maryland that conducts wide-ranging agricultural and environmental science to support sustainable farming and food systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beltsville Agricultural Research Center canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1039187 — 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: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Context triple: [Agricultural Research Service, hasPart, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center]
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A.
Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service is the principal in-house scientific research agency of the U.S. federal government focused on agriculture, food, and related environmental issues.
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B.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is a U.S. federal agency that funds and supports research, education, and extension programs to advance agriculture, food systems, and related sciences.
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C.
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville, Maryland is a suburban community in Prince George's County known in part for hosting major federal facilities, including a key United States Secret Service training center.
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D.
Institute of Agriculture
The Institute of Agriculture is a specialized division of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville focused on agricultural education, research, and extension services.
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E.
National Agricultural Library
The National Agricultural Library is a major U.S. federal research library and information center specializing in agriculture and related sciences, operated by the United States Department of Agriculture.
- 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: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Target entity description: The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is a major U.S. federal research facility in Maryland that conducts wide-ranging agricultural and environmental science to support sustainable farming and food systems.
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A.
Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service is the principal in-house scientific research agency of the U.S. federal government focused on agriculture, food, and related environmental issues.
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B.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is a U.S. federal agency that funds and supports research, education, and extension programs to advance agriculture, food systems, and related sciences.
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C.
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville, Maryland is a suburban community in Prince George's County known in part for hosting major federal facilities, including a key United States Secret Service training center.
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D.
Institute of Agriculture
The Institute of Agriculture is a specialized division of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville focused on agricultural education, research, and extension services.
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E.
National Agricultural Library
The National Agricultural Library is a major U.S. federal research library and information center specializing in agriculture and related sciences, operated by the United States Department of Agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal facility
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agricultural research center ⓘ research facility ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BARC ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| area | approximately 6,500 acres ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
administrative staff
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scientists ⓘ technical staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural science
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animal science ⓘ climate change impacts on agriculture ⓘ entomology ⓘ environmental science ⓘ food safety ⓘ genetics ⓘ natural resources conservation ⓘ nutrition research ⓘ plant science ⓘ soil science ⓘ sustainable agriculture ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
animal research facilities
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experimental farms ⓘ greenhouses ⓘ laboratories ⓘ |
| hasPart | Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beltsville, Maryland
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Maryland ⓘ Prince George's County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Prince George’s County, Maryland
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| locatedNear | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry A. Wallace ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Agricultural Research Service
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United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
U.S. federal government
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linked to:
United States government
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| partOf | Agricultural Research Service ⓘ |
| purpose |
to conduct agricultural research
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to improve food systems ⓘ to support U.S. agriculture policy and programs ⓘ to support sustainable farming systems ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
agricultural sustainability
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crop improvement ⓘ food quality and safety ⓘ livestock production ⓘ pest management ⓘ soil and water conservation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Description of subject: The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is a major U.S. federal research facility in Maryland that conducts wide-ranging agricultural and environmental science to support sustainable farming and food systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.