National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a U.S. intelligence and combat support agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18519 — 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 Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Context triple: [Director of National Intelligence, hasAuthorityOver, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]
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A.
United States Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community is a federation of multiple government agencies and organizations responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to support national security and foreign policy.
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B.
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency is a U.S. intelligence organization responsible for signals intelligence collection and information assurance, including the interception and analysis of electronic communications for national security purposes.
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C.
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for producing and managing foreign military intelligence to support national security and military operations.
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D.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is the U.S. federal agency responsible for leading and coordinating the nation’s intelligence community and advising the President on intelligence matters.
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E.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
- 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 Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Target entity description: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a U.S. intelligence and combat support agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations.
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A.
United States Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community is a federation of multiple government agencies and organizations responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to support national security and foreign policy.
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B.
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency is a U.S. intelligence organization responsible for signals intelligence collection and information assurance, including the interception and analysis of electronic communications for national security purposes.
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C.
Defense Intelligence Agency
The Defense Intelligence Agency is a U.S. Department of Defense combat support agency responsible for producing and managing foreign military intelligence to support national security and military operations.
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is the U.S. federal agency responsible for leading and coordinating the nation’s intelligence community and advising the President on intelligence matters.
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E.
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is the United States’ primary civilian foreign intelligence service, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and conducting covert operations abroad to support national security and policy decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
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combat support agency ⓘ intelligence agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NGA ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Central Intelligence Agency
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Defense Intelligence Agency ⓘ National Reconnaissance Office ⓘ National Security Agency ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateFounded | 1996-10-01 ⓘ |
| dateRenamed | 2003-11-24 ⓘ |
| employs |
civilian personnel
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military personnel ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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data visualization ⓘ geodesy ⓘ geospatial intelligence ⓘ imagery analysis ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ |
| formerName |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Defense Mapping Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
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| foundedBy |
Department of Defense
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surface form:
United States Department of Defense
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| hasHeadquartersLocation | Springfield, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasOfficeLocation |
NGA Campus West
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| headquartersBuilding |
Fort Belvoir
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surface form:
NGA Campus East
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| legalMandate |
Title 10 of the United States Code
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Title 50 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| motto | Know the Earth... Show the Way... Understand the World ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Department of Defense
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surface form:
United States Department of Defense
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| partOf |
Department of Defense
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surface form:
United States Department of Defense
United States Intelligence Community ⓘ |
| predecessor |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Imagery Office
Defense Dissemination Program Office ⓘ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Defense Mapping Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
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| primaryMission |
geospatial intelligence analysis
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geospatial intelligence collection ⓘ geospatial intelligence dissemination ⓘ |
| provides |
battlefield visualization
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charting support ⓘ geospatial intelligence ⓘ imagery intelligence ⓘ mapping support ⓘ navigation products ⓘ targeting support ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Director of National Intelligence ⓘ |
| serves |
United States Armed Forces
ⓘ
United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
United States intelligence agencies
United States national security policymakers ⓘ federal civil agencies ⓘ homeland security community ⓘ international partners ⓘ |
| uses |
airborne imagery
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commercial imagery ⓘ open-source geospatial data ⓘ satellite imagery ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nga.mil ⓘ |
| worksOn |
aeronautical navigation
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counterterrorism ⓘ disaster relief ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ maritime domain awareness ⓘ safety of navigation charts ⓘ support to military operations ⓘ |
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 Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Description of subject: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a U.S. intelligence and combat support agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence for national security and defense operations.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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oversees
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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this entity surface form:
National Photographic Interpretation Center
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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oversees
→
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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subject surface form:
Director of National Intelligence
subject surface form:
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing
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collaboratesWith
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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subject surface form:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
subject surface form:
United States Intelligence Community
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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oversees
→
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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subject surface form:
National Intelligence Program
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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formerName
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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formerName
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Defense Mapping Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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predecessor
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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predecessor
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Defense Mapping Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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predecessor
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Central Imagery Office
this entity surface form:
United States Defense Mapping Agency
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003
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providesAppropriationsFor
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
subject surface form:
Defense Intelligence Agency
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
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scopeOfOversight
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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this entity surface form:
National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency
U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center
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collaboratesWith
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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this entity surface form:
National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency
Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
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oversees
→
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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subject surface form:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
subject surface form:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
this entity surface form:
Defense Mapping Agency
subject surface form:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
this entity surface form:
Central Imagery Office
subject surface form:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
subject surface form:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Defense Dissemination Program Office
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functionTransferredTo
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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subject surface form:
National Reconnaissance Office
U.S. intelligence authorization and appropriations acts
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applyTo
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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this entity surface form:
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency infrastructure
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
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oversees
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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United States Board on Geographic Names
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cooperatesWith
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
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providesFundingFor
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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this entity surface form:
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community
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jurisdiction
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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