Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent regional agency that manages and operates major airports serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11024 — 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: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Context triple: [Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, operatedBy, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority]
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A.
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is a major commercial airport in Maryland serving the greater Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area as a key hub for domestic and some international flights.
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B.
Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is a major international airport serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive global flight network and iconic Eero Saarinen–designed terminal.
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C.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a major commercial airport serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, located in Arlington, Virginia just across the Potomac River from the U.S. capital.
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D.
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, Virginia is an urban county directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., known for its dense development, federal government agencies, and landmarks such as the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
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E.
Washington metropolitan area
The Washington metropolitan area is a major U.S. urban region centered on the nation’s capital, encompassing Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- 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: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Target entity description: The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent regional agency that manages and operates major airports serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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A.
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is a major commercial airport in Maryland serving the greater Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area as a key hub for domestic and some international flights.
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B.
Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is a major international airport serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive global flight network and iconic Eero Saarinen–designed terminal.
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C.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a major commercial airport serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, located in Arlington, Virginia just across the Potomac River from the U.S. capital.
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Arlington, Virginia
Arlington, Virginia is an urban county directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., known for its dense development, federal government agencies, and landmarks such as the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington metropolitan area
The Washington metropolitan area is a major U.S. urban region centered on the nation’s capital, encompassing Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport authority
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independent regional agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Federal Aviation Administration
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Transportation Security Administration ⓘ airlines serving Washington, D.C. area ⓘ |
| collects |
airport use fees
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concession revenues ⓘ parking revenues ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| employs |
administrative staff
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airport management staff ⓘ engineering staff ⓘ public safety personnel ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Virginia
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
United States Congress ⓘ |
| governs |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
ⓘ
Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ |
| hasBoard |
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
|
| hasChairperson | Chair of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiaryFunction |
fire and rescue services at its airports
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police services at its airports ⓘ public safety department ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mwaa.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Arlington, Virginia
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surface form:
Arlington County, Virginia
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ⓘ |
| industry |
aviation
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Virginia
District of Columbia ⓘ United States government ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalForm | public authority ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| manages |
airport concessions
ⓘ
airport facilities ⓘ airport operations ⓘ airport parking facilities ⓘ airport security coordination ⓘ |
| operates |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
ⓘ
Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ |
| oversees |
airfield operations
ⓘ
ground transportation at its airports ⓘ terminal operations ⓘ |
| purpose | to manage and operate major airports serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mid-Atlantic states
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surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| regulates | commercial activities at its airports ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
capital improvements at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
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capital improvements at Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ |
| serves |
Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
|
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: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Description of subject: The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent regional agency that manages and operates major airports serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
→
operatedBy
→
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Washington Airports system
subject surface form:
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
subject surface form:
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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hasBoard
→
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
subject surface form:
Terminal 1 (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
subject surface form:
Terminal 1 (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
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cooperatesWith
→
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department
subject surface form:
Silver Line (Washington Metro)
subject surface form:
Washington Dulles International Airport
Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
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collaboratesWith
→
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department
Concourse C Station (via AeroTrain system, if applicable)
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ownedBy
→
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
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subject surface form:
Concourse C Station