RAND Corporation
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RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank that conducts research and analysis to inform public policy and decision-making in areas such as national security, health, education, and technology.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAND Corporation canonical | 22 |
| RAND Corporation research laboratories | 1 |
| RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California | 1 |
| Rand Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1662497 — 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: RAND Corporation Context triple: [Paul Baran, employer, RAND Corporation]
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A.
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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B.
Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
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C.
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a prominent nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C., known for its influential research and policy analysis on economics, governance, and international affairs.
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D.
Washington Institute
Washington Institute was the original name of what is now Washington University in St. Louis, a major private research university in Missouri.
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E.
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a U.S.-based nonprofit policy and advocacy organization focused on issues such as nuclear security, science policy, and government transparency.
- 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: RAND Corporation Target entity description: RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank that conducts research and analysis to inform public policy and decision-making in areas such as national security, health, education, and technology.
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A.
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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B.
Lincoln Laboratory
Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center operated by MIT that focuses on advanced technology for national security and defense.
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C.
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a prominent nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C., known for its influential research and policy analysis on economics, governance, and international affairs.
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D.
Washington Institute
Washington Institute was the original name of what is now Washington University in St. Louis, a major private research university in Missouri.
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E.
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a U.S.-based nonprofit policy and advocacy organization focused on issues such as nuclear security, science policy, and government transparency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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policy institute ⓘ research organization ⓘ think tank ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Research ANd Development ⓘ |
| clientType |
United States government
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surface form:
U.S. government
foreign governments ⓘ foundations ⓘ international organizations ⓘ private sector organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusArea |
defense policy
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economic policy ⓘ education policy ⓘ energy and environment policy ⓘ health policy ⓘ homeland security ⓘ intelligence analysis ⓘ international affairs ⓘ justice and civil law ⓘ national security ⓘ science and technology policy ⓘ social policy ⓘ transportation policy ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
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Brussels, Belgium ⓘ Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Canberra ⓘ
surface form:
Canberra, Australia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Monica, California, United States
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surface form:
Santa Monica, California
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| knownFor |
Cold War defense strategy research
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contributions to game theory in policy analysis ⓘ development of systems analysis ⓘ influential reports on U.S. national security ⓘ |
| legalStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| name | RAND Corporation self-link ⓘ |
| offers | Ph.D. in policy analysis ⓘ |
| operates | RAND Graduate School ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publishes |
peer-reviewed articles
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policy briefs ⓘ research reports ⓘ |
| sector | public policy research ⓘ |
| typeOfResearch |
economic modeling
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operations research ⓘ policy analysis ⓘ program evaluation ⓘ statistical analysis ⓘ strategic studies ⓘ |
| website | https://www.rand.org/ ⓘ |
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: RAND Corporation Description of subject: RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank that conducts research and analysis to inform public policy and decision-making in areas such as national security, health, education, and technology.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Logic Theorist
this entity surface form:
Rand Corporation
this entity surface form:
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California
this entity surface form:
RAND Corporation research laboratories