Peace Corps
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The Peace Corps is a U.S. government volunteer program that sends Americans abroad to assist with social and economic development while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and other peoples.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peace Corps canonical | 22 |
| Peace Corps Response | 1 |
| Peace Corps Volunteers | 1 |
| United States Peace Corps | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T177504 — 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: Peace Corps Context triple: [New Frontier, hasComponent, Peace Corps]
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A.
United Nations Volunteers
United Nations Volunteers is a UN program that promotes volunteerism worldwide by mobilizing volunteers to support peace, development, and humanitarian efforts.
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B.
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a U.S. federal agency that administers national service programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to support volunteering and community development.
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C.
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the primary U.S. government agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance worldwide.
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D.
Roots & Shoots program
The Roots & Shoots program is a global youth-led initiative that empowers young people to undertake community projects that benefit people, animals, and the environment.
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E.
United States Foreign Service
The United States Foreign Service is the professional diplomatic corps of the U.S. government responsible for representing American interests and conducting foreign relations at embassies, consulates, and missions around the world.
- 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: Peace Corps Target entity description: The Peace Corps is a U.S. government volunteer program that sends Americans abroad to assist with social and economic development while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and other peoples.
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A.
United Nations Volunteers
United Nations Volunteers is a UN program that promotes volunteerism worldwide by mobilizing volunteers to support peace, development, and humanitarian efforts.
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B.
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a U.S. federal agency that administers national service programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to support volunteering and community development.
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C.
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the primary U.S. government agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance worldwide.
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D.
Roots & Shoots program
The Roots & Shoots program is a global youth-led initiative that empowers young people to undertake community projects that benefit people, animals, and the environment.
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E.
United States Foreign Service
The United States Foreign Service is the professional diplomatic corps of the U.S. government responsible for representing American interests and conducting foreign relations at embassies, consulates, and missions around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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volunteer program ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PC ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| eligibilityRequirement |
U.S. citizenship
ⓘ
minimum age 18 ⓘ |
| employs |
Peace Corps
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Peace Corps Volunteers
Peace Corps staff ⓘ |
| firstDirector | Sargent Shriver ⓘ |
| foundedBy | John F. Kennedy ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States federal budget ⓘ |
| hasMission |
to help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served
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to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans ⓘ to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women ⓘ |
| hasNotableSupporter |
John F. Kennedy
ⓘ
Sargent Shriver ⓘ |
| hasProgramArea |
agriculture
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community economic development ⓘ education ⓘ environment ⓘ health ⓘ information and communications technology ⓘ youth in development ⓘ |
| hasVolunteerHousingModel | living at the community level in host countries ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1961 ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Peace Corps Act
ⓘ
Public Law 87-293 ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to promote world peace and friendship ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
executive branch of the United States
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surface form:
United States government executive branch
|
| primaryActivity |
cultural exchange
ⓘ
economic development assistance ⓘ international volunteer service ⓘ social development assistance ⓘ |
| promotes |
cross-cultural exchange
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mutual understanding between Americans and other peoples ⓘ |
| recruitmentArea |
U.S. citizens
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surface form:
United States citizens
|
| sector |
international development
ⓘ
public service ⓘ |
| serviceModel |
pre-service training followed by in-country service
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two-year overseas service commitment ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Director of the Peace Corps ⓘ |
| website | https://www.peacecorps.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: Peace Corps Description of subject: The Peace Corps is a U.S. government volunteer program that sends Americans abroad to assist with social and economic development while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and other peoples.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peace Corps Volunteers
this entity surface form:
United States Peace Corps
subject surface form:
Peace Corps
this entity surface form:
Peace Corps Response