Clearinghouse
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Clearinghouse is a U.S. federal database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to improve roadway safety and compliance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clearinghouse canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2652576 — 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: Clearinghouse Context triple: [Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, hasAbbreviation, Clearinghouse]
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A.
Clearing
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B.
The National Network
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C.
The Initiative
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D.
The Box
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E.
Stonegate
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- 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: Clearinghouse Target entity description: Clearinghouse is a U.S. federal database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to improve roadway safety and compliance.
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A.
Clearing
Clearing is a residential and industrial neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, known for encompassing and surrounding Midway International Airport.
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B.
The National Network
The National Network was a U.S. cable television channel that served as a transitional brand between The Nashville Network and what later became Spike and then Paramount Network.
-
C.
The Initiative
The Initiative is a Santa Monica–based Xbox Game Studios first-party development team known for working on high-end, narrative-driven AAA games such as the reboot of Perfect Dark.
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D.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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E.
Stonegate
Stonegate is a master-planned residential village within the city of Irvine, California, known for its suburban neighborhoods, parks, and community amenities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. government information system
ⓘ
federal database ⓘ |
| accessControlled | true ⓘ |
| acronym |
CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
ⓘ
linked to:
Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
|
| appliesTo |
commercial driver’s license holders
ⓘ
consortia and third-party administrators ⓘ employers of commercial drivers ⓘ medical review officers ⓘ state driver licensing agencies ⓘ substance abuse professionals ⓘ |
| containsPersonalData | true ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataType |
driver identification information
ⓘ
drug and alcohol program violation records ⓘ |
| focus | safety-sensitive transportation positions ⓘ |
| fullName |
Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
ⓘ
linked to:
Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
|
| goal |
enhance enforcement of drug and alcohol testing rules
ⓘ
prevent drivers with unresolved drug or alcohol violations from operating commercial motor vehicles ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
49 CFR Part 382
ⓘ
FMCSA regulations ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
FMCSA
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Department of Transportation
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Transportation
|
| primaryPurpose |
improve compliance with drug and alcohol testing requirements
ⓘ
improve roadway safety ⓘ track commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations ⓘ |
| records |
actual knowledge of on-duty drug or alcohol use violations
ⓘ
follow-up testing plans ⓘ positive alcohol test results ⓘ positive drug test results ⓘ refusals to submit to drug or alcohol testing ⓘ return-to-duty status ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain |
commercial motor vehicle safety
ⓘ
drug and alcohol testing ⓘ |
| sector | transportation ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
commercial motor vehicle regulation
ⓘ
roadway safety ⓘ |
| usedBy |
FMCSA enforcement personnel
ⓘ
motor carrier employers ⓘ state driver licensing agencies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
annual queries on currently employed drivers
ⓘ
determining driver eligibility to perform safety-sensitive functions ⓘ pre-employment queries on commercial drivers ⓘ |
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: Clearinghouse Description of subject: Clearinghouse is a U.S. federal database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to improve roadway safety and compliance.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.