Applied Physics Laboratory campus
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The Applied Physics Laboratory campus is a major Johns Hopkins University research facility focused on advanced applied science, engineering, and national security projects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Applied Physics Laboratory campus canonical | 2 |
| Applied Physics Laboratory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T257413 — 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: Applied Physics Laboratory campus Context triple: [Johns Hopkins University, operatesOnCampus, Applied Physics Laboratory campus]
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A.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
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B.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
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C.
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
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D.
Langley Research Center
Langley Research Center is a major NASA field center in Virginia known for pioneering aeronautics research, space technology development, and atmospheric science.
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E.
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
The Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory was a major NACA research center focused on advancing aircraft and rocket propulsion technologies, later becoming NASA's Glenn Research Center.
- 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: Applied Physics Laboratory campus Target entity description: The Applied Physics Laboratory campus is a major Johns Hopkins University research facility focused on advanced applied science, engineering, and national security projects.
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A.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a leading NASA research and development center specializing in robotic space exploration, planetary science missions, and deep-space communications.
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B.
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
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C.
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
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D.
Langley Research Center
Langley Research Center is a major NASA field center in Virginia known for pioneering aeronautics research, space technology development, and atmospheric science.
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E.
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
The Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory was a major NACA research center focused on advancing aircraft and rocket propulsion technologies, later becoming NASA's Glenn Research Center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
research facility
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university campus ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
engineers
ⓘ
scientists ⓘ technical staff ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
applied physics
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applied science ⓘ biomedical engineering research ⓘ cybersecurity research ⓘ defense technology ⓘ engineering ⓘ intelligence systems ⓘ missile defense ⓘ national security research ⓘ space science and engineering ⓘ |
| hasAffiliationType | university-affiliated research center ⓘ |
| hasClient |
NASA
ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
United States intelligence community
|
| hasFunction |
research and development
ⓘ
support to national security missions ⓘ systems engineering ⓘ technology prototyping ⓘ test and evaluation ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalFeature |
laboratory buildings
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office buildings ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ secure facilities ⓘ test facilities ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
Laurel, Maryland ⓘ Maryland ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
| partOf |
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
surface form:
Johns Hopkins University research enterprise
|
| sector |
aerospace
ⓘ
defense ⓘ national security ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classified research
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federally funded research and development ⓘ sponsored research projects ⓘ |
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: Applied Physics Laboratory campus Description of subject: The Applied Physics Laboratory campus is a major Johns Hopkins University research facility focused on advanced applied science, engineering, and national security projects.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Applied Physics Laboratory