United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28000 — 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: United States Department of Veterans Affairs Context triple: [Cabinet of the United States, includesOffice, United States Department of Veterans Affairs]
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A.
va.gov
va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website that provides information, benefits, and services to military veterans and their families.
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B.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health is the United States’ primary federal biomedical research agency, supporting and conducting medical research to improve public health.
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C.
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a federal executive department responsible for promoting the welfare of wage earners, improving working conditions, and overseeing labor-related laws and programs in the United States.
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D.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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E.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
- 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: United States Department of Veterans Affairs Target entity description: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
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A.
va.gov
va.gov is the official U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website that provides information, benefits, and services to military veterans and their families.
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B.
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health is the United States’ primary federal biomedical research agency, supporting and conducting medical research to improve public health.
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C.
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a federal executive department responsible for promoting the welfare of wage earners, improving working conditions, and overseeing labor-related laws and programs in the United States.
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D.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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E.
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal executive department of the United States
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
va.gov
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surface form:
VA
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| cabinetLevel | yes ⓘ |
| cabinetPositionTitle | United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| client |
U.S. military veterans
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eligible dependents of veterans ⓘ eligible survivors of veterans ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateFormed | 1989-03-15 ⓘ |
| employs |
claims processors
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nurses ⓘ physicians ⓘ social workers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Cemetery Administration
Veterans Benefits Administration ⓘ United States Department of Veterans Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Veterans Health Administration
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| headquartersBuilding | VA Central Office ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legalBasis | Department of Veterans Affairs Act ⓘ |
| motto | To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan ⓘ |
| oversees |
Veterans Health Administration
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surface form:
VA medical centers
community-based outpatient clinics ⓘ national cemeteries ⓘ veterans benefits regional offices ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| partOf | Cabinet of the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy |
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Veterans Administration
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| responsibleFor |
home loan guarantees for veterans
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national cemeteries for veterans ⓘ veterans benefits ⓘ veterans burial benefits ⓘ veterans disability compensation ⓘ veterans education benefits ⓘ veterans health care ⓘ veterans life insurance programs ⓘ veterans vocational rehabilitation ⓘ |
| sector |
health care
ⓘ
public sector ⓘ social services ⓘ veterans affairs ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States territories
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surface form:
U.S. territories
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subsidiaryAgency |
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Cemetery Administration
Veterans Benefits Administration ⓘ Veterans Health Administration ⓘ |
| website | https://www.va.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: United States Department of Veterans Affairs Description of subject: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a federal executive department responsible for providing healthcare, benefits, and other essential services to U.S. military veterans and their families.
Referenced by (174)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
this entity surface form:
Department of Veterans Affairs
this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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departmentFormed
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Veterans Health Administration
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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leads
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Veterans Benefits Administration
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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leads
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
National Cemetery Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Veterans Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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hasPart
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Veterans Health Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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National Cemetery Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
National Cemetery Administration
this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Department of Veterans Affairs
this entity surface form:
Department of Veterans Affairs
this entity surface form:
veterans affairs
Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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inscription
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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emblemOf
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Seal of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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governmentAgency
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs Act
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elevatedAgency
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Veterans Administration
this entity surface form:
Veterans Administration
this entity surface form:
Veterans Administration
this entity surface form:
Department of Veterans Affairs
Title 38 of the United States Code
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administeredBy
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Veterans Benefits Administration
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parentOrganization
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
United States veterans benefits system
Veterans Health Administration
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parentOrganization
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
this entity surface form:
Veterans Administration
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
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administeredBy
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National HIV/AIDS Strategy of the United States
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implementedBy
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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