Department of Transportation
E361765
The Department of Transportation is a government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining transportation infrastructure and services within its jurisdiction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Department of Transportation canonical | 2 |
| Department of Transportation (residual economic and consumer functions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3466933 — 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: Department of Transportation Context triple: [Prince William County government, hasOffice, Department of Transportation]
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A.
Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation is a Philippine government agency responsible for planning, implementing, and managing the country’s transportation systems and infrastructure across road, rail, air, and sea.
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B.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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C.
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
The Office of the Secretary of Transportation is the top-level leadership and policy-making body of the U.S. Department of Transportation, overseeing its various administrations and offices.
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D.
White House Transportation Agency
The White House Transportation Agency is a specialized unit responsible for providing secure, reliable ground transportation support for the President, First Family, and other authorized personnel.
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E.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
- 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: Department of Transportation Target entity description: The Department of Transportation is a government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining transportation infrastructure and services within its jurisdiction.
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A.
Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation is a Philippine government agency responsible for planning, implementing, and managing the country’s transportation systems and infrastructure across road, rail, air, and sea.
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B.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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C.
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
The Office of the Secretary of Transportation is the top-level leadership and policy-making body of the U.S. Department of Transportation, overseeing its various administrations and offices.
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D.
White House Transportation Agency
The White House Transportation Agency is a specialized unit responsible for providing secure, reliable ground transportation support for the President, First Family, and other authorized personnel.
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E.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal executive department
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
DOT
ⓘ
United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
surface form:
USDOT
|
| budget | tens of billions of US dollars per year ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
local transportation agencies
ⓘ
state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employerOf | civil servants ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| goal |
improve transportation safety
ⓘ
maintain and develop transportation infrastructure ⓘ promote environmentally sustainable transportation ⓘ support mobility and economic growth ⓘ |
| hasCabinetRank | cabinet-level department ⓘ |
| headquartersBuilding | Nassif Building ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1966 ⓘ |
| issues |
transportation infrastructure grants
ⓘ
transportation safety regulations ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legalBasis | Department of Transportation Act ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| oversees |
Federal Aviation Administration
ⓘ
Federal Highway Administration ⓘ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ⓘ Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ Federal Transit Administration ⓘ Maritime Administration ⓘ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ⓘ Inspector General of the Department of Transportation ⓘ
surface form:
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ⓘ Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the United States
|
| partOf | Cabinet of the United States ⓘ |
| regulates |
airline operations in the United States
ⓘ
commercial motor vehicles ⓘ railroad safety standards ⓘ vehicle safety standards ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
aviation transportation
ⓘ
highway transportation ⓘ maritime transportation ⓘ motor carrier safety regulation ⓘ national transportation policy ⓘ pipeline safety regulation ⓘ public transit systems ⓘ rail transportation ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| website | https://www.transportation.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: Department of Transportation Description of subject: The Department of Transportation is a government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining transportation infrastructure and services within its jurisdiction.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Department of Transportation (residual economic and consumer functions)