Ministry of the Environment (Finland)
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The Ministry of the Environment of Finland is a government ministry responsible for national environmental policy, nature conservation, climate and energy issues, and land use planning.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ministry of the Environment of Finland | 2 |
| Finnish Ministry of the Environment | 1 |
| Ministry of the Environment (Finland) canonical | 1 |
| Ympäristöministeriö | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3510949 — 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: Ministry of the Environment (Finland) Context triple: [Finnish ministries, hasPart, Ministry of the Environment (Finland)]
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A.
Minister of the Environment of Finland
The Minister of the Environment of Finland is the cabinet-level government official responsible for national environmental policy, nature conservation, and sustainable development issues in Finland.
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B.
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is Sweden’s national authority responsible for environmental policy implementation, nature conservation, and promoting sustainable development.
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C.
Federal Ministry of Environment
The Federal Ministry of Environment is Nigeria’s national government body responsible for environmental policy, protection, and sustainable natural resource management.
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D.
Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)
The Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway) is the Norwegian government ministry responsible for national policies on climate change, environmental protection, biodiversity, and sustainable resource management.
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E.
Polish Ministry of the Environment
The Polish Ministry of the Environment is a central government authority responsible for shaping and implementing Poland’s environmental protection, nature conservation, and sustainable resource management policies.
- 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: Ministry of the Environment (Finland) Target entity description: The Ministry of the Environment of Finland is a government ministry responsible for national environmental policy, nature conservation, climate and energy issues, and land use planning.
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A.
Minister of the Environment of Finland
The Minister of the Environment of Finland is the cabinet-level government official responsible for national environmental policy, nature conservation, and sustainable development issues in Finland.
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B.
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is Sweden’s national authority responsible for environmental policy implementation, nature conservation, and promoting sustainable development.
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C.
Federal Ministry of Environment
The Federal Ministry of Environment is Nigeria’s national government body responsible for environmental policy, protection, and sustainable natural resource management.
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D.
Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)
The Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway) is the Norwegian government ministry responsible for national policies on climate change, environmental protection, biodiversity, and sustainable resource management.
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E.
Polish Ministry of the Environment
The Polish Ministry of the Environment is a central government authority responsible for shaping and implementing Poland’s environmental protection, nature conservation, and sustainable resource management policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environment ministry
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government ministry ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
European institutions
ⓘ
surface form:
European Union institutions
Nordic Council of Ministers ⓘ United Nations environmental bodies ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://ym.fi/en ⓘ |
| headedBy | Minister of the Environment ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Finnish government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Finland
|
| languageOfWork |
Finnish
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Finland
ⓘ
Helsinki ⓘ Uusimaa ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Ministry of the Environment (Finland)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ympäristöministeriö
|
| oversees |
Finnish Environment Institute
ⓘ
Metsähallitus ⓘ
surface form:
Metsähallitus (nature conservation tasks)
regional Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (environmental tasks) ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Finnish government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Finland
|
| partOf |
Finnish government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Finland
|
| policyArea |
biodiversity
ⓘ
building and construction regulation ⓘ circular economy ⓘ climate ⓘ energy ⓘ environment ⓘ environmental impact assessment ⓘ environmental legislation ⓘ land use ⓘ marine environment ⓘ nature protection ⓘ spatial planning ⓘ waste management ⓘ water protection ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
built environment
ⓘ
climate policy ⓘ energy issues ⓘ housing policy ⓘ land use planning ⓘ national environmental policy ⓘ nature conservation ⓘ |
| seat | Helsinki ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | YM ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | central government agency ⓘ |
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: Ministry of the Environment (Finland) Description of subject: The Ministry of the Environment of Finland is a government ministry responsible for national environmental policy, nature conservation, climate and energy issues, and land use planning.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ministry of the Environment of Finland
this entity surface form:
Ministry of the Environment of Finland
this entity surface form:
Finnish Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of the Environment (Finland)
→
nativeName
→
Ministry of the Environment (Finland)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Ympäristöministeriö