White Oak Federal Research Center

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federal office complex research campus

White Oak Federal Research Center is a major U.S. federal campus in Maryland that houses key Food and Drug Administration facilities and laboratories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
FDA White Oak Campus	2
U.S. Food and Drug Administration White Oak campus	1
White Oak Federal Research Center canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3849387 — 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: White Oak Federal Research Center
Context triple: [Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, headquartersLocation, White Oak Federal Research Center]

A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a major U.S. Department of Energy research facility in Tennessee known for its pioneering work in nuclear science, energy technologies, and advanced materials.
B. Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
C. Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is a major U.S. federal research facility in Maryland that conducts wide-ranging agricultural and environmental science to support sustainable farming and food systems.
D. Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory is a major U.S. Department of Energy research facility on Long Island known for its cutting-edge work in nuclear and particle physics, materials science, and energy research.
E. ATF National Laboratory Center
The ATF National Laboratory Center is a specialized forensic science facility that supports the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations involving firearms, explosives, arson, and related evidence.
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: White Oak Federal Research Center
Target entity description: White Oak Federal Research Center is a major U.S. federal campus in Maryland that houses key Food and Drug Administration facilities and laboratories.

A. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a major U.S. Department of Energy research facility in Tennessee known for its pioneering work in nuclear science, energy technologies, and advanced materials.
B. Los Alamos Laboratory
Los Alamos Laboratory was the secret U.S. research facility in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project developed the first atomic bombs during World War II.
C. Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is a major U.S. federal research facility in Maryland that conducts wide-ranging agricultural and environmental science to support sustainable farming and food systems.
D. Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory is a major U.S. Department of Energy research facility on Long Island known for its cutting-edge work in nuclear and particle physics, materials science, and energy research.
E. ATF National Laboratory Center
The ATF National Laboratory Center is a specialized forensic science facility that supports the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations involving firearms, explosives, arson, and related evidence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal office complex ⓘ research campus ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employer	federal employees ⓘ regulatory staff ⓘ scientists ⓘ
hasFacility	FDA headquarters ⓘ FDA field laboratories ⓘ surface form: FDA laboratories FDA office buildings ⓘ
hasFunction	centralization of FDA laboratories ⓘ consolidation of FDA offices ⓘ
hasSecurityLevel	federal facility security ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess	road access via local Maryland highways ⓘ
locatedIn	Maryland ⓘ Montgomery County ⓘ surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland White Oak, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	U.S. federal real property portfolio ⓘ
primaryOccupant	Food and Drug Administration ⓘ surface form: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
purpose	support FDA regulatory mission ⓘ support food and drug safety oversight ⓘ support scientific review of medical products ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
tenant	Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research ⓘ Center for Devices and Radiological Health ⓘ Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ⓘ Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ⓘ Office of Regulatory Affairs ⓘ U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of the Commissioner ⓘ surface form: Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
usedFor	biomedical research ⓘ drug evaluation and research ⓘ food safety research ⓘ medical device evaluation ⓘ public health protection ⓘ regulatory science ⓘ
zoningType	government campus ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research → headquartersLocation → White Oak Federal Research Center ⓘ

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research → headquartersFacility → White Oak Federal Research Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: FDA White Oak Campus

White Oak, Maryland → isNearFederalFacility → White Oak Federal Research Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Food and Drug Administration White Oak campus

Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies → locatedIn → White Oak Federal Research Center ⓘ