International Boundary and Water Commission
E446947
The International Boundary and Water Commission is a bi-national U.S.–Mexico agency responsible for applying boundary and water treaties and managing shared rivers and related infrastructure along the international border.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4489138 — 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: International Boundary and Water Commission Context triple: [Tijuana River, managedBy, International Boundary and Water Commission]
-
A.
International Boundary Commission
The International Boundary Commission is a bi-national organization that manages, surveys, and maintains the official land and water boundary between Canada and the United States.
-
B.
Inter-American Defense Board
The Inter-American Defense Board is a multinational military advisory body within the Inter-American system that promotes defense cooperation, planning, and consultation among the armed forces of member states in the Americas.
-
C.
Israel–Jordan Joint Boundary Commission
The Israel–Jordan Joint Boundary Commission is a bilateral body responsible for overseeing and managing the demarcation and maintenance of the international border between Israel and Jordan.
-
D.
Panama Canal Commission
The Panama Canal Commission was the U.S. government agency that operated and maintained the Panama Canal until control was transferred to Panama at the end of 1999.
-
E.
Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for managing water resources and operating dams, reservoirs, and irrigation projects primarily in the western United States.
- 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: International Boundary and Water Commission Target entity description: The International Boundary and Water Commission is a bi-national U.S.–Mexico agency responsible for applying boundary and water treaties and managing shared rivers and related infrastructure along the international border.
-
A.
International Boundary Commission
The International Boundary Commission is a bi-national organization that manages, surveys, and maintains the official land and water boundary between Canada and the United States.
-
B.
Inter-American Defense Board
The Inter-American Defense Board is a multinational military advisory body within the Inter-American system that promotes defense cooperation, planning, and consultation among the armed forces of member states in the Americas.
-
C.
Israel–Jordan Joint Boundary Commission
The Israel–Jordan Joint Boundary Commission is a bilateral body responsible for overseeing and managing the demarcation and maintenance of the international border between Israel and Jordan.
-
D.
Panama Canal Commission
The Panama Canal Commission was the U.S. government agency that operated and maintained the Panama Canal until control was transferred to Panama at the end of 1999.
-
E.
Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation is a U.S. federal agency responsible for managing water resources and operating dams, reservoirs, and irrigation projects primarily in the western United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
binational organization
ⓘ
intergovernmental organization ⓘ treaty-based organization ⓘ |
| appliesTreaty |
1884 Convention between the United States and Mexico
ⓘ
1889 International Boundary Convention ⓘ 1906 Convention for the Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande ⓘ 1944 Water Treaty between the United States and Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Mexican Water Treaty of 1944
Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande ⓘ
linked to:
Mexican Water Treaty of 1944
|
| cooperatesWith |
Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs
ⓘ
linked to:
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)
U.S. Department of State ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of State
|
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| formationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
International Boundary and Water Commission
United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission ⓘ
linked to:
International Boundary and Water Commission
|
| headquartersLocation |
El Paso, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
El Paso
|
| jurisdiction |
United States–Mexico border
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S.–Mexico border
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | treaties between the United States and Mexico ⓘ |
| manages |
Colorado River
ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ Río Bravo del Norte ⓘ
linked to:
Rio Grande
Tijuana River ⓘ |
| officialName |
Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas entre México y Estados Unidos
ⓘ
linked to:
International Boundary and Water Commission
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
International Boundary and Water Commission
|
| precededBy | International Boundary Commission ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mexico
ⓘ
U.S.–Mexico border region ⓘ
linked to:
U.S.–Mexico borderlands region
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| reorganizedYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
application of boundary treaties between the United States and Mexico
ⓘ
application of water treaties between the United States and Mexico ⓘ boundary mapping between the United States and Mexico ⓘ demarcation of the United States–Mexico boundary ⓘ operation and maintenance of international dams on the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ operation and maintenance of international flood control works on the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ operation and maintenance of international reservoirs on the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ settlement of boundary and water disputes between the United States and Mexico within its mandate ⓘ |
| sector |
flood control
ⓘ
hydroelectric infrastructure ⓘ international boundaries ⓘ water management ⓘ |
| shortName |
CILA
ⓘ
IBWC ⓘ |
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: International Boundary and Water Commission Description of subject: The International Boundary and Water Commission is a bi-national U.S.–Mexico agency responsible for applying boundary and water treaties and managing shared rivers and related infrastructure along the international border.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
International Boundary Commission
→
hasComponent
→
United States Section of the International Boundary Commission
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
Lower Colorado River water management system
→
coordinatedWith
→
International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
Lower Colorado Region of the Bureau of Reclamation
→
coordinatesWith
→
U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
International Boundary and Water Commission
→
hasPart
→
United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
International Boundary and Water Commission
→
hasPart
→
Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
International Boundary and Water Commission
→
officialName
→
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
International Boundary and Water Commission
→
officialName
→
Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas entre México y Estados Unidos
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
New River (Imperial Valley) via Salton Sea
→
monitoredBy
→
International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
Minute 242 to the 1944 U.S.–Mexico Water Treaty
→
signedBy
→
International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
Minute 242 to the 1944 U.S.–Mexico Water Treaty
→
enforcedBy
→
International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
Anzalduas Dam
→
operator
→
United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission
ⓘ
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission
linked to: International Boundary and Water Commission