Ministry of Defence of Iraq
E561210
The Ministry of Defence of Iraq is the government department responsible for formulating and overseeing Iraq’s national defense policy and the operations of its armed forces.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Defense of Iraq | 3 |
| Iraqi Ministry of Defense | 2 |
| Ministry of Defence of Iraq canonical | 2 |
| Iraqi Ministry of Defence | 1 |
| Ministry of Defence (Iraq) | 1 |
| MoD (Iraq) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6011907 — 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 Defence of Iraq Context triple: [Iraqi Air Force, commandStructure, Ministry of Defence of Iraq]
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A.
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
The Ministry of Interior of Iraq is the national government body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and policing across the country.
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B.
Iraqi Ministries of Defense and Interior
The Iraqi Ministries of Defense and Interior are the primary governmental bodies responsible for overseeing Iraq’s military and internal security forces, including the army, police, and related security institutions.
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C.
Ministry of Justice of Iraq
The Ministry of Justice of Iraq is the national government body responsible for overseeing the country’s judicial system, legal affairs, and correctional institutions.
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D.
Ministry of Oil of Iraq
The Ministry of Oil of Iraq is the national government body responsible for overseeing the country’s oil and gas sector, including exploration, production, and energy policy.
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E.
Iraqi Intelligence Service
The Iraqi Intelligence Service was the main intelligence and secret police agency of Saddam Hussein’s regime, responsible for internal repression, surveillance, and foreign espionage in Iraq.
- 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 Defence of Iraq Target entity description: The Ministry of Defence of Iraq is the government department responsible for formulating and overseeing Iraq’s national defense policy and the operations of its armed forces.
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A.
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
The Ministry of Interior of Iraq is the national government body responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and policing across the country.
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B.
Iraqi Ministries of Defense and Interior
The Iraqi Ministries of Defense and Interior are the primary governmental bodies responsible for overseeing Iraq’s military and internal security forces, including the army, police, and related security institutions.
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C.
Ministry of Justice of Iraq
The Ministry of Justice of Iraq is the national government body responsible for overseeing the country’s judicial system, legal affairs, and correctional institutions.
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D.
Ministry of Oil of Iraq
The Ministry of Oil of Iraq is the national government body responsible for overseeing the country’s oil and gas sector, including exploration, production, and energy policy.
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E.
Iraqi Intelligence Service
The Iraqi Intelligence Service was the main intelligence and secret police agency of Saddam Hussein’s regime, responsible for internal repression, surveillance, and foreign espionage in Iraq.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defence ministry
ⓘ
government ministry ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Republic of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Ministry of Interior of Iraq
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Security Council of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| employs |
civil servants
ⓘ
civilian defence officials ⓘ military officers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
counterterrorism operations support
ⓘ
defence planning ⓘ military affairs ⓘ strategic studies ⓘ |
| goal |
defence of Iraq’s territorial integrity
ⓘ
protection of Iraq’s sovereignty ⓘ support to internal security operations when requested ⓘ |
| hasDuties |
border security planning
ⓘ
coordination with international military partners ⓘ formulation of defence policy ⓘ implementation of defence policy ⓘ management of armed forces ⓘ military budgeting ⓘ veterans and personnel affairs policy ⓘ |
| hasMinister | Minister of Defence (Iraq) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPosition | Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Baghdad Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversees |
Iraqi Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraqi Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Special Operations Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cabinet of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
military bases in Iraq
ⓘ
military training standards in Iraq ⓘ use of military equipment in Iraq ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Iraqi Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
military logistics in Iraq ⓘ military operations planning in Iraq ⓘ military procurement in Iraq ⓘ military training in Iraq ⓘ national defence policy of Iraq ⓘ |
| sector |
defence
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Prime Minister of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Defence of Iraq Description of subject: The Ministry of Defence of Iraq is the government department responsible for formulating and overseeing Iraq’s national defense policy and the operations of its armed forces.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Iraqi Ministry of Interior
this entity surface form:
Iraqi Ministry of Defense
subject surface form:
Iraqi Ministry of Defense
this entity surface form:
MoD (Iraq)
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Defense of Iraq
this entity surface form:
Iraqi Ministry of Defense
this entity surface form:
Iraqi Ministry of Defence
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Defense of Iraq
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Defense of Iraq
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Defence (Iraq)