United States embassy in Dar es Salaam
E596770
The United States embassy in Dar es Salaam is the former American diplomatic mission in Tanzania that became widely known as one of the sites attacked in the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings in East Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States embassy in Dar es Salaam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6467092 — 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: United States embassy in Dar es Salaam Context triple: [1998 United States embassy bombings, target, United States embassy in Dar es Salaam]
-
A.
United States Embassy in Nairobi
The United States Embassy in Nairobi is the primary diplomatic mission of the U.S. in Kenya, handling political, economic, consular, and security relations between the two countries.
-
B.
U.S. Embassy in Khartoum
The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum is the official diplomatic mission of the United States in Sudan, responsible for managing bilateral relations, consular services, and political engagement in the country.
-
C.
U.S. Embassy in Juba
The U.S. Embassy in Juba is the official diplomatic mission of the United States to South Sudan, handling political, economic, and consular relations with the country.
-
D.
United States Embassy in Apia
The United States Embassy in Apia is the official diplomatic mission of the U.S. in Samoa, handling political, economic, consular, and cultural relations between the two countries.
-
E.
U.S. Embassy in Moscow
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is the primary diplomatic mission of the United States in Russia, serving as a key center for political reporting, intelligence, and U.S.-Russia relations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
- 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: United States embassy in Dar es Salaam Target entity description: The United States embassy in Dar es Salaam is the former American diplomatic mission in Tanzania that became widely known as one of the sites attacked in the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings in East Africa.
-
A.
United States Embassy in Nairobi
The United States Embassy in Nairobi is the primary diplomatic mission of the U.S. in Kenya, handling political, economic, consular, and security relations between the two countries.
-
B.
U.S. Embassy in Khartoum
The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum is the official diplomatic mission of the United States in Sudan, responsible for managing bilateral relations, consular services, and political engagement in the country.
-
C.
U.S. Embassy in Juba
The U.S. Embassy in Juba is the official diplomatic mission of the United States to South Sudan, handling political, economic, and consular relations with the country.
-
D.
United States Embassy in Apia
The United States Embassy in Apia is the official diplomatic mission of the U.S. in Samoa, handling political, economic, consular, and cultural relations between the two countries.
-
E.
U.S. Embassy in Moscow
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is the primary diplomatic mission of the United States in Russia, serving as a key center for political reporting, intelligence, and U.S.-Russia relations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | diplomatic mission ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Osama bin Laden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Qaeda terrorism in the 1990s ⓘ |
| attackDate | 1998-08-07 ⓘ |
| attackedBy | al-Qaeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackTimeRelation | occurred minutes after bombing of U.S. embassy in Nairobi ⓘ |
| attackType | truck bombing ⓘ |
| casualties |
many injuries
ⓘ
multiple fatalities ⓘ |
| category |
Attacks on diplomatic missions of the United States
ⓘ
Terrorist incidents in Tanzania ⓘ United States–Tanzania relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinatedAttackWith | United States embassy in Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelationWith | Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event | 1998 United States embassy bombings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
consular services
ⓘ
diplomatic representation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dar es Salaam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| notableFor | being target of 1998 al-Qaeda bombing ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1998 al-Qaeda bombings in East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | new United States embassy compound in Dar es Salaam ⓘ |
| represents | United States of America ⓘ |
| securityChangesAfter | increased security measures at U.S. embassies worldwide ⓘ |
| significance | major incident in history of U.S. diplomatic security ⓘ |
| status | former embassy building ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States diplomatic staff in Tanzania ⓘ |
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: United States embassy in Dar es Salaam Description of subject: The United States embassy in Dar es Salaam is the former American diplomatic mission in Tanzania that became widely known as one of the sites attacked in the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings in East Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.