National Weather Service
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The National Weather Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for providing weather forecasts, warnings, and climate data to protect life and property and support the national economy.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28094 — 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: National Weather Service Context triple: [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, operates, National Weather Service]
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A.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
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B.
NOAA weather radio network
The NOAA Weather Radio network is a nationwide system of radio stations that continuously broadcasts official weather forecasts, warnings, and emergency information directly to the public.
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C.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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D.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
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E.
Office for Emergency Management
The Office for Emergency Management was a World War II-era U.S. federal agency in the Executive Office of the President that coordinated national defense and emergency preparedness activities.
- 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: National Weather Service Target entity description: The National Weather Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for providing weather forecasts, warnings, and climate data to protect life and property and support the national economy.
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A.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
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B.
NOAA weather radio network
The NOAA Weather Radio network is a nationwide system of radio stations that continuously broadcasts official weather forecasts, warnings, and emergency information directly to the public.
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C.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
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D.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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E.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture is a federal executive department responsible for developing and executing national policies on farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
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meteorological organization ⓘ weather forecasting agency ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
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international meteorological organizations ⓘ state emergency management agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataPolicy | public domain weather data ⓘ |
| employs |
IT specialists
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climatologists ⓘ hydrologists ⓘ meteorologists ⓘ |
| formerName |
National Weather Service
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Weather Bureau
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| hasAbbreviation |
National Weather Service
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NWS
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| headquartersLocation |
Silver Spring, Maryland
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| inception | 1870 ⓘ |
| issues |
air quality alerts
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aviation forecasts ⓘ fire weather forecasts ⓘ flood warnings ⓘ heat advisories ⓘ hurricane warnings ⓘ marine forecasts ⓘ severe weather warnings ⓘ tornado warnings ⓘ winter storm warnings ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalMandate |
protect life and property
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support the national economy ⓘ |
| operates |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
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surface form:
Aviation Weather Center
Climate Prediction Center ⓘ National Centers for Environmental Prediction ⓘ National Hurricane Center ⓘ Ocean Prediction Center ⓘ National Weather Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
River Forecast Centers
Space Weather Prediction Center ⓘ Storm Prediction Center ⓘ National Weather Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Weather Forecast Offices
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| parentOrganization |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Commerce
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| partOf | National Weather Service Organization Act framework ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
climate monitoring
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dissemination of weather data ⓘ hydrologic forecasting ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ weather warnings ⓘ |
| providesServiceTo |
agriculture sector
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aviation sector ⓘ emergency managers ⓘ general public ⓘ marine sector ⓘ media organizations ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
U.S. territories
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
adjacent coastal waters ⓘ |
| usesDataFrom |
numerical weather prediction models
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surface observation networks ⓘ weather balloons ⓘ weather radars ⓘ weather satellites ⓘ |
| website | https://www.weather.gov ⓘ |
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: National Weather Service Description of subject: The National Weather Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for providing weather forecasts, warnings, and climate data to protect life and property and support the national economy.
Referenced by (94)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NOAA Weather Radio
subject surface form:
NOAA Weather Radio
this entity surface form:
National Weather Service forecast offices
this entity surface form:
Weather Bureau
this entity surface form:
Weather Forecast Offices
this entity surface form:
River Forecast Centers
this entity surface form:
NWS
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
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providesDataTo
→
National Weather Service
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this entity surface form:
National Weather Service forecast offices
this entity surface form:
NOAA National Weather Service
this entity surface form:
NOAA National Weather Service
subject surface form:
Storm Prediction Center
subject surface form:
Storm Prediction Center
this entity surface form:
National Weather Service forecast offices
this entity surface form:
United States National Weather Service