Met Office
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The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national meteorological service, responsible for weather forecasting, climate science, and related research.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T545951 — 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: Met Office Context triple: [Robert Watson-Watt, employer, Met Office]
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A.
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
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B.
British Geological Survey
The British Geological Survey is the United Kingdom’s principal public-sector geoscience research and mapping organization, providing authoritative data and expertise on the nation’s geology and related natural resources and hazards.
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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.
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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E.
Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center is a U.S. government center that provides operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and assessments to support weather- and climate-related decision making.
- 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: Met Office Target entity description: The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national meteorological service, responsible for weather forecasting, climate science, and related research.
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A.
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
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B.
British Geological Survey
The British Geological Survey is the United Kingdom’s principal public-sector geoscience research and mapping organization, providing authoritative data and expertise on the nation’s geology and related natural resources and hazards.
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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.
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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E.
Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center is a U.S. government center that provides operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and assessments to support weather- and climate-related decision making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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national meteorological service ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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UK universities ⓘ World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
atmospheric science
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climatology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
United Kingdom government
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linked to:
UK government
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| hasSubsidiary |
Met Office Hadley Centre
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linked to:
Met Office
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| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Exeter ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Devon ⓘ |
| officialName |
Meteorological Office
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linked to:
Met Office
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| ownedBy | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | UK government ⓘ |
| partOf | UK national infrastructure ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Bracknell
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| provides |
climate change projections for the UK
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climate data services ⓘ early warnings of severe weather ⓘ weather forecasts for aviation ⓘ weather forecasts for broadcasters ⓘ weather forecasts for marine operations ⓘ weather forecasts for the UK public ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
aviation weather services
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climate monitoring ⓘ climate projections ⓘ climate science ⓘ defence meteorological support ⓘ marine weather services ⓘ meteorological research ⓘ public weather services ⓘ seasonal forecasting ⓘ severe weather warnings ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ |
| serves |
British Overseas Territories
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Crown Dependencies ⓘ
linked to:
Crown dependencies
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| shortName | Met Office ⓘ |
| specialUnit |
Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services
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linked to:
Met Office
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| uses |
numerical weather prediction models
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radar networks ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ supercomputers ⓘ surface weather stations ⓘ |
| website | https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ ⓘ |
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: Met Office Description of subject: The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national meteorological service, responsible for weather forecasting, climate science, and related research.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Met Office
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linked to: Met Office
linked to: Met Office
subject linked to:
Department of Meteorology
linked to: Met Office
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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subordinateAgency
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Met Office (sponsoring department role)
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linked to: Met Office
linked to: Met Office
linked to: Met Office
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linked to: Met Office
subject linked to:
WAFCs
linked to: Met Office
subject linked to:
storm Desmond
subject linked to:
storm Desmond
linked to: Met Office