Federal Protective Service
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The Federal Protective Service is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting federal government facilities, their occupants, and visitors.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Protective Service canonical | 11 |
| Federal Protective Service (GSA) | 1 |
| Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration | 1 |
| Federal Protective Service uniform | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T554967 — 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: Federal Protective Service Context triple: [National Protection and Programs Directorate, hasPart, Federal Protective Service]
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A.
Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency was a former U.S. government agency (1940–1953) that oversaw major social welfare, public health, and education programs before its functions were absorbed into other departments.
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B.
National Protection and Programs Directorate
The National Protection and Programs Directorate was a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security component responsible for enhancing the security and resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure.
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C.
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.
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D.
Homeland Security Bureau
The Homeland Security Bureau is a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia responsible for coordinating law enforcement efforts related to terrorism, emergency preparedness, and critical incident response in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
- 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: Federal Protective Service Target entity description: The Federal Protective Service is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting federal government facilities, their occupants, and visitors.
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A.
Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency was a former U.S. government agency (1940–1953) that oversaw major social welfare, public health, and education programs before its functions were absorbed into other departments.
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B.
National Protection and Programs Directorate
The National Protection and Programs Directorate was a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security component responsible for enhancing the security and resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure.
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C.
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.
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D.
Homeland Security Bureau
The Homeland Security Bureau is a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia responsible for coordinating law enforcement efforts related to terrorism, emergency preparedness, and critical incident response in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. government agency
ⓘ
federal law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
United States Marshals Service ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Marshals Service
local law enforcement agencies ⓘ state law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employerOf |
federal law enforcement officers
ⓘ
federal security officers ⓘ |
| employs |
criminal investigators
ⓘ
uniformed police officers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
active shooter preparedness at federal facilities
ⓘ
counterterrorism measures at federal facilities ⓘ emergency response planning for federal buildings ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | FPS ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasMotto | “A secure federal workspace for all federal employees and visitors.” ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.cisa.gov/fps ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legalAuthority |
Title 18 of the United States Code
ⓘ
Title 40 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| mission | to prevent, protect, respond to, and recover from terrorism, criminal acts, and other hazards affecting federal facilities ⓘ |
| operates | regional offices across the United States ⓘ |
| oversees | protective security contracts for federal buildings ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
ⓘ
United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
|
| partOf |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security law enforcement community
ⓘ
federal protective and security mission for critical infrastructure ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Federal Protective Service
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration
|
| provides |
facility security risk assessments
ⓘ
security training for federal facility occupants ⓘ special events security at federal properties ⓘ |
| responsibility |
criminal investigations related to threats against federal facilities
ⓘ
law enforcement and security services for federally owned and leased buildings ⓘ physical security assessments of federal facilities ⓘ protecting federal government facilities ⓘ protecting occupants of federal facilities ⓘ protecting visitors to federal facilities ⓘ specialized law enforcement response at federal facilities ⓘ uniformed patrol of federal buildings ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
federal courthouses
ⓘ
federal office buildings ⓘ federal warehouses and special-use facilities ⓘ federally leased buildings in the United States ⓘ federally owned buildings in the United States ⓘ |
| symbolizesWith |
FPS badge
ⓘ
FPS patch ⓘ |
| typeOfLawEnforcement | civilian police ⓘ |
| uses | contract security guards at federal facilities ⓘ |
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: Federal Protective Service Description of subject: The Federal Protective Service is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting federal government facilities, their occupants, and visitors.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
→
policeProtection
→
Federal Protective Service
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Hale Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse
→
securityProvider
→
Federal Protective Service
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subject surface form:
Federal Protective Service
this entity surface form:
Federal Protective Service (GSA)
this entity surface form:
Federal Protective Service uniform
Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse
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securityProvidedBy
→
Federal Protective Service
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