Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.)
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The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. is a major federal hospital that provides comprehensive healthcare services to U.S. military veterans in the nation’s capital region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.) canonical | 1 |
| Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8768476 — 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: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.) Context triple: [Michigan Avenue NE, passesNear, Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.)]
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A.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a major not-for-profit teaching and research hospital in Washington, D.C., known for its comprehensive tertiary and quaternary care services.
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B.
George Washington University Hospital
George Washington University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Washington, D.C., affiliated with George Washington University and known for providing comprehensive tertiary and emergency care.
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C.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.
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D.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Sibley Memorial Hospital is a Washington, D.C.–based community hospital that serves as a clinical care and training site within the Johns Hopkins Medicine health system.
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E.
Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center
Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital that provides healthcare services to military veterans in and around Iron Mountain, Michigan.
- 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: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.) Target entity description: The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. is a major federal hospital that provides comprehensive healthcare services to U.S. military veterans in the nation’s capital region.
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A.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a major not-for-profit teaching and research hospital in Washington, D.C., known for its comprehensive tertiary and quaternary care services.
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B.
George Washington University Hospital
George Washington University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Washington, D.C., affiliated with George Washington University and known for providing comprehensive tertiary and emergency care.
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C.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.
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D.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Sibley Memorial Hospital is a Washington, D.C.–based community hospital that serves as a clinical care and training site within the Johns Hopkins Medicine health system.
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E.
Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center
Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital that provides healthcare services to military veterans in and around Iron Mountain, Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Veterans Affairs medical facility
ⓘ
federal hospital ⓘ hospital ⓘ |
| category |
Federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
Hospitals in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Veterans Affairs medical facilities ⓘ
linked to:
VA medical center
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| eligibilityRequirement | veteran status ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| governedBy | policies of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| hasMission | to provide comprehensive healthcare to U.S. veterans ⓘ |
| hasService |
diagnostic imaging
ⓘ
emergency or urgent care services ⓘ inpatient care ⓘ laboratory services ⓘ mental health services ⓘ outpatient care ⓘ pharmacy services ⓘ primary care ⓘ rehabilitation services ⓘ specialty care ⓘ surgical services ⓘ |
| healthcareSystem |
VA health care system
ⓘ
linked to:
Veterans Health Administration
|
| isPubliclyAccessible | true ⓘ |
| languageOfService | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
District of Columbia
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ capital of the United States ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| partOf | Veterans Health Administration ⓘ |
| patientGroup | eligible veterans ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mid-Atlantic United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Atlantic states
national capital region ⓘ |
| sector | public healthcare ⓘ |
| serves |
U.S. military veterans
ⓘ
veterans in the Washington, D.C. region ⓘ veterans in the national capital area ⓘ |
| typeOfCare | comprehensive healthcare services ⓘ |
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: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.) Description of subject: The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C. is a major federal hospital that provides comprehensive healthcare services to U.S. military veterans in the nation’s capital region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Washington, D.C.)