New York City Department of Homeless Services
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The New York City Department of Homeless Services is the municipal agency responsible for providing shelter, outreach, and support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York City Department of Homeless Services canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9659334 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: New York City Department of Homeless Services Context triple: [New York City Department of Social Services, parentAgencyOf, New York City Department of Homeless Services]
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New York City Department of Social Services
The New York City Department of Social Services is the municipal agency responsible for administering the city’s major public assistance, social service, and income support programs for low-income and vulnerable residents.
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B.
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is the municipal agency responsible for promoting affordable housing, enforcing housing quality standards, and preserving the city’s existing housing stock.
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C.
NYPD Housing Bureau
The NYPD Housing Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for providing law enforcement and public safety services within the city’s public housing developments.
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D.
New York City Mission Society
New York City Mission Society is a longstanding New York City nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational, social, and supportive services to underserved children, families, and communities.
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E.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York is a major Catholic social service agency that provides a wide range of assistance and support programs to vulnerable individuals and families throughout the New York area.
- 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: New York City Department of Homeless Services Target entity description: The New York City Department of Homeless Services is the municipal agency responsible for providing shelter, outreach, and support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in New York City.
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A.
New York City Department of Social Services
The New York City Department of Social Services is the municipal agency responsible for administering the city’s major public assistance, social service, and income support programs for low-income and vulnerable residents.
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B.
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is the municipal agency responsible for promoting affordable housing, enforcing housing quality standards, and preserving the city’s existing housing stock.
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C.
NYPD Housing Bureau
The NYPD Housing Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for providing law enforcement and public safety services within the city’s public housing developments.
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D.
New York City Mission Society
New York City Mission Society is a longstanding New York City nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational, social, and supportive services to underserved children, families, and communities.
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E.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York is a major Catholic social service agency that provides a wide range of assistance and support programs to vulnerable individuals and families throughout the New York area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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municipal agency ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employerType | public employer ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to help homeless individuals and families achieve housing stability
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to prevent homelessness in New York City ⓘ to provide outreach to people experiencing homelessness ⓘ to provide shelter to people experiencing homelessness ⓘ to provide support services to people experiencing homelessness ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York City ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| operatesIn |
New York City borough of Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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New York City borough of Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City borough of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City borough of Staten Island NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City borough of the Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentAgency | New York City Human Resources Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of New York City
NERFINISHED
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New York City government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
drop-in centers for homeless individuals
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emergency shelter operations ⓘ family shelter system in New York City ⓘ homeless services in New York City ⓘ homeless shelters in New York City ⓘ intake and assessment for homeless services ⓘ outreach to people living in public spaces ⓘ outreach to people living in subways ⓘ outreach to people living on the streets ⓘ prevention services to reduce homelessness ⓘ safe haven programs for unsheltered homeless people ⓘ single adult shelter system in New York City ⓘ street outreach to people experiencing homelessness ⓘ support services for homeless families ⓘ support services for homeless individuals ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceType |
emergency shelter services
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homeless services ⓘ homelessness prevention services ⓘ street outreach services ⓘ supportive services for homeless people ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nyc.gov/site/dhs/index.page ⓘ |
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: New York City Department of Homeless Services Description of subject: The New York City Department of Homeless Services is the municipal agency responsible for providing shelter, outreach, and support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in New York City.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
New York City Department of Social Services
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parentAgencyOf
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New York City Department of Homeless Services
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