CIRA
E831122
CIRA is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .ca country-code top-level domain and related internet infrastructure services in Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CIRA canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9932869 — 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: CIRA Context triple: [ccTLD registry, hasExample, CIRA]
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A.
CIC
CIC is the three-letter IATA airport code assigned to Chico Municipal Airport in Chico, California.
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B.
CIC
CIC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Cement Industry Committee, an organization associated with the cement sector.
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C.
CCIA
CCIA is an ecumenical body of the World Council of Churches that engages in international affairs, peacebuilding, and advocacy on global justice and human rights issues.
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D.
CICAD
CICAD is the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, a specialized body of the Organization of American States that coordinates regional policies and programs to prevent and control drug abuse and related crimes in the Americas.
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E.
CIT
CIT is the commonly used acronym for the Center for Information Technology, an organization focused on advancing computing and information systems.
- 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: CIRA Target entity description: CIRA is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .ca country-code top-level domain and related internet infrastructure services in Canada.
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A.
CIC
CIC is the three-letter IATA airport code assigned to Chico Municipal Airport in Chico, California.
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B.
CIC
CIC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Cement Industry Committee, an organization associated with the cement sector.
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C.
CCIA
CCIA is an ecumenical body of the World Council of Churches that engages in international affairs, peacebuilding, and advocacy on global justice and human rights issues.
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D.
CICAD
CICAD is the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission, a specialized body of the Organization of American States that coordinates regional policies and programs to prevent and control drug abuse and related crimes in the Americas.
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E.
CIT
The United States Court of International Trade (CIT) is a federal trial court that specializes in cases involving international trade and customs laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian Internet Registration Authority
ⓘ
domain name registry ⓘ not-for-profit organization ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Canadian Internet Registration Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | .ca domain namespace ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Canadian internet infrastructure
ⓘ
Canadian internet users ⓘ |
| governs | .ca domain registration policies ⓘ |
| hasScope | national ccTLD management ⓘ |
| industry |
domain name system
ⓘ
internet infrastructure ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| manages |
.ca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
country-code top-level domain for Canada ⓘ |
| mission | to manage the .ca domain and support a trusted internet in Canada ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | not-for-profit ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Canadian internet ecosystem ⓘ |
| participatesIn | internet governance discussions ⓘ |
| provides |
DNS services
ⓘ
domain name registration services for .ca ⓘ internet infrastructure services ⓘ |
| regulates |
.ca domain dispute resolution policies
ⓘ
.ca domain eligibility requirements ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
accreditation of .ca registrars
ⓘ
development of .ca domain policies ⓘ operation of the .ca DNS ⓘ |
| role | ccTLD registry operator for Canada ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Canadian internet governance ⓘ |
| supports | Canadian internet community initiatives ⓘ |
| topLevelDomain | .ca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | member-driven organization ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Canadian internet stakeholders
ⓘ
ICANN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: CIRA Description of subject: CIRA is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the organization that manages the .ca country-code top-level domain and related internet infrastructure services in Canada.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
ccTLD registry