National Center for Toxicological Research
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The National Center for Toxicological Research is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts scientific studies to support the safety evaluation and regulatory decisions of the Food and Drug Administration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Center for Toxicological Research canonical | 3 |
| U.S. Food and Drug Administration National Center for Toxicological Research | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T686650 — 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: National Center for Toxicological Research Context triple: [Food and Drug Administration, hasDivision, National Center for Toxicological Research]
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A.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is a U.S. research institute that studies how environmental factors affect human health and disease.
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B.
Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick is a U.S. Army installation in Frederick, Maryland, best known as a center for biomedical research and biodefense programs.
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C.
Center for Veterinary Medicine
The Center for Veterinary Medicine is a branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration responsible for regulating animal drugs, animal food, and related veterinary products to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
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D.
ATF National Laboratory Center
The ATF National Laboratory Center is a specialized forensic science facility that supports the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations involving firearms, explosives, arson, and related evidence.
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E.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is the U.S. FDA division responsible for overseeing the safety, effectiveness, and quality of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
- 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: National Center for Toxicological Research Target entity description: The National Center for Toxicological Research is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts scientific studies to support the safety evaluation and regulatory decisions of the Food and Drug Administration.
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A.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is a U.S. research institute that studies how environmental factors affect human health and disease.
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B.
Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick is a U.S. Army installation in Frederick, Maryland, best known as a center for biomedical research and biodefense programs.
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C.
Center for Veterinary Medicine
The Center for Veterinary Medicine is a branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration responsible for regulating animal drugs, animal food, and related veterinary products to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
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D.
ATF National Laboratory Center
The ATF National Laboratory Center is a specialized forensic science facility that supports the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in criminal investigations involving firearms, explosives, arson, and related evidence.
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E.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is the U.S. FDA division responsible for overseeing the safety, effectiveness, and quality of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Food and Drug Administration facility
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federal research facility ⓘ research center ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
academic institutions
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international regulatory bodies ⓘ other FDA centers ⓘ other federal agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countrySubdivision | Arkansas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drug safety
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food safety ⓘ medical product safety ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ public health ⓘ regulatory science ⓘ toxicological risk assessment ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biomarkers of toxicity
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biotechnology product safety ⓘ computational toxicology ⓘ drug-induced toxicity ⓘ food contaminants ⓘ nanotoxicology ⓘ risk assessment of chemicals and drugs ⓘ safety evaluation of FDA-regulated products ⓘ toxicological mechanisms of action ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | NCTR ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jefferson County, Arkansas ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Pine Bluff, Arkansas ⓘ |
| mission |
conduct scientific research to support FDA regulatory decisions
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develop methods to evaluate safety of FDA-regulated products ⓘ provide scientific basis for public health protection ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Food and Drug Administration
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surface form:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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| ownedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| parentOrganization |
Food and Drug Administration
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surface form:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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| partOf |
Food and Drug Administration
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surface form:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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| performs |
computational modeling
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in vitro toxicology studies ⓘ in vivo toxicology studies ⓘ laboratory research ⓘ preclinical studies ⓘ |
| regulates | none ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomainSupported |
biologics
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cosmetics ⓘ drugs ⓘ food ⓘ medical devices ⓘ tobacco products ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| state | Arkansas ⓘ |
| supportsRegulationBy |
Food and Drug Administration
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surface form:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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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: National Center for Toxicological Research Description of subject: The National Center for Toxicological Research is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts scientific studies to support the safety evaluation and regulatory decisions of the Food and Drug Administration.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration National Center for Toxicological Research