TIGER grant program
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The TIGER grant program is a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative that provides competitive funding for innovative, multimodal transportation projects that have significant regional or national impact.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAISE grant program | 1 |
| TIGER grant program canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10546653 — 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: TIGER grant program Context triple: [Metroway, fundingProgram, TIGER grant program]
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A.
Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats.
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B.
Grants to States program
The Grants to States program is a federal initiative that provides formula-based funding to U.S. state and territorial library administrative agencies to support statewide library services, innovation, and access to information.
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C.
Research and National Technical Assistance program
The Research and National Technical Assistance program is a U.S. Economic Development Administration initiative that funds studies, tools, and expert support to help communities and policymakers advance effective economic development strategies nationwide.
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D.
T4 program
The T4 program was a Nazi German euthanasia initiative that systematically murdered people with disabilities and others deemed "unfit" under the regime’s racial hygiene policies.
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E.
Conservation grants program
The Conservation grants program is a Getty Foundation initiative that provides funding and support for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage and artworks 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: TIGER grant program Target entity description: The TIGER grant program is a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative that provides competitive funding for innovative, multimodal transportation projects that have significant regional or national impact.
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A.
Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats.
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B.
Grants to States program
The Grants to States program is a federal initiative that provides formula-based funding to U.S. state and territorial library administrative agencies to support statewide library services, innovation, and access to information.
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C.
Research and National Technical Assistance program
The Research and National Technical Assistance program is a U.S. Economic Development Administration initiative that funds studies, tools, and expert support to help communities and policymakers advance effective economic development strategies nationwide.
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D.
T4 program
The T4 program was a Nazi German euthanasia initiative that systematically murdered people with disabilities and others deemed "unfit" under the regime’s racial hygiene policies.
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E.
Conservation grants program
The Conservation grants program is a Getty Foundation initiative that provides funding and support for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage and artworks worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal grant program
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure funding program ⓘ |
| acronym | TIGER ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
ⓘ
United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdUnder | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ⓘ |
| eligibleApplicant |
local governments
ⓘ
metropolitan planning organizations ⓘ port authorities ⓘ state governments ⓘ transit agencies ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ |
| eligibleProjectType |
bridge projects
ⓘ
freight rail projects ⓘ highway projects ⓘ intermodal transportation projects ⓘ passenger rail projects ⓘ port infrastructure projects ⓘ public transportation projects ⓘ |
| evaluationProcess |
competitive selection
ⓘ
merit-based review ⓘ |
| focus |
multimodal transportation projects
ⓘ
projects with significant national impact ⓘ projects with significant regional impact ⓘ surface transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| fullName | Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| fundingType |
competitive grant
ⓘ
discretionary grant ⓘ |
| geographicRequirement | projects in the United States and its territories ⓘ |
| goal |
enhance regional connectivity
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improve access to jobs ⓘ improve freight movement ⓘ improve transportation infrastructure ⓘ promote economic recovery ⓘ reduce congestion ⓘ support innovative transportation projects ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionCriterion |
economic competitiveness
ⓘ
environmental sustainability ⓘ innovation ⓘ job creation ⓘ livability ⓘ partnership ⓘ safety ⓘ state of good repair ⓘ |
| startYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| successorProgram |
BUILD grant program
ⓘ
RAISE grant program ⓘ
linked to:
TIGER grant program
|
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: TIGER grant program Description of subject: The TIGER grant program is a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative that provides competitive funding for innovative, multimodal transportation projects that have significant regional or national impact.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Metroway bus rapid transit
linked to: TIGER grant program