Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T874679 — 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: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Context triple: [Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, cooperatesWith, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure]
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A.
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policies on transport and mobility across all modes.
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B.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
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C.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
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D.
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for the country's national defense policy and oversight of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces.
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E.
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
- 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: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Target entity description: The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
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A.
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policies on transport and mobility across all modes.
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B.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
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C.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is a German federal government ministry responsible for shaping national economic policy while driving the country’s energy transition and climate protection strategy.
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D.
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) is the federal government department responsible for the country's national defense policy and oversight of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces.
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E.
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German federal ministry
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government department ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure safe and efficient transport systems
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improve mobility in Germany ⓘ strengthen digital networks in Germany ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
European Commission in transport policy
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German federal states on transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
allocation of federal funds for transport infrastructure
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federal transport infrastructure planning ⓘ national broadband strategy implementation ⓘ |
| hasOffice | Bonn ⓘ |
| headedBy | Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Germany
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surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
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| language | German ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur
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| oversees |
Deutsche Bahn regulatory framework
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aviation safety policy framework in Germany ⓘ broadband expansion policy ⓘ digital infrastructure funding programmes ⓘ federal motorway network ⓘ Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes ⓘ
surface form:
federal waterways administration
maritime shipping policy framework in Germany ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Government of Germany ⓘ |
| policyArea |
digital policy
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infrastructure ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development
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| responsibleFor |
aviation policy
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coordination of European transport policy for Germany ⓘ digital connectivity ⓘ digital infrastructure policy ⓘ federal highways ⓘ federal railways ⓘ federal transport infrastructure ⓘ inland waterways ⓘ maritime transport policy ⓘ national transport policy ⓘ navigation on federal waterways ⓘ rail transport regulation at federal level ⓘ road safety policy at federal level ⓘ |
| seat | Berlin ⓘ |
| shortName | BMVI ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Chancellor of Germany ⓘ |
| successorNote | Its responsibilities were later continued by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr). ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bmvi.de ⓘ |
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: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Description of subject: The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
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cooperatesWith
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Transport
Federal Government of Germany
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hasSubordinateUnit
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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this entity surface form:
German road traffic authorities
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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nativeName
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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precededBy
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development
subject surface form:
Deutsche Bahn
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (oversight)
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
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parentOrganization
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes
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parentOrganization
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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this entity surface form:
Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr
this entity surface form:
German Ministry of Transport
Federal Republic of Germany (indirectly via Deutsche Bahn AG)
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hasMinistryResponsibleFor
→
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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subject surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
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parentOrganization
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Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
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this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
subject surface form:
Bundesstraße 229
this entity surface form:
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport