Civilian Marksmanship Program
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The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a U.S. government-chartered, non-profit organization that promotes firearms safety training and marksmanship, primarily through competitions and educational programs for civilians.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Civilian Marksmanship Program canonical | 13 |
| Civilian Marksmanship Program National Matches | 1 |
| High Power Rifle Championships | 1 |
| National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T888942 — 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: Civilian Marksmanship Program Context triple: [President's Hundred Tab, presentedBy, Civilian Marksmanship Program]
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A.
NRA
The NRA was a New Deal U.S. government agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and stimulate economic recovery.
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B.
NRA
The NRA, in this context, refers to the National Revolutionary Army, which was the military arm of China’s Kuomintang government and the main Chinese force fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
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C.
U.S. Army Ranger School
U.S. Army Ranger School is an elite, intensive combat leadership course of the U.S. Army that trains soldiers in small-unit tactics, endurance, and survival under extreme conditions.
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D.
The Bushnell
The Bushnell is a prominent performing arts center in Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and major cultural events.
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E.
Semper Paratus
Semper Paratus is the Latin motto of the United States Coast Guard, meaning "Always Ready" and symbolizing the service’s constant preparedness and vigilance.
- 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: Civilian Marksmanship Program Target entity description: The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a U.S. government-chartered, non-profit organization that promotes firearms safety training and marksmanship, primarily through competitions and educational programs for civilians.
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A.
NRA
The NRA was a New Deal U.S. government agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and stimulate economic recovery.
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B.
NRA
The NRA, in this context, refers to the National Revolutionary Army, which was the military arm of China’s Kuomintang government and the main Chinese force fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
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C.
U.S. Army Ranger School
U.S. Army Ranger School is an elite, intensive combat leadership course of the U.S. Army that trains soldiers in small-unit tactics, endurance, and survival under extreme conditions.
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D.
The Bushnell
The Bushnell is a prominent performing arts center in Hartford, Connecticut, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and major cultural events.
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E.
Semper Paratus
Semper Paratus is the Latin motto of the United States Coast Guard, meaning "Always Ready" and symbolizing the service’s constant preparedness and vigilance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
firearms safety organization
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marksmanship organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | CMP ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
civilian shooters
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junior shooters ⓘ shooting clubs ⓘ |
| charterType | U.S. government-chartered ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| emphasis |
marksmanship proficiency
ⓘ
safety ⓘ |
| field |
firearms training
ⓘ
shooting sports ⓘ sports education ⓘ |
| focus |
safe handling of firearms
ⓘ
small arms marksmanship ⓘ |
| geographicScope | national ⓘ |
| governance | board of directors ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
conducting national matches
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firearms safety education ⓘ junior shooting programs ⓘ marksmanship competitions ⓘ pistol training ⓘ rifle training ⓘ sanctioning shooting matches ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | federally chartered corporation ⓘ |
| notForProfitStatus | non-profit ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
competitive shooting events
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firearms safety courses ⓘ marksmanship clinics ⓘ youth shooting sports programs ⓘ |
| primaryMedium |
competitions
ⓘ
educational programs ⓘ |
| purpose |
organize marksmanship competitions
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promote firearms safety ⓘ promote marksmanship ⓘ provide firearms safety training ⓘ provide marksmanship training ⓘ support civilian marksmanship ⓘ |
| relationshipToGovernment | chartered by U.S. Congress ⓘ |
| relationshipToMilitary | supports national defense marksmanship objectives ⓘ |
| sector | civilian marksmanship ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
U.S. citizens
ⓘ
civilians ⓘ |
| typeOfTraining |
advanced marksmanship
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basic firearms safety ⓘ competition preparation ⓘ |
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: Civilian Marksmanship Program Description of subject: The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a U.S. government-chartered, non-profit organization that promotes firearms safety training and marksmanship, primarily through competitions and educational programs for civilians.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
M1 Garand
this entity surface form:
National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice
this entity surface form:
Civilian Marksmanship Program National Matches
this entity surface form:
High Power Rifle Championships