United States Geological Survey
E10600
The United States Geological Survey is a U.S. government scientific agency that studies and monitors natural resources and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water resources.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T29491 — 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: United States Geological Survey Context triple: [1906 San Francisco earthquake, recordedBy, United States Geological Survey]
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A.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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B.
Geophysical Service Incorporated
Geophysical Service Incorporated was an early geophysical exploration company that evolved into Texas Instruments, playing a foundational role in the development of modern electronics and semiconductor technology.
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C.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
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D.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing vast areas of public lands and natural resources across the United States.
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E.
Earth System Research Laboratories
Earth System Research Laboratories is a NOAA research organization that studies the atmosphere and related Earth system processes to improve weather, climate, and air quality understanding and prediction.
- 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: United States Geological Survey Target entity description: The United States Geological Survey is a U.S. government scientific agency that studies and monitors natural resources and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water resources.
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A.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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B.
Geophysical Service Incorporated
Geophysical Service Incorporated was an early geophysical exploration company that evolved into Texas Instruments, playing a foundational role in the development of modern electronics and semiconductor technology.
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C.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
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D.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing vast areas of public lands and natural resources across the United States.
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E.
Earth System Research Laboratories
Earth System Research Laboratories is a NOAA research organization that studies the atmosphere and related Earth system processes to improve weather, climate, and air quality understanding and prediction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
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government agency of the United States ⓘ scientific agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
United States Geological Survey
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
USGS
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
administrative staff
ⓘ
engineers ⓘ scientists ⓘ technicians ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States federal budget ⓘ |
| hasMission |
to provide reliable scientific information about natural hazards
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to provide reliable scientific information about natural resources ⓘ to support decision making by policymakers ⓘ to support public safety and environmental management ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Science for a changing world ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Reston
ⓘ
surface form:
Reston, Virginia
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 1879 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal government of the United States
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| monitors |
droughts
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earthquakes ⓘ ecosystems ⓘ landslides ⓘ streamflow ⓘ volcanoes ⓘ water resources ⓘ wildlife populations ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| operates |
Biological Resources Division
ⓘ
United States Geological Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Earthquake Hazards Program
United States Geological Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National Earthquake Information Center
National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
surface form:
National Geospatial Program
National Water Information System ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of the Interior ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of the Interior ⓘ |
| produces |
earthquake catalogs
ⓘ
geologic maps ⓘ hydrologic data ⓘ topographic maps ⓘ volcanic activity reports ⓘ |
| studies |
biology
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geography ⓘ geology ⓘ hydrology ⓘ natural hazards ⓘ natural resources ⓘ |
| website | https://www.usgs.gov ⓘ |
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: United States Geological Survey Description of subject: The United States Geological Survey is a U.S. government scientific agency that studies and monitors natural resources and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water resources.
Referenced by (215)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USGS National Geospatial Program
this entity surface form:
U.S. Geological Survey