Silver Alert
E121790
Silver Alert is a public notification system used to broadcast information about missing older adults or cognitively impaired individuals to aid in their safe recovery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Alert canonical | 2 |
| Silver Alert Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1022728 — 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: Silver Alert Context triple: [AMBER Alert, relatedTo, Silver Alert]
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A.
AMBER Alerts
AMBER Alerts are urgent public notifications issued by law enforcement and broadcast through various channels to help quickly locate and recover abducted children.
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B.
First Alert
First Alert is a consumer safety brand best known for its smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, and other home safety products.
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C.
Wireless Emergency Alerts system
The Wireless Emergency Alerts system is a nationwide public safety tool in the United States that delivers short, location-based emergency messages—such as severe weather warnings, AMBER alerts, and imminent threat notifications—directly to compatible mobile devices.
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D.
Emergency Alert System in the United States
The Emergency Alert System in the United States is a national public warning system that enables authorities to quickly broadcast urgent alerts over television, radio, and other communication channels during emergencies such as natural disasters, threats to public safety, or national crises.
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E.
SOS
"SOS" is a hit pop song by the Swedish group ABBA, known for its dramatic melody and emotional lyrics about a troubled relationship.
- 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: Silver Alert Target entity description: Silver Alert is a public notification system used to broadcast information about missing older adults or cognitively impaired individuals to aid in their safe recovery.
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A.
AMBER Alerts
AMBER Alerts are urgent public notifications issued by law enforcement and broadcast through various channels to help quickly locate and recover abducted children.
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B.
First Alert
First Alert is a consumer safety brand best known for its smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, and other home safety products.
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C.
Wireless Emergency Alerts system
The Wireless Emergency Alerts system is a nationwide public safety tool in the United States that delivers short, location-based emergency messages—such as severe weather warnings, AMBER alerts, and imminent threat notifications—directly to compatible mobile devices.
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D.
Emergency Alert System in the United States
The Emergency Alert System in the United States is a national public warning system that enables authorities to quickly broadcast urgent alerts over television, radio, and other communication channels during emergencies such as natural disasters, threats to public safety, or national crises.
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E.
SOS
"SOS" is a hit pop song by the Swedish group ABBA, known for its dramatic melody and emotional lyrics about a troubled relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
missing person alert program
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public notification system ⓘ |
| aimsToProtect |
people with Alzheimer’s disease
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people with dementia ⓘ people with other cognitive disorders ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
older adults
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people with cognitive impairment ⓘ vulnerable adults ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| dependsOn | public tips and sightings ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
adults with cognitive disabilities
ⓘ
elderly missing persons ⓘ non-juvenile missing persons ⓘ |
| goal | safe and timely recovery of missing vulnerable adults ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Silver Alert
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surface form:
Silver Alert Program
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| hasCharacteristic |
multi-channel communication
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state-specific eligibility criteria ⓘ time-sensitive activation ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
encouraging public assistance in locating missing persons
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increasing public awareness of missing older adults ⓘ rapid dissemination of information about missing vulnerable adults ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
general public
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law enforcement agencies ⓘ media outlets ⓘ transportation agencies ⓘ |
| implementedBy | state governments in the United States ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| modeledAfter |
AMBER Alerts
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surface form:
AMBER Alert
|
| oftenIncludes |
description of the missing person
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last known location ⓘ photograph of the missing person ⓘ vehicle description if applicable ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AMBER Alerts
ⓘ
surface form:
AMBER Alert
Blue Alert ⓘ missing person alert systems ⓘ |
| requires | verification by law enforcement ⓘ |
| triggeredBy |
report of a missing cognitively impaired adult
ⓘ
report of a missing older adult ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aiding in the safe recovery of missing persons
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broadcasting information about missing cognitively impaired individuals ⓘ broadcasting information about missing older adults ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
electronic billboards
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highway message signs ⓘ internet and social media ⓘ mobile phone alerts ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ television broadcasts ⓘ |
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: Silver Alert Description of subject: Silver Alert is a public notification system used to broadcast information about missing older adults or cognitively impaired individuals to aid in their safe recovery.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
AMBER Alert
this entity surface form:
Silver Alert Program