World Meteorological Organization
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The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World Meteorological Organization canonical | 193 |
| International Meteorological Organization | 2 |
| WMO | 2 |
| United Nations specialized agency for weather, climate, and water | 1 |
| WMO headquarters, Geneva | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17163 — 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: World Meteorological Organization Context triple: [United Nations, hasSpecializedAgency, World Meteorological Organization]
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A.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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B.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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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.
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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E.
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international body that regulates global trade rules between nations, aiming to ensure trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely.
- 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: World Meteorological Organization Target entity description: The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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A.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized international agency that directs and coordinates global health efforts, including disease control, health policy, and emergency response.
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B.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
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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.
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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E.
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an international body that regulates global trade rules between nations, aiming to ensure trade flows smoothly, predictably, and freely.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intergovernmental organization
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specialized agency of the United Nations ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
World Meteorological Organization
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
WMO
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| cameIntoForce | 23 March 1950 ⓘ |
| cofounderOf | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ |
| cofounderWith | United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ⓘ |
| coordinatesActivity |
international cooperation on atmospheric environment
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international cooperation on climate ⓘ international cooperation on water resources ⓘ international cooperation on weather ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atmospheric sciences
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climatology ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ hydrology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| founded | 1950 ⓘ |
| hasExecutiveBody | Executive Council ⓘ |
| hasGlobalProgramme |
Global Atmosphere Watch
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Hydrology and Water Resources Programme ⓘ World Climate Programme ⓘ World Weather Watch ⓘ |
| hasMainGoverningBody | World Meteorological Congress ⓘ |
| hasSecretariat | WMO Secretariat ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Geneva ⓘ |
| legalForm | treaty-based organization ⓘ |
| maintainsSystem |
Global Data-processing and Forecasting System
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Global Observing System ⓘ Global Telecommunication System ⓘ |
| mandate |
facilitation of free and unrestricted exchange of meteorological data
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promotion of international cooperation in atmospheric science ⓘ support to climate services for sustainable development ⓘ support to disaster risk reduction related to weather and climate ⓘ |
| memberOf | United Nations Development Group ⓘ |
| observesDay | World Meteorological Day ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United Nations ⓘ |
| predecessor |
World Meteorological Organization
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
International Meteorological Organization
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| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| setsStandard |
international standards for meteorological observations
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international standards for weather data exchange ⓘ |
| WorldMeteorologicalDayDate | 23 March ⓘ |
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: World Meteorological Organization Description of subject: The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
Referenced by (199)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
WMO Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications
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parentOrganization
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World Meteorological Organization
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this entity surface form:
WMO headquarters, Geneva
this entity surface form:
United Nations specialized agency for weather, climate, and water
this entity surface form:
International Meteorological Organization
this entity surface form:
WMO
subject surface form:
El Niño