MDA
E154040
MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MDA canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1342923 — 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: MDA Context triple: [Maryland Department of Agriculture, hasAbbreviation, MDA]
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A.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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B.
MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
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C.
MAD
MAD is the three-letter IATA airport code for Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the main international airport serving Madrid, Spain.
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D.
MDOA
MDOA is the state agency responsible for advocating for and providing services to older adults and their caregivers in Maryland.
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E.
MDE
MDE is the state agency in Maryland responsible for protecting and restoring the environment and public health through regulation, monitoring, and enforcement of environmental laws.
- 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: MDA Target entity description: MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
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A.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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B.
MDA
MDA is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of Moldova.
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C.
MAD
MAD is the three-letter IATA airport code for Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the main international airport serving Madrid, Spain.
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D.
MDOA
MDOA is the state agency responsible for advocating for and providing services to older adults and their caregivers in Maryland.
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E.
MDE
MDE is the state agency in Maryland responsible for protecting and restoring the environment and public health through regulation, monitoring, and enforcement of environmental laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural agency
ⓘ
state government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MDA self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect natural resources on agricultural lands in Maryland
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protect public health through food safety oversight ⓘ support economic viability of Maryland agriculture ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Maryland Department of the Environment
ⓘ
Maryland farmers and agricultural organizations ⓘ United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Annapolis
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surface form:
Annapolis, Maryland
|
| jurisdiction |
Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maryland
|
| oversees |
Maryland agricultural fairs and shows
ⓘ
Maryland nutrient management plans ⓘ Maryland soil conservation districts ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Maryland ⓘ |
| promotes |
Buy Local campaigns in Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland farm products ⓘ Maryland farmers’ markets ⓘ |
| regulates |
Maryland farms
ⓘ
agricultural inputs in Maryland ⓘ commercial feed in Maryland ⓘ livestock health standards in Maryland ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
agricultural land preservation programs in Maryland
ⓘ
agricultural marketing in Maryland ⓘ animal health regulation in Maryland ⓘ conservation programs on agricultural lands in Maryland ⓘ dairy inspection in Maryland ⓘ environmental stewardship programs for farms in Maryland ⓘ equine industry support in Maryland ⓘ fertilizer regulation in Maryland ⓘ food safety programs in Maryland ⓘ forest pest management related to agriculture in Maryland ⓘ grain inspection in Maryland ⓘ mosquito control programs in Maryland ⓘ nutrient management programs in Maryland ⓘ organic certification programs in Maryland ⓘ pesticide regulation in Maryland ⓘ plant health regulation in Maryland ⓘ promotion of Maryland agriculture ⓘ regulation of Maryland agriculture ⓘ seafood marketing in Maryland ⓘ seed regulation in Maryland ⓘ soil conservation districts oversight in Maryland ⓘ weights and measures enforcement for agricultural products in Maryland ⓘ |
| sector |
agriculture
ⓘ
environmental protection related to agriculture ⓘ food safety ⓘ |
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: MDA Description of subject: MDA is the state agency responsible for promoting and regulating Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maryland Department of Agriculture