Transportation Security Administration
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for ensuring the security of the nation’s transportation systems, most notably through passenger and baggage screening at airports.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Transportation Security Administration canonical | 68 |
| TSA | 7 |
| Border and Transportation Security Directorate | 2 |
| TSA Cares | 1 |
| TSA screening | 1 |
| Transportation Security Administration within DHS | 1 |
| federal air marshals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T68853 — 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: Transportation Security Administration Context triple: [Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, collaboratesWith, Transportation Security Administration]
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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C.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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D.
DPAC
DPAC is a major performing arts venue in Durham, North Carolina, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and other large-scale live entertainment events.
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E.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
- 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: Transportation Security Administration Target entity description: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for ensuring the security of the nation’s transportation systems, most notably through passenger and baggage screening at airports.
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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C.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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D.
DPAC
DPAC is a major performing arts venue in Durham, North Carolina, known for hosting Broadway tours, concerts, and other large-scale live entertainment events.
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E.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
ⓘ
federal agency ⓘ government organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Transportation Security Administration
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
TSA
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateFormed | 2001-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateMovedToParentAgency | 2003 ⓘ |
| employerOf |
behavior detection officers
ⓘ
canine handlers ⓘ Transportation Security Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
federal air marshals
transportation security officers ⓘ |
| formedAsResponseTo | September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 2001 ⓘ |
| fullName | Transportation Security Administration self-link ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.tsa.gov/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Springfield, Virginia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| initialParentAgency | United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Aviation and Transportation Security Act ⓘ |
| motto | Not On My Watch ⓘ |
| movedToParentAgency | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| oversees |
airport security screening operations
ⓘ
carry-on baggage screening ⓘ checked baggage screening ⓘ security directives for transportation operators ⓘ security regulations for airlines ⓘ security regulations for airports ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Department of Homeland Security
ⓘ
surface form:
United States homeland security apparatus
|
| responsibleFor |
baggage screening at airports
ⓘ
civil aviation security in the United States ⓘ passenger screening at airports ⓘ security of freight transportation ⓘ security of highways ⓘ security of maritime transportation ⓘ security of mass transit systems ⓘ security of pipelines ⓘ security of rail transportation ⓘ security of transportation systems ⓘ transportation security in the United States ⓘ |
| sector | transportation ⓘ |
| usesProgram |
Federal Air Marshal Service
ⓘ
Known Traveler Number system ⓘ PreCheck ⓘ Secure Flight ⓘ Transportation Security Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TSA Cares
TSA PreCheck expedited screening ⓘ |
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: Transportation Security Administration Description of subject: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for ensuring the security of the nation’s transportation systems, most notably through passenger and baggage screening at airports.
Referenced by (81)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority
→
collaboratesWith
→
Transportation Security Administration
ⓘ
City of Atlanta Department of Aviation
→
collaboratesWith
→
Transportation Security Administration
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
TSA
subject surface form:
Terrorist Screening Database
this entity surface form:
TSA
this entity surface form:
TSA
United States Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization
→
collaboratesWith
→
Transportation Security Administration
ⓘ
Palm Beach County Department of Airports
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coordinatesWith
→
Transportation Security Administration
ⓘ
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, Glynco, Georgia
→
servesAgency
→
Transportation Security Administration
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
subject surface form:
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
this entity surface form:
TSA
this entity surface form:
TSA