VA Medical Center Philadelphia
E177566
VA Medical Center Philadelphia is a major U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and healthcare facility serving military veterans in the Philadelphia region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| VA Medical Center Philadelphia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1562817 — 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: VA Medical Center Philadelphia Context triple: [Woodland Avenue, passesNear, VA Medical Center Philadelphia]
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A.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University and known for its comprehensive clinical care and research.
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B.
Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital is a historic Philadelphia medical center, founded in 1751 as the nation’s first hospital and now a major teaching institution within the Penn Medicine health system.
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C.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia that serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
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D.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.
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E.
Lancaster General Health
Lancaster General Health is a regional not-for-profit health system in Pennsylvania that operates hospitals and outpatient facilities and is part of the Penn Medicine network.
- 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: VA Medical Center Philadelphia Target entity description: VA Medical Center Philadelphia is a major U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and healthcare facility serving military veterans in the Philadelphia region.
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A.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University and known for its comprehensive clinical care and research.
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B.
Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital is a historic Philadelphia medical center, founded in 1751 as the nation’s first hospital and now a major teaching institution within the Penn Medicine health system.
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C.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a major academic medical center in Philadelphia that serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
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D.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is a major U.S. military medical facility in Maryland that serves as the flagship hospital for the U.S. Armed Forces and provides care to service members, veterans, and the President.
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E.
Lancaster General Health
Lancaster General Health is a regional not-for-profit health system in Pennsylvania that operates hospitals and outpatient facilities and is part of the Penn Medicine network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Veterans Affairs medical center
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healthcare facility ⓘ hospital ⓘ |
| admissionPolicy | eligibility-based for veterans ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusArea |
mental health and PTSD care
ⓘ
post-service medical care ⓘ rehabilitation of injured veterans ⓘ service-connected disabilities ⓘ veterans health ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States federal budget ⓘ |
| governedBy | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs policies ⓘ |
| hasAffiliation | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| hasEmergencyDepartment | yes ⓘ |
| hasInsurancePolicy | primarily VA-covered care ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMission | to provide healthcare services to U.S. military veterans in the Philadelphia area ⓘ |
| hasPatientGroup |
eligible veteran family members
ⓘ
veterans of U.S. Armed Forces ⓘ |
| hasType | tertiary care facility ⓘ |
| healthcareSystem | Veterans Health Administration ⓘ |
| isPubliclyAccessible | yes, for eligible veterans ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeastern United States
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ Philadelphia County ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | government-operated, non-profit ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf |
Veterans Health Administration
ⓘ
surface form:
VA Healthcare System
|
| primaryPopulationServed | adult patients ⓘ |
| providesService |
diagnostic services
ⓘ
emergency care ⓘ inpatient care ⓘ mental health services ⓘ outpatient care ⓘ pharmacy services ⓘ primary care ⓘ rehabilitation services ⓘ specialty care ⓘ surgical services ⓘ |
| regionServed |
South New Jersey veterans (partial)
ⓘ
Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Veterans Health Administration ⓘ |
| sector | public healthcare ⓘ |
| serves |
Philadelphia metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia region
military veterans ⓘ |
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: VA Medical Center Philadelphia Description of subject: VA Medical Center Philadelphia is a major U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and healthcare facility serving military veterans in the Philadelphia region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.