Waldorf, Maryland
E183828
Waldorf, Maryland is a major suburban community in Southern Maryland known for its residential growth, retail centers, and role as a commuter hub for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waldorf, Maryland canonical | 11 |
| Waldorf, Maryland, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T749572 — 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: Waldorf, Maryland Context triple: [Charles County, Maryland, largestCommunity, Waldorf, Maryland]
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A.
Wheaton, Maryland
Wheaton, Maryland is a diverse suburban community in Montgomery County known for its shopping centers, residential neighborhoods, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
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B.
Brentwood, Maryland
Brentwood, Maryland is a small residential town in the inner suburbs of Washington, D.C., known for its diverse community and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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C.
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville, Maryland is a small city in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its historic districts, arts scene, and diverse residential neighborhoods.
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D.
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie, Maryland is a suburban city in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its planned communities, parks, and family-oriented residential character.
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E.
Germantown, Maryland
Germantown, Maryland is a major suburban community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its rapid growth, diverse population, and extensive residential and commercial development.
- 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: Waldorf, Maryland Target entity description: Waldorf, Maryland is a major suburban community in Southern Maryland known for its residential growth, retail centers, and role as a commuter hub for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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A.
Wheaton, Maryland
Wheaton, Maryland is a diverse suburban community in Montgomery County known for its shopping centers, residential neighborhoods, and proximity to Washington, D.C.
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B.
Brentwood, Maryland
Brentwood, Maryland is a small residential town in the inner suburbs of Washington, D.C., known for its diverse community and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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C.
Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville, Maryland is a small city in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its historic districts, arts scene, and diverse residential neighborhoods.
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D.
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie, Maryland is a suburban city in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its planned communities, parks, and family-oriented residential character.
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E.
Germantown, Maryland
Germantown, Maryland is a major suburban community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its rapid growth, diverse population, and extensive residential and commercial development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
census-designated place
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| areaCode |
240
ⓘ
301 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Charles County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 23 miles south-southeast of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| governingBody | Charles County government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
bedroom community for Washington, D.C.
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major retail hub in Southern Maryland ⓘ primarily residential land use ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
big-box retail stores
ⓘ
commuter-oriented road network ⓘ suburban housing developments ⓘ |
| hasPublicSchoolSystem | Charles County Public Schools ⓘ |
| hasShoppingCenter | St. Charles Towne Center ⓘ |
| hasTransportationLink |
Maryland Route 228
ⓘ
Maryland Route 5 ⓘ Maryland Route 925 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
rapid residential growth
ⓘ
retail centers ⓘ shopping malls ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Southern Maryland ⓘ |
| locatedOn | U.S. Route 301 ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Accokeek, Maryland
ⓘ
Brandywine, Maryland ⓘ Clinton, Maryland ⓘ La Plata, Maryland ⓘ |
| originalName | Beantown ⓘ |
| partOf |
Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
unincorporated area of Charles County, Maryland ⓘ |
| postalCode |
20601
ⓘ
20602 ⓘ 20603 ⓘ |
| renamedAfter | William Waldorf Astor ⓘ |
| role |
commuter hub for Washington, D.C. area
ⓘ
suburban community of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| state | Maryland ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Waldorf, Maryland Description of subject: Waldorf, Maryland is a major suburban community in Southern Maryland known for its residential growth, retail centers, and role as a commuter hub for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rock Point, Maryland
subject surface form:
Samuel Mudd
this entity surface form:
Waldorf, Maryland, United States