United States legation in Madrid
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The United States legation in Madrid was the historical American diplomatic mission in Spain that served as the precursor to the modern U.S. embassy in Madrid.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Embassy of the United States in Madrid | 4 |
| United States legation in Madrid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1857655 — 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: United States legation in Madrid Context triple: [United States Minister to Spain, diplomaticMission, United States legation in Madrid]
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A.
Embassy of the United States in Havana
The Embassy of the United States in Havana is the primary diplomatic mission representing U.S. political, economic, and consular interests in Cuba and a central symbol of the two countries’ often tense bilateral relationship.
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B.
Embassy of the United States in Paris
The Embassy of the United States in Paris is the primary diplomatic mission of the U.S. in France, handling political, economic, cultural, and consular relations between the two countries from its location in the French capital.
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C.
U.S. Embassy in Moscow
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is the primary diplomatic mission of the United States in Russia, serving as a key center for political reporting, intelligence, and U.S.-Russia relations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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D.
Embassy of the United States in London
The Embassy of the United States in London is the primary diplomatic mission of the U.S. in the United Kingdom, handling political, economic, consular, and cultural relations between the two countries.
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E.
Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo is the primary diplomatic mission representing U.S. political, economic, and consular interests in Japan.
- 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: United States legation in Madrid Target entity description: The United States legation in Madrid was the historical American diplomatic mission in Spain that served as the precursor to the modern U.S. embassy in Madrid.
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A.
Embassy of the United States in Havana
The Embassy of the United States in Havana is the primary diplomatic mission representing U.S. political, economic, and consular interests in Cuba and a central symbol of the two countries’ often tense bilateral relationship.
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B.
Embassy of the United States in Paris
The Embassy of the United States in Paris is the primary diplomatic mission of the U.S. in France, handling political, economic, cultural, and consular relations between the two countries from its location in the French capital.
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C.
U.S. Embassy in Moscow
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is the primary diplomatic mission of the United States in Russia, serving as a key center for political reporting, intelligence, and U.S.-Russia relations throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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D.
Embassy of the United States in London
The Embassy of the United States in London is the primary diplomatic mission of the U.S. in the United Kingdom, handling political, economic, consular, and cultural relations between the two countries.
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E.
Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo is the primary diplomatic mission representing U.S. political, economic, and consular interests in Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomatic mission
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legation ⓘ |
| countryRepresented | United States of America ⓘ |
| diplomaticRank | legation ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelation | Spain ⓘ |
| function |
management of diplomatic relations between the United States and Spain
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negotiation of treaties between the United States and Spain ⓘ protection of United States citizens in Spain ⓘ representation of United States interests in Spain ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
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Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Madrid ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Foreign Service
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surface form:
United States diplomatic service
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| precursorOf |
United States legation in Madrid
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surface form:
Embassy of the United States in Madrid
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| predecessorOf |
United States legation in Madrid
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surface form:
Embassy of the United States in Madrid
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| representedGovernment |
United States government
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surface form:
Government of the United States
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| successor |
United States legation in Madrid
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surface form:
Embassy of the United States in Madrid
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| typeOfBuildingUse | diplomatic use ⓘ |
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: United States legation in Madrid Description of subject: The United States legation in Madrid was the historical American diplomatic mission in Spain that served as the precursor to the modern U.S. embassy in Madrid.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States legation in Madrid
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United States legation in Madrid
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Embassy of the United States in Madrid
United States legation in Madrid
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successor
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United States legation in Madrid
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Embassy of the United States in Madrid
United States legation in Madrid
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predecessorOf
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United States legation in Madrid
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this entity surface form:
Embassy of the United States in Madrid
this entity surface form:
Embassy of the United States in Madrid