Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority
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The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority is the governing body responsible for managing and overseeing airport operations and development in the Memphis-Shelby County region of Tennessee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2262111 — 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: Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Context triple: [Memphis International Airport, operator, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority]
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A.
Memphis International Airport
Memphis International Airport is a primary commercial airport in southwestern Tennessee that serves the Memphis metropolitan area and is known as a major cargo and passenger hub.
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B.
McGhee Tyson Airport
McGhee Tyson Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Knoxville metropolitan area and the surrounding East Tennessee region.
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C.
Nashville International Airport
Nashville International Airport is a major public airport in Nashville, Tennessee, serving as a key passenger and cargo hub for the region with extensive domestic and limited international flights.
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D.
Tri-Cities Airport
Tri-Cities Airport is a commercial airport in southeastern Washington State that serves the Tri-Cities region, including Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland.
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E.
Tri-Cities Regional Airport
Tri-Cities Regional Airport is a public airport in northeastern Tennessee that serves the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia with commercial passenger and general aviation services.
- 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: Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Target entity description: The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority is the governing body responsible for managing and overseeing airport operations and development in the Memphis-Shelby County region of Tennessee.
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A.
Memphis International Airport
Memphis International Airport is a primary commercial airport in southwestern Tennessee that serves the Memphis metropolitan area and is known as a major cargo and passenger hub.
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B.
McGhee Tyson Airport
McGhee Tyson Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Knoxville metropolitan area and the surrounding East Tennessee region.
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C.
Nashville International Airport
Nashville International Airport is a major public airport in Nashville, Tennessee, serving as a key passenger and cargo hub for the region with extensive domestic and limited international flights.
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D.
Tri-Cities Airport
Tri-Cities Airport is a commercial airport in southeastern Washington State that serves the Tri-Cities region, including Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland.
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E.
Tri-Cities Regional Airport
Tri-Cities Regional Airport is a public airport in northeastern Tennessee that serves the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia with commercial passenger and general aviation services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport authority
ⓘ
local government authority ⓘ public agency ⓘ |
| city | Memphis ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Shelby County, Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
Shelby County
|
| governingBodyFor | Memphis International Airport ⓘ |
| governingBodyType | independent airport authority ⓘ |
| governs | airport facilities in Memphis-Shelby County region ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersIn |
Memphis
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
|
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.flymemphis.com/ ⓘ |
| industry |
airport management
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Memphis
ⓘ
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form:
Shelby County
Tennessee ⓘ |
| legalForm | airport authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Memphis
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| manages | Memphis International Airport ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Memphis metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis-Shelby County region
|
| oversees |
airport development in Memphis-Shelby County region
ⓘ
airport operations in Memphis-Shelby County region ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
airport governance
ⓘ
airport operations management ⓘ airport planning and development ⓘ |
| purpose | to manage and oversee airports in the Memphis-Shelby County region ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Memphis metropolitan area
ⓘ
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form:
Shelby County
|
| responsibleFor |
Memphis International Airport
ⓘ
airfield operations at Memphis International Airport ⓘ airport capital improvement projects in Memphis-Shelby County region ⓘ airport infrastructure planning in Memphis-Shelby County region ⓘ airport leasing and concessions at Memphis International Airport ⓘ airport property management in Memphis-Shelby County region ⓘ airport security coordination at Memphis International Airport ⓘ terminal operations at Memphis International Airport ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | governmental organization ⓘ |
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: Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Description of subject: The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority is the governing body responsible for managing and overseeing airport operations and development in the Memphis-Shelby County region of Tennessee.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.