United States Postal Service
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government-owned corporation
independent agency of the United States federal government
postal service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
All labels observed (23)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33174 — 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 Postal Service Context triple: [PR, usedIn, United States Postal Service]
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A.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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B.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a U.S. government agency responsible for designing and producing paper currency and other secure documents for the federal government.
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C.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.
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D.
Amtrak
Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
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E.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
- 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 Postal Service Target entity description: The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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A.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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B.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a U.S. government agency responsible for designing and producing paper currency and other secure documents for the federal government.
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C.
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned U.S. corporation created during the New Deal to provide regional economic development, flood control, and electricity generation in the Tennessee Valley.
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D.
Amtrak
Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
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E.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government-owned corporation
ⓘ
independent agency of the United States federal government ⓘ postal service ⓘ |
| chiefExecutiveOfficer |
Post Office Department
ⓘ
surface form:
Postmaster General of the United States
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs | postal workers ⓘ |
| formationDate | 1971-07-01 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| fundingModel | primarily funded by postage and service fees ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.usps.com ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| industry |
logistics
ⓘ
postal service industry ⓘ shipping ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Executive branch of the United States government ⓘ |
| legalName | United States Postal Service self-link ⓘ |
| monopolyOn |
access to residential mailboxes in the United States
ⓘ
non-urgent letter mail delivery in the United States ⓘ |
| offersService |
Certified Mail
ⓘ
First-Class Mail ⓘ Media Mail ⓘ PO Box service ⓘ United States Postal Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parcel Select
Priority Mail ⓘ Priority Mail Express ⓘ Registered Mail ⓘ USPS Retail Ground ⓘ international mail services ⓘ money orders ⓘ |
| operates |
mail processing facilities
ⓘ
post offices ⓘ vehicle fleet ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the United States
|
| precededBy | Post Office Department ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
collection of mail
ⓘ
delivery of mail ⓘ processing of mail ⓘ transportation of mail ⓘ |
| providesTo |
business customers
ⓘ
government agencies ⓘ residential customers ⓘ |
| regulator | Postal Regulatory Commission ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States territories ⓘ military addresses (APO/FPO/DPO) ⓘ |
| shortName |
United States Postal Service
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
U.S. Postal Service
United States Postal Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
USPS
|
| subjectTo | United States federal law ⓘ |
| symbol | eagle logo ⓘ |
| usesCurrency |
US dollar
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surface form:
United States dollar
|
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 Postal Service Description of subject: The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
Referenced by (280)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Postal Service
this entity surface form:
United States Postal Service (in the novel)
West Rancho Dominguez, California, United States
→
postalServiceProvidedBy
→
United States Postal Service
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subject surface form:
Washington, D.C.
subject surface form:
Erie, Illinois
subject surface form:
Newman
subject surface form:
Newman
this entity surface form:
United States postal system
subject surface form:
Prosperity, West Virginia