Griffiss Air Force Base (former)
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Griffiss Air Force Base (former) was a major United States Air Force installation in Rome, New York, that served as a Strategic Air Command base and later a technology and logistics hub before its closure and redevelopment.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Griffiss International Airport | 3 |
| Griffiss Air Force Base | 2 |
| Griffiss Business and Technology Park | 2 |
| Griffiss | 1 |
| Griffiss Air Force Base (former) canonical | 1 |
| Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3047161 — 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: Griffiss Air Force Base (former) Context triple: [Rome, New York, hasMilitaryInstallation, Griffiss Air Force Base (former)]
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A.
Mitchel Air Force Base
Mitchel Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation on Long Island, New York, that played a significant role in military aviation training and operations during the 20th century.
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B.
Camp Griffiss
Camp Griffiss was a World War II U.S. military headquarters complex in England that notably housed elements of the Allied command planning the D-Day invasion.
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C.
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Georgia known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations.
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D.
Otis Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base is a former U.S. military installation on Cape Cod in Massachusetts that served as a key Air Force and Air National Guard facility during much of the 20th century.
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E.
Hunter Army Airfield
Hunter Army Airfield is a U.S. Army airfield in Savannah, Georgia, that serves as a key base for rapid-deployment and special operations forces.
- 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: Griffiss Air Force Base (former) Target entity description: Griffiss Air Force Base (former) was a major United States Air Force installation in Rome, New York, that served as a Strategic Air Command base and later a technology and logistics hub before its closure and redevelopment.
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A.
Mitchel Air Force Base
Mitchel Air Force Base was a former United States Air Force installation on Long Island, New York, that played a significant role in military aviation training and operations during the 20th century.
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B.
Camp Griffiss
Camp Griffiss was a World War II U.S. military headquarters complex in England that notably housed elements of the Allied command planning the D-Day invasion.
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C.
Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Georgia known for its large logistics, maintenance, and support operations.
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D.
Otis Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base is a former U.S. military installation on Cape Cod in Massachusetts that served as a key Air Force and Air National Guard facility during much of the 20th century.
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E.
Hunter Army Airfield
Hunter Army Airfield is a U.S. Army airfield in Savannah, Georgia, that serves as a key base for rapid-deployment and special operations forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | former United States Air Force base ⓘ |
| closureProgram |
Base Realignment and Closure
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surface form:
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| garrison |
27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
ⓘ
416th Air Base Wing ⓘ 416th Wing ⓘ
surface form:
416th Air Expeditionary Wing
416th Air Refueling Squadron ⓘ 416th Bombardment Wing ⓘ
surface form:
416th Bomb Wing
416th Bombardment Group ⓘ 416th Bombardment Wing ⓘ 416th Wing ⓘ 485th Engineering Installation Group ⓘ 49th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron ⓘ Rome Air Development Center ⓘ Rome Air Logistics Center ⓘ Rome Air Logistics Center ⓘ
surface form:
Rome Air Materiel Area
Rome Laboratory ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
Air defense base
ⓘ
Strategic bomber base ⓘ logistics hub ⓘ technology and research center ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | concrete ⓘ |
| hasRunwayUse |
cargo
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civil aviation (post-closure) ⓘ military ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Air Force Research Laboratory
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surface form:
Air Force Research Laboratory Rome Research Site
Griffiss Air Force Base (former) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Griffiss Business and Technology Park
Griffiss Air Force Base (former) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Griffiss International Airport
|
| locatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
Oneida County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome, New York ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | former Army Air Forces airfield site ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Lieutenant Colonel Townsend Griffiss
ⓘ
surface form:
Lt. Col. Townsend Griffiss
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| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Air Combat Command
ⓘ
Air Force Materiel Command ⓘ Strategic Air Command ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs |
business park
ⓘ
civil airport ⓘ technology park ⓘ |
| status | closed as an active Air Force base ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Cold War
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Gulf War era ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam War era
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| usedFor |
Strategic Air Command operations
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aerospace research and development ⓘ aircraft maintenance ⓘ aircrew training ⓘ command and control systems development ⓘ electronic warfare research ⓘ logistics support ⓘ |
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: Griffiss Air Force Base (former) Description of subject: Griffiss Air Force Base (former) was a major United States Air Force installation in Rome, New York, that served as a Strategic Air Command base and later a technology and logistics hub before its closure and redevelopment.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rome, New York
subject surface form:
Rome, New York
this entity surface form:
Griffiss Business and Technology Park
subject surface form:
Rome, New York
this entity surface form:
Griffiss International Airport
subject surface form:
Townsend Griffiss
this entity surface form:
Griffiss
subject surface form:
Townsend Griffiss
this entity surface form:
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York
Griffiss Air Force Base (former)
→
hasSuccessor
→
Griffiss Air Force Base (former)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Griffiss Air Force Base
this entity surface form:
Griffiss Business and Technology Park
Griffiss Air Force Base (former)
→
hasSuccessor
→
Griffiss Air Force Base (former)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Griffiss Air Force Base
this entity surface form:
Griffiss International Airport
this entity surface form:
Griffiss International Airport
this entity surface form:
Griffiss Air Force Base
this entity surface form:
Griffiss Air Force Base