District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health
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The District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health is the city’s public agency responsible for overseeing and providing mental health and substance use disorder services for residents of Washington, D.C.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health canonical | 3 |
| District of Columbia mental health system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T253969 — 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: District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health Context triple: [Government of the District of Columbia, hasAgency, District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health]
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A.
District of Columbia Department of Human Services
The District of Columbia Department of Human Services is the city’s primary social services agency, responsible for providing assistance and support programs to low-income individuals and families in Washington, D.C.
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B.
District of Columbia Department of Health
The District of Columbia Department of Health is the municipal public health agency responsible for protecting and promoting the health and well-being of residents and visitors in Washington, D.C.
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C.
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency is the DC government agency responsible for protecting children from abuse and neglect and providing child welfare and family support services in Washington, D.C.
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D.
District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
The District of Columbia Office of Human Rights is a local government agency responsible for enforcing civil rights and anti-discrimination laws in Washington, D.C.
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E.
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is the local government agency responsible for operating the jail and detention facilities and overseeing the custody and rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C.
- 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: District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health Target entity description: The District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health is the city’s public agency responsible for overseeing and providing mental health and substance use disorder services for residents of Washington, D.C.
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A.
District of Columbia Department of Human Services
The District of Columbia Department of Human Services is the city’s primary social services agency, responsible for providing assistance and support programs to low-income individuals and families in Washington, D.C.
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B.
District of Columbia Department of Health
The District of Columbia Department of Health is the municipal public health agency responsible for protecting and promoting the health and well-being of residents and visitors in Washington, D.C.
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C.
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency
The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency is the DC government agency responsible for protecting children from abuse and neglect and providing child welfare and family support services in Washington, D.C.
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D.
District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
The District of Columbia Office of Human Rights is a local government agency responsible for enforcing civil rights and anti-discrimination laws in Washington, D.C.
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E.
District of Columbia Department of Corrections
The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is the local government agency responsible for operating the jail and detention facilities and overseeing the custody and rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
behavioral health authority
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government agency ⓘ public health agency ⓘ |
| appliesToPopulation | residents of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfWork |
addiction services
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behavioral health ⓘ community mental health ⓘ mental health ⓘ public health ⓘ substance use disorder treatment ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
improving access to behavioral health care in Washington, D.C.
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reducing the impact of mental illness in Washington, D.C. ⓘ reducing the impact of substance use disorders in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| legalForm | district government agency ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Government of the District of Columbia
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surface form:
District of Columbia government
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| partOf | District of Columbia health and human services system ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administering behavioral health programs funded by the District of Columbia
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coordinating behavioral health care for District residents ⓘ developing behavioral health policy for Washington, D.C. ⓘ licensing and monitoring behavioral health providers in Washington, D.C. ⓘ overseeing public mental health services in Washington, D.C. ⓘ overseeing public substance use disorder services in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceProvided |
adult behavioral health services
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children and youth behavioral health services ⓘ community-based behavioral health services ⓘ crisis intervention services ⓘ emergency psychiatric services ⓘ inpatient behavioral health services ⓘ mental health services ⓘ outpatient behavioral health services ⓘ prevention and early intervention programs ⓘ substance use disorder services ⓘ treatment and recovery support services ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| website | https://dbh.dc.gov/ ⓘ |
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: District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health Description of subject: The District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health is the city’s public agency responsible for overseeing and providing mental health and substance use disorder services for residents of Washington, D.C.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Government of the District of Columbia
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hasAgency
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District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health
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St. Elizabeths Hospital (administrative oversight)
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relatedTo
→
District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health
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this entity surface form:
District of Columbia mental health system
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
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coordinateWith
→
District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health
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District of Columbia health and human services system
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hasPart
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District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health
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