Geographic Names Information System
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The Geographic Names Information System is the official federal database of geographic feature names in the United States, providing standardized names and related information for use in maps and government publications.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geographic Names Information System canonical | 3 |
| GNIS | 1 |
| USGS GNIS web portal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T284492 — 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: Geographic Names Information System Context triple: [U.S. Board on Geographic Names, maintains, Geographic Names Information System]
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A.
Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names
Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names is the official guideline document that sets the standards and rules for naming geographic features within the United States.
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B.
Domestic Names Committee
The Domestic Names Committee is a division of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names responsible for standardizing and approving geographic names within the United States.
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C.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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D.
Name Authority File
The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
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E.
Namba
Namba is a major commercial and entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its bustling nightlife, shopping, and iconic neon-lit streets.
- 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: Geographic Names Information System Target entity description: The Geographic Names Information System is the official federal database of geographic feature names in the United States, providing standardized names and related information for use in maps and government publications.
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A.
Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names
Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names is the official guideline document that sets the standards and rules for naming geographic features within the United States.
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B.
Domestic Names Committee
The Domestic Names Committee is a division of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names responsible for standardizing and approving geographic names within the United States.
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C.
National Geodetic Survey
The National Geodetic Survey is the U.S. federal agency responsible for defining, maintaining, and providing access to the national coordinate system used for mapping, charting, and navigation.
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D.
Name Authority File
The Name Authority File is a standardized database of authorized names and headings used by libraries and other institutions to ensure consistent cataloging and retrieval of bibliographic records.
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E.
Namba
Namba is a major commercial and entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its bustling nightlife, shopping, and iconic neon-lit streets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal government database
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geographic names database ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Geographic Names Information System
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
GNIS
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| accessMode |
online access
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web services ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
District of Columbia
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U.S. territories ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| authorityFor | official federal geographic names in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataFormat | digital database ⓘ |
| describedAs | official repository of domestic geographic names data for the United States government ⓘ |
| hasCoverage |
civil divisions
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cultural geographic features ⓘ landforms ⓘ natural geographic features ⓘ populated places ⓘ transportation features ⓘ water features ⓘ |
| hasPart |
GNIS feature records
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elevation data ⓘ feature classification ⓘ feature description fields ⓘ feature identifiers ⓘ geographic feature names ⓘ historical names ⓘ location coordinates ⓘ map name references ⓘ state and county codes ⓘ variant names ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
USGS topographic maps
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surface form:
USGS National Mapping Program
United States Board on Geographic Names programs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
United States Board on Geographic Names
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surface form:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| operator |
United States Board on Geographic Names
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surface form:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| publisher | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| regulates |
official feature names used on federal maps and publications
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standardized spelling of geographic names ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Geographic Names Information System
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
USGS GNIS web portal
federal geographic naming policies ⓘ |
| use |
cartographic products
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emergency response mapping ⓘ federal government publications ⓘ geospatial analysis ⓘ research on place names ⓘ standardization of geographic names ⓘ topographic mapping ⓘ |
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: Geographic Names Information System Description of subject: The Geographic Names Information System is the official federal database of geographic feature names in the United States, providing standardized names and related information for use in maps and government publications.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing
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maintains
→
Geographic Names Information System
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subject surface form:
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Principles, Policies, and Procedures for Domestic Geographic Names
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relatedTo
→
Geographic Names Information System
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Geographic Names Information System
→
abbreviation
→
Geographic Names Information System
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
GNIS
Geographic Names Information System
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subjectOf
→
Geographic Names Information System
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
USGS GNIS web portal