Okba Ben Nafi Air Base
E373562
Okba Ben Nafi Air Base was a former major military airfield near Tripoli, Libya, that later became what is now known as Mitiga International Airport.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Okba Ben Nafi Air Base canonical | 2 |
| Okba Ibn Nafa Air Base | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3620038 — 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: Okba Ben Nafi Air Base Context triple: [Mitiga International Airport, previousName, Okba Ben Nafi Air Base]
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A.
Ali Al Salem Air Base
Ali Al Salem Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition operations in the region.
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B.
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition air operations in the region.
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C.
Beni Suef Air Base
Beni Suef Air Base is a military airfield in Egypt that serves as a key installation for the Egyptian Air Force in the Beni Suef region.
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D.
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is a major military airfield in Kuwait that serves as a key operational hub for the Kuwait Air Force and often supports coalition and logistical activities.
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E.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
- 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: Okba Ben Nafi Air Base Target entity description: Okba Ben Nafi Air Base was a former major military airfield near Tripoli, Libya, that later became what is now known as Mitiga International Airport.
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A.
Ali Al Salem Air Base
Ali Al Salem Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition operations in the region.
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B.
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base is a major Kuwaiti military airfield that serves as a key hub for the Kuwait Air Force and coalition air operations in the region.
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C.
Beni Suef Air Base
Beni Suef Air Base is a military airfield in Egypt that serves as a key installation for the Egyptian Air Force in the Beni Suef region.
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D.
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base is a major military airfield in Kuwait that serves as a key operational hub for the Kuwait Air Force and often supports coalition and logistical activities.
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E.
Al Dhafra Air Base
Al Dhafra Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a key hub for both Emirati and allied air operations in the Gulf region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military air base ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Libya
ⓘ
Libyan Air Force ⓘ |
| convertedTo |
Mitiga International Airport
ⓘ
civil airport ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Mitiga International Airport ⓘ |
| hasFormerUse | major military airfield ⓘ |
| hasFunction | air base ⓘ |
| hasIataCodeSuccessor | MJI ⓘ |
| hasIcaoCodeSuccessor | HLLM ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Mitiga International Airport ⓘ |
| hasType | airfield ⓘ |
| laterBecame | Mitiga International Airport ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tripoli ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC+2 ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tripoli ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Mediterranean Sea coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean coast
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| namedAfter | Uqba ibn Nafi ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Tripoli ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tripoli
ⓘ
surface form:
Tripoli metropolitan area
|
| region | Tripolitania ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defense
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ training ⓘ |
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: Okba Ben Nafi Air Base Description of subject: Okba Ben Nafi Air Base was a former major military airfield near Tripoli, Libya, that later became what is now known as Mitiga International Airport.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Okba Ibn Nafa Air Base