Central Identification Laboratory
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The Central Identification Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Defense forensic laboratory specializing in the recovery and identification of missing American service members’ remains from past conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Central Identification Laboratory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3689188 — 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: Central Identification Laboratory Context triple: [Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command facilities, hasPart, Central Identification Laboratory]
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A.
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory
The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is a specialized U.S. facility dedicated to applying forensic science to investigate and combat wildlife crimes such as poaching and illegal trade in protected species.
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B.
Crime Laboratory System
The Crime Laboratory System is the forensic science division of the Massachusetts State Police that conducts scientific analysis of evidence for criminal investigations.
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C.
FBI Laboratory
The FBI Laboratory is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s premier forensic science facility, providing a wide range of scientific, technical, and investigative support to law enforcement agencies.
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D.
Columbus laboratory
The Columbus laboratory is the European Space Agency’s primary science module on the International Space Station, dedicated to conducting microgravity research across multiple scientific disciplines.
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E.
Forensic Investigation Center
The Forensic Investigation Center is a specialized New York State Police facility that conducts advanced scientific analysis and evidence processing to support criminal investigations.
- 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: Central Identification Laboratory Target entity description: The Central Identification Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Defense forensic laboratory specializing in the recovery and identification of missing American service members’ remains from past conflicts.
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A.
National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory
The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory is a specialized U.S. facility dedicated to applying forensic science to investigate and combat wildlife crimes such as poaching and illegal trade in protected species.
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B.
Crime Laboratory System
The Crime Laboratory System is the forensic science division of the Massachusetts State Police that conducts scientific analysis of evidence for criminal investigations.
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C.
FBI Laboratory
The FBI Laboratory is the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s premier forensic science facility, providing a wide range of scientific, technical, and investigative support to law enforcement agencies.
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D.
Columbus laboratory
The Columbus laboratory is the European Space Agency’s primary science module on the International Space Station, dedicated to conducting microgravity research across multiple scientific disciplines.
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E.
Forensic Investigation Center
The Forensic Investigation Center is a specialized New York State Police facility that conducts advanced scientific analysis and evidence processing to support criminal investigations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Department of Defense organization
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forensic laboratory ⓘ |
| activity |
field recovery missions at former battlefields and crash sites
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laboratory analysis of recovered remains ⓘ maintenance of forensic case records ⓘ |
| aimsTo | achieve fullest possible accounting of missing U.S. personnel ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
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surface form:
U.S. military services casualty offices
civilian forensic experts ⓘ foreign governments in recovery missions ⓘ |
| conflictScope |
Cold War incidents
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Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ other past U.S. military operations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distinguishedFrom | civilian crime laboratories ⓘ |
| employs |
DNA analysts
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archaeologists ⓘ forensic anthropologists ⓘ forensic odontologists ⓘ |
| field |
forensic anthropology
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forensic archaeology ⓘ forensic odontology ⓘ forensic science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
POW/MIA cases
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U.S. military personnel missing from past conflicts ⓘ |
| goal |
enable repatriation of remains to families
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provide scientific identifications of missing U.S. service members ⓘ |
| handles | historical remains cases rather than contemporary criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | cases of missing U.S. military personnel from past conflicts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | U.S. government policy to account for missing service members ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Department of Defense
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surface form:
United States Department of Defense
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| partOf |
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting enterprise
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| primaryMission |
identification of missing American service members’ remains
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recovery of missing American service members’ remains ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | scientific identification reports for POW/MIA cases ⓘ |
| sector |
defense
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forensic services ⓘ |
| serves |
United States Armed Forces
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families of missing American service members ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | federal government laboratory ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
DNA analysis
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archaeological recovery techniques ⓘ dental record comparison ⓘ forensic analysis of human remains ⓘ historical research ⓘ osteological analysis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Central Identification Laboratory Description of subject: The Central Identification Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Defense forensic laboratory specializing in the recovery and identification of missing American service members’ remains from past conflicts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.