Office of Southeast Asian Affairs
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The Office of Southeast Asian Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of State responsible for managing diplomatic relations and policy initiatives involving countries in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Office of Maritime Southeast Asia | 1 |
| Office of Southeast Asian Affairs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T328154 — 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: Office of Southeast Asian Affairs Context triple: [Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, subsidiaryUnit, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs]
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A.
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the U.S. State Department office responsible for managing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in East Asia and the Pacific region.
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B.
ASEAN Secretariat
The ASEAN Secretariat is the central administrative body that supports, coordinates, and implements the policies and activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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C.
Office of International Affairs
The Office of International Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury responsible for formulating and coordinating international economic and financial policy, including engagement with foreign governments and global financial institutions.
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D.
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
The Bureau of International Organization Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of State responsible for managing U.S. participation and policy in the United Nations and other international organizations.
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E.
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is the U.S. State Department division responsible for managing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations in the Middle East and North Africa.
- 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: Office of Southeast Asian Affairs Target entity description: The Office of Southeast Asian Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of State responsible for managing diplomatic relations and policy initiatives involving countries in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the U.S. State Department office responsible for managing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations with countries in East Asia and the Pacific region.
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B.
ASEAN Secretariat
The ASEAN Secretariat is the central administrative body that supports, coordinates, and implements the policies and activities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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C.
Office of International Affairs
The Office of International Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury responsible for formulating and coordinating international economic and financial policy, including engagement with foreign governments and global financial institutions.
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D.
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
The Bureau of International Organization Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of State responsible for managing U.S. participation and policy in the United Nations and other international organizations.
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E.
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is the U.S. State Department division responsible for managing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations in the Middle East and North Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government office
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bureau office ⓘ |
| advises |
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
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United States Secretary of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Secretary of State
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| coordinatesWith | U.S. Mission to ASEAN ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fieldOfWork |
democracy promotion
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diplomacy ⓘ economic policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ human rights ⓘ international relations ⓘ security policy ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| hasScope |
bilateral diplomacy
ⓘ
multilateral diplomacy ⓘ policy coordination on Southeast Asia ⓘ regional strategic planning ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Harry S. Truman Building
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mission |
to develop and implement U.S. foreign policy toward Southeast Asia
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to manage U.S. diplomatic relations with Southeast Asian countries ⓘ |
| oversees | U.S. embassies in Southeast Asian countries ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
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United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
|
| partOf |
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of State
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| regionServed |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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surface form:
Association of Southeast Asian Nations region
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| responsibleFor |
U.S. relations with Southeast Asian countries
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bilateral relations with Southeast Asian governments ⓘ democracy and governance initiatives in Southeast Asia ⓘ economic policy in Southeast Asia ⓘ human rights policy in Southeast Asia ⓘ multilateral diplomacy involving Southeast Asia ⓘ public diplomacy in Southeast Asia ⓘ regional integration issues in Southeast Asia ⓘ regional policy toward Southeast Asia ⓘ security policy in Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| worksWith |
U.S. embassies in Southeast Asia
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other U.S. government agencies on Southeast Asia policy ⓘ other regional offices in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs ⓘ |
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: Office of Southeast Asian Affairs Description of subject: The Office of Southeast Asian Affairs is a division of the U.S. Department of State responsible for managing diplomatic relations and policy initiatives involving countries in Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
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hasOrganizationalUnit
→
Office of Southeast Asian Affairs
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this entity surface form:
Office of Maritime Southeast Asia