Consumer Product Safety Commission
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with consumer products.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | 6 |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission canonical | 3 |
| CPSC | 1 |
| United States Consumer Product Safety Commission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T542437 — 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: Consumer Product Safety Commission Context triple: [Title 15 of the United States Code, administeredBy, Consumer Product Safety Commission]
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A.
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws to promote fair competition and safeguard consumers.
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B.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing workplace safety and health standards to protect workers from hazards on the job.
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C.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations to ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy products and other hazardous materials.
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D.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating consumer financial products and services and enforcing laws that protect consumers in the financial marketplace.
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E.
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting public health by regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and other consumer products.
- 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: Consumer Product Safety Commission Target entity description: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with consumer products.
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A.
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws to promote fair competition and safeguard consumers.
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B.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing workplace safety and health standards to protect workers from hazards on the job.
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C.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations to ensure the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy products and other hazardous materials.
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D.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating consumer financial products and services and enforcing laws that protect consumers in the financial marketplace.
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E.
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting public health by regulating food, drugs, medical devices, and other consumer products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
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independent federal agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Consumer Product Safety Commission
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CPSC
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| collaboratesWith |
consumer organizations
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industry groups ⓘ state and local governments ⓘ |
| commissionerAppointment | appointed by the President of the United States ⓘ |
| commissionerConfirmation | confirmed by the U.S. Senate ⓘ |
| commissionerTermLength | 7 years ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateFormed | 1973 ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Consumer Product Safety Act provisions
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surface form:
Consumer Product Safety Act
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| excludesFromJurisdiction |
automobiles
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firearms ⓘ most food and drugs ⓘ tobacco products ⓘ |
| focusArea |
hazard identification
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injury prevention ⓘ product safety standards ⓘ |
| fullName |
Consumer Product Safety Commission
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
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| fundingSource | federal appropriations ⓘ |
| governedBy | commissioners ⓘ |
| hasChairperson | Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| headquartersLocation | Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ |
| inception | 1972 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalMandate |
Consumer Product Safety Act provisions
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surface form:
Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972
Federal Hazardous Substances Act ⓘ Flammable Fabrics Act ⓘ Poison Prevention Packaging Act ⓘ Refrigerator Safety Act ⓘ |
| mission | protect the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with consumer products ⓘ |
| numberOfCommissioners | 5 ⓘ |
| operates | National Electronic Injury Surveillance System ⓘ |
| oversightBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| primaryFunction |
ban hazardous consumer products
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collect and analyze data on product-related injuries ⓘ conduct product-related hazard research ⓘ develop safety standards for consumer products ⓘ inform and educate consumers about product safety ⓘ issue and enforce product recalls ⓘ regulate the sale and manufacture of consumer products ⓘ |
| publishes |
product recall announcements
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safety guidelines for consumers ⓘ |
| regulates | consumer products ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cpsc.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: Consumer Product Safety Commission Description of subject: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with consumer products.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
this entity surface form:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
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abbreviation
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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this entity surface form:
CPSC
Consumer Product Safety Commission
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fullName
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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this entity surface form:
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
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administeredBy
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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this entity surface form:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
this entity surface form:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
this entity surface form:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
this entity surface form:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
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maintainedBy
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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