National Hurricane Center
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The National Hurricane Center is a U.S. government agency that monitors, forecasts, and issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Hurricane Center canonical | 24 |
| NHC | 1 |
| RSMC Miami | 1 |
| U.S. National Hurricane Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T28112 — 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: National Hurricane Center Context triple: [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hasDivision, National Hurricane Center]
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A.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for providing weather forecasts, warnings, and climate data to protect life and property and support the national economy.
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B.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
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C.
NOAA weather radio network
The NOAA Weather Radio network is a nationwide system of radio stations that continuously broadcasts official weather forecasts, warnings, and emergency information directly to the public.
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D.
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is a NOAA division responsible for managing the United States’ civil environmental satellites and providing critical weather, climate, and oceanographic data.
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E.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
- 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: National Hurricane Center Target entity description: The National Hurricane Center is a U.S. government agency that monitors, forecasts, and issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
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A.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for providing weather forecasts, warnings, and climate data to protect life and property and support the national economy.
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B.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
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C.
NOAA weather radio network
The NOAA Weather Radio network is a nationwide system of radio stations that continuously broadcasts official weather forecasts, warnings, and emergency information directly to the public.
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D.
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is a NOAA division responsible for managing the United States’ civil environmental satellites and providing critical weather, climate, and oceanographic data.
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E.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is a federal executive department responsible for safeguarding the nation against terrorism, managing border security, and coordinating responses to natural and man-made disasters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal agency
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meteorological organization ⓘ tropical cyclone warning center ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
National Hurricane Center
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NHC
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| collaboratesWith |
Caribbean meteorological services
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U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. emergency management agencies
World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataSources |
aircraft reconnaissance
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radar data ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ surface observations ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Hurricane Specialist Unit
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Storm Surge Unit ⓘ Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch ⓘ |
| issuesProduct |
graphical tropical weather outlooks
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marine forecasts for tropical regions ⓘ storm surge watches and warnings ⓘ tropical cyclone discussions ⓘ tropical cyclone forecast/advisories ⓘ tropical cyclone public advisories ⓘ tropical weather outlooks ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| locatedIn |
Miami
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surface form:
Miami, Florida
Miami-Dade County ⓘ
surface form:
Miami-Dade County, Florida
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mission | to save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing the best watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather ⓘ |
| monitors |
hurricanes
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major hurricanes ⓘ post-tropical cyclones ⓘ tropical depressions ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ⓘ
National Weather Service ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ⓘ
National Weather Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ⓘ
surface form:
NOAA
National Centers for Environmental Prediction ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Caribbean Sea
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Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ parts of the central North Pacific Ocean for backup ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
aviation advisories on tropical cyclones
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hurricane advisories ⓘ issuing hurricane warnings ⓘ issuing storm surge warnings ⓘ issuing tropical storm warnings ⓘ marine advisories on tropical cyclones ⓘ public advisories on tropical cyclones ⓘ tropical cyclone forecasting in the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ tropical cyclone forecasting in the eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ tropical cyclone intensity forecasts ⓘ tropical cyclone track forecasts ⓘ tropical weather outlooks ⓘ |
| usesSystem | Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nhc.noaa.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: National Hurricane Center Description of subject: The National Hurricane Center is a U.S. government agency that monitors, forecasts, and issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NHC
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
→
collaboratesWith
→
National Hurricane Center
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this entity surface form:
RSMC Miami
subject surface form:
Hurricane Agnes (1972)
this entity surface form:
U.S. National Hurricane Center
Cape Verde-type system (late-stage) is not applicable
→
meteorologicalAgency
→
National Hurricane Center
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subject surface form:
Hurricane Agnes (1972)