Naval Air Station Meridian
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Naval Air Station Meridian is a U.S. Navy installation in Mississippi that serves as a major training hub for naval aviators and support personnel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naval Air Station Meridian canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8693856 — 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: Naval Air Station Meridian Context triple: [Naval Air Training Command, operatesAtBase, Naval Air Station Meridian]
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A.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field
Naval Air Station Whiting Field is a major U.S. Navy training air station that serves as one of the primary sites for training naval aviators and flight officers.
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B.
Naval Air Station Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola is a major U.S. Navy base known as the primary training center for naval aviators and aviation support personnel.
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C.
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Naval Air Station Jacksonville is a major U.S. Navy installation in Florida that serves as a key hub for naval aviation training, operations, and support.
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D.
Naval Air Station Memphis
Naval Air Station Memphis was a major U.S. Navy aviation training and support facility that operated near Millington, Tennessee.
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E.
Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Biloxi, Mississippi, best known as a center for technical training and home to the 81st Training Wing.
- 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: Naval Air Station Meridian Target entity description: Naval Air Station Meridian is a U.S. Navy installation in Mississippi that serves as a major training hub for naval aviators and support personnel.
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A.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field
Naval Air Station Whiting Field is a major U.S. Navy training air station that serves as one of the primary sites for training naval aviators and flight officers.
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B.
Naval Air Station Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola is a major U.S. Navy base known as the primary training center for naval aviators and aviation support personnel.
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C.
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Naval Air Station Jacksonville is a major U.S. Navy installation in Florida that serves as a key hub for naval aviation training, operations, and support.
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D.
Naval Air Station Memphis
Naval Air Station Memphis was a major U.S. Navy aviation training and support facility that operated near Millington, Tennessee.
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E.
Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Biloxi, Mississippi, best known as a center for technical training and home to the 81st Training Wing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy air station
ⓘ
military installation ⓘ |
| aircraftUsedForTraining | T-45 Goshawk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Commander, Naval Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distanceToCityCenter | approximately 15 miles northeast of Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 303 feet ⓘ |
| hasApproachAid |
instrument landing system
ⓘ
precision approach radar ⓘ |
| hasCommunication | control tower radio frequencies for military aviation ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalSetting | rural ⓘ |
| hasFAAIdentifier | NMM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
McCain Field
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
air traffic control tower ⓘ commissary ⓘ exchange ⓘ fitness center ⓘ medical clinic ⓘ |
| hasHousing | on-base family housing ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | NMM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | KNMM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMission | produce combat-ready naval aviators ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 01/19
ⓘ
Runway 09/27 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | U.S. Navy security forces ⓘ |
| hasSupportActivity |
aircraft maintenance
ⓘ
logistics support ⓘ personnel training support ⓘ |
| hasTrainingRangeAccess | nearby military training airspace and ranges ⓘ |
| hasType | jet training base ⓘ |
| hostsUnit |
Training Air Wing ONE
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
VT-7 Training Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ VT-9 Training Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Lauderdale County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Meridian, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John S. McCain Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Naval Air Training Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
training aviation support personnel
ⓘ
training naval aviators ⓘ training naval flight officers ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| supportsService |
United States Coast Guard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ international military students ⓘ |
| timezone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Naval Air Station Meridian Description of subject: Naval Air Station Meridian is a U.S. Navy installation in Mississippi that serves as a major training hub for naval aviators and support personnel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.