City of Cambridge government
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The City of Cambridge government is the municipal authority responsible for administering public services, local policies, and regulations for Cambridge, Massachusetts.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T609774 — 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: City of Cambridge government Context triple: [East Cambridge, hasJurisdiction, City of Cambridge government]
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A.
Cambridge City Council
Cambridge City Council is the local authority responsible for providing municipal services and administering local governance for the city of Cambridge in England.
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B.
West Cambridge
West Cambridge is a primarily residential neighborhood in the western part of Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and proximity to the Charles River.
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C.
West Cambridge site
West Cambridge site is a major University of Cambridge campus area dedicated to science and technology departments, research facilities, and related academic buildings on the western edge of the city.
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D.
Cambridge Service Alliance
Cambridge Service Alliance is a University of Cambridge research and practice partnership focused on advancing service innovation, design, and management across industries.
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E.
Cambridge city center
Cambridge city center is the main commercial and cultural hub of Cambridge, Massachusetts, encompassing historic districts, universities, shops, and restaurants.
- 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: City of Cambridge government Target entity description: The City of Cambridge government is the municipal authority responsible for administering public services, local policies, and regulations for Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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A.
Cambridge City Council
Cambridge City Council is the local authority responsible for providing municipal services and administering local governance for the city of Cambridge in England.
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B.
West Cambridge
West Cambridge is a primarily residential neighborhood in the western part of Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and proximity to the Charles River.
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C.
West Cambridge site
West Cambridge site is a major University of Cambridge campus area dedicated to science and technology departments, research facilities, and related academic buildings on the western edge of the city.
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D.
Cambridge Service Alliance
Cambridge Service Alliance is a University of Cambridge research and practice partnership focused on advancing service innovation, design, and management across industries.
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E.
Cambridge city center
Cambridge city center is the main commercial and cultural hub of Cambridge, Massachusetts, encompassing historic districts, universities, shops, and restaurants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
local government
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municipal government ⓘ public authority ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| county | Middlesex County ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| governs | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasDepartment |
City of Cambridge government
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cambridge Community Development Department
Cambridge Department of Public Works ⓘ Cambridge Election Commission ⓘ Cambridge Fire Department ⓘ Cambridge Human Services Department ⓘ Cambridge Police Department ⓘ Cambridge Public Health Department ⓘ Cambridge Public Library main branch ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Public Library
Cambridge Public Schools ⓘ City of Cambridge government self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department
Cambridge water supply system ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge Water Department
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| hasExecutiveHead | City Manager of Cambridge ⓘ |
| hasLegislativeBody | Cambridge City Council ⓘ |
| hasMayor | Mayor of Cambridge ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | municipal services in Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Charter of the City of Cambridge ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | municipal ⓘ |
| meetsAt | Cambridge City Hall ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
affordable housing programs
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building permits ⓘ fire protection ⓘ local elections administration ⓘ local ordinances ⓘ local tax collection ⓘ municipal budget ⓘ parks and recreation ⓘ police services ⓘ public health programs ⓘ public libraries ⓘ public safety services ⓘ public works ⓘ recycling services ⓘ sewer service ⓘ transportation planning ⓘ trash collection ⓘ urban planning ⓘ water service ⓘ zoning enforcement ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cambridgema.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: City of Cambridge government Description of subject: The City of Cambridge government is the municipal authority responsible for administering public services, local policies, and regulations for Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cambridge city council districts
this entity surface form:
City of Cambridge
this entity surface form:
City of Cambridge
this entity surface form:
Cambridge city government
this entity surface form:
Cambridge City Council
City of Cambridge government
→
hasDepartment
→
City of Cambridge government
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Cambridge Community Development Department
City of Cambridge government
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hasDepartment
→
City of Cambridge government
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department
subject surface form:
Broadway corridor (Cambridge)
subject surface form:
Broadway (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
this entity surface form:
Cambridge city government
this entity surface form:
Cambridge municipal offices
this entity surface form:
municipal government of Cambridge, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Cambridge City Council
this entity surface form:
City of Cambridge administration
this entity surface form:
Cambridge city government
this entity surface form:
City of Cambridge municipal government
this entity surface form:
municipal government of Cambridge, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Cambridge City Hall or associated municipal offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts
City of Cambridge Department of Public Works – Parks and Urban Forestry
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governedBy
→
City of Cambridge government
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this entity surface form:
City of Cambridge municipal government
this entity surface form:
City of Cambridge municipal government