U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
All labels observed (22)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T25146 — 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: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Context triple: [Port of Boston, regulator, U.S. Customs and Border Protection]
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A.
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.
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B.
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and distribution and enforcing the nation’s controlled substances laws.
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C.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
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D.
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency best known for protecting the U.S. president and other national leaders, as well as investigating financial and cyber crimes.
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E.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency of the United States, responsible for investigating and enforcing federal laws and protecting national security.
- 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: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Target entity description: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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A.
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.
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B.
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a United States federal law enforcement agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and distribution and enforcing the nation’s controlled substances laws.
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C.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
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D.
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency best known for protecting the U.S. president and other national leaders, as well as investigating financial and cyber crimes.
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E.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency of the United States, responsible for investigating and enforcing federal laws and protecting national security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border control agency
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federal law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CBP
|
| budgetType | federally appropriated budget ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Drug Enforcement Administration
ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Transportation Security Administration ⓘ Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ |
| employs |
CBP agriculture specialists
ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
CBP officers
U.S. Border Patrol agents ⓘ |
| formedOn | 2003-03-01 ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Securing America's Borders ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| isLargestComponentOf | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal government of the United States ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Title 19 of the United States Code
ⓘ
Title 8 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| logo | Seal of U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ |
| mission |
collect import duties
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enforce U.S. trade, customs, and immigration laws ⓘ regulate and facilitate international trade ⓘ secure U.S. borders ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
airports
ⓘ
coastal waters ⓘ international mail facilities ⓘ land border ports of entry ⓘ seaports ⓘ |
| oversees |
Air and Marine Operations
ⓘ
Office of Field Operations ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Border Patrol
|
| parentAgency | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ⓘ
surface form:
Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
United States Customs Service
|
| reportsTo |
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of Homeland Security
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| responsibleFor |
agricultural inspection at ports of entry
ⓘ
border security ⓘ customs enforcement ⓘ immigration inspection at ports of entry ⓘ preventing human smuggling and trafficking across U.S. borders ⓘ preventing illegal drugs from entering the United States ⓘ preventing the entry of terrorists and terrorist weapons ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
|
| website | https://www.cbp.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: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Description of subject: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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this entity surface form:
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