United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
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The United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations is the State Department office responsible for planning, constructing, acquiring, maintaining, and managing U.S. diplomatic facilities and properties around the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10740777 — 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: United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Context triple: [United States Ambassador’s Residence (Dublin), governingBody, United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations]
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A.
U.S. General Services Administration
The U.S. General Services Administration is a federal agency that manages government buildings, procurement, and technology services to support the operations of other U.S. government agencies.
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B.
Office of Federal Operations
The Office of Federal Operations is the division of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responsible for overseeing and adjudicating federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints and appeals.
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C.
Office of Domestic Operations
The Office of Domestic Operations is a division of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service responsible for managing and coordinating its security, investigative, and protective activities within the United States.
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D.
Public Buildings Service (GSA)
The Public Buildings Service (GSA) is the branch of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for designing, constructing, managing, and maintaining federal government buildings and real estate.
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E.
U.S. Department of State headquarters
The U.S. Department of State headquarters is the main office complex of the United States' foreign affairs agency, located in Washington, D.C.
- 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: United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Target entity description: The United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations is the State Department office responsible for planning, constructing, acquiring, maintaining, and managing U.S. diplomatic facilities and properties around the world.
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A.
U.S. General Services Administration
The U.S. General Services Administration is a federal agency that manages government buildings, procurement, and technology services to support the operations of other U.S. government agencies.
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B.
Office of Federal Operations
The Office of Federal Operations is the division of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responsible for overseeing and adjudicating federal sector equal employment opportunity complaints and appeals.
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C.
Office of Domestic Operations
The Office of Domestic Operations is a division of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service responsible for managing and coordinating its security, investigative, and protective activities within the United States.
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D.
Public Buildings Service (GSA)
The Public Buildings Service (GSA) is the branch of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for designing, constructing, managing, and maintaining federal government buildings and real estate.
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E.
U.S. Department of State headquarters
The U.S. Department of State headquarters is the main office complex of the United States' foreign affairs agency, located in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bureau of the United States Department of State ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
NERFINISHED
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regional bureaus of the United States Department of State ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employerOf |
architects
ⓘ
construction managers ⓘ engineers ⓘ facilities managers ⓘ real property specialists ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
ⓘ
construction management ⓘ engineering ⓘ facilities management ⓘ real property management ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
consulate construction
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embassy construction ⓘ energy efficiency and green building practices at overseas posts ⓘ facility rehabilitation and renovation ⓘ long-term planning of overseas diplomatic real estate portfolio ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure life-safety and security standards at overseas posts
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modernize and standardize U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad ⓘ support U.S. foreign policy objectives through diplomatic facilities ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mandate | provide safe, secure, functional, and resilient facilities for U.S. diplomatic missions ⓘ |
| operatesIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| oversees |
U.S. consulate compounds
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U.S. embassy compounds ⓘ other U.S. government facilities at overseas diplomatic posts ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Under Secretary of State for Management NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
acquisition of U.S. diplomatic properties abroad
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construction of U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad ⓘ maintenance of U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad ⓘ management of U.S. diplomatic real property abroad ⓘ planning of U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad ⓘ security-related design of U.S. embassies and consulates ⓘ sustainability initiatives for U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad ⓘ |
| sector |
diplomatic infrastructure
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foreign affairs ⓘ |
| uses | U.S. government appropriations ⓘ |
| website | https://overseasbuildings.state.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: United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Description of subject: The United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations is the State Department office responsible for planning, constructing, acquiring, maintaining, and managing U.S. diplomatic facilities and properties around the world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Ambassador’s Residence
→
governingBody
→
United States Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
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subject surface form:
United States Ambassador’s Residence (Dublin)