Médecins Sans Frontières
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charitable organization
humanitarian organization
international non-governmental organization
medical humanitarian organization
nonprofit organization
Médecins Sans Frontières is an international humanitarian medical organization that provides emergency care in crisis zones and epidemics worldwide.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Médecins Sans Frontières canonical | 18 |
| Doctors Without Borders | 6 |
| MSF | 1 |
| MSF Canada | 1 |
| MSF France | 1 |
| MSF UK | 1 |
| MSF USA | 1 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T701618 — 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: Médecins Sans Frontières Context triple: [2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, majorResponseActor, Médecins Sans Frontières]
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A.
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
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B.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a global humanitarian organization that coordinates and supports national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in disaster response, health services, and community resilience efforts.
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C.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
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D.
CARE (humanitarian organization)
CARE (humanitarian organization) is a major international humanitarian and development NGO known for fighting global poverty and providing emergency relief and long-term community-based programs in over 100 countries.
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E.
UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
- 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: Médecins Sans Frontières Target entity description: Médecins Sans Frontières is an international humanitarian medical organization that provides emergency care in crisis zones and epidemics worldwide.
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A.
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
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B.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a global humanitarian organization that coordinates and supports national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in disaster response, health services, and community resilience efforts.
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C.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
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D.
CARE (humanitarian organization)
CARE (humanitarian organization) is a major international humanitarian and development NGO known for fighting global poverty and providing emergency relief and long-term community-based programs in over 100 countries.
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E.
UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
charitable organization
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humanitarian organization ⓘ international non-governmental organization ⓘ medical humanitarian organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| awarded | Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
impartiality
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independence ⓘ medical ethics ⓘ neutrality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conflict zone medical care
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disaster relief ⓘ emergency medical aid ⓘ epidemic response ⓘ humanitarian aid ⓘ public health ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bernard Kouchner
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group of French doctors ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| fundingPolicy | limited institutional funding ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
private donations
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public donations ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
maternal and child health care
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mental health support ⓘ running hospitals and clinics ⓘ surgical interventions ⓘ treatment of infectious diseases ⓘ vaccination campaigns ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName |
Médecins Sans Frontières
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Doctors Without Borders
Médecins Sans Frontières self-link ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to bear witness to crises
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to provide emergency medical assistance ⓘ to provide medical care regardless of race religion or political affiliation ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Médecins Sans Frontières
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MSF Canada
Médecins Sans Frontières self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MSF France
Médecins Sans Frontières self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MSF UK
Médecins Sans Frontières self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MSF USA
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| headquartersLocation |
Geneva
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
crisis zones
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developing countries ⓘ epidemic areas ⓘ refugee camps ⓘ war zones ⓘ |
| shortName |
Médecins Sans Frontières
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MSF
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| translatedNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| website | https://www.msf.org ⓘ |
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: Médecins Sans Frontières Description of subject: Médecins Sans Frontières is an international humanitarian medical organization that provides emergency care in crisis zones and epidemics worldwide.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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responseSupportedBy
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Médecins Sans Frontières
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subject surface form:
Nobel Peace Prize
this entity surface form:
Doctors Without Borders
this entity surface form:
Doctors Without Borders
this entity surface form:
Doctors Without Borders
this entity surface form:
Doctors Without Borders
this entity surface form:
MSF
this entity surface form:
MSF USA
this entity surface form:
MSF Canada
this entity surface form:
MSF France
this entity surface form:
MSF UK
this entity surface form:
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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collaboratesWith
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Médecins Sans Frontières
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this entity surface form:
Doctors Without Borders
this entity surface form:
Doctors Without Borders