E-Rate program
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The E-Rate program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted telecommunications, internet access, and related services to schools and libraries to support affordable connectivity for education.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| E-Rate program canonical | 2 |
| E‑Rate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T805633 — 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: E-Rate program Context triple: [Federal Communications Commission, oversees, E-Rate program]
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A.
Alliance for Affordable Internet
The Alliance for Affordable Internet is a global coalition of governments, companies, and civil society organizations working to reduce internet costs and expand affordable broadband access in developing and emerging economies.
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B.
Fios
Fios is Verizon's fiber-optic communications service offering high-speed internet, television, and phone to residential and business customers.
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C.
AT&T Fiber
AT&T Fiber is a high-speed fiber-optic internet service offered by AT&T, providing gigabit broadband connectivity to residential and business customers in various regions across the United States.
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D.
DOCSIS
DOCSIS is an international telecommunications standard that enables high-speed data transmission over existing cable television systems, commonly used for broadband internet services.
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E.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.
- 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: E-Rate program Target entity description: The E-Rate program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted telecommunications, internet access, and related services to schools and libraries to support affordable connectivity for education.
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A.
Alliance for Affordable Internet
The Alliance for Affordable Internet is a global coalition of governments, companies, and civil society organizations working to reduce internet costs and expand affordable broadband access in developing and emerging economies.
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B.
Fios
Fios is Verizon's fiber-optic communications service offering high-speed internet, television, and phone to residential and business customers.
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C.
AT&T Fiber
AT&T Fiber is a high-speed fiber-optic internet service offered by AT&T, providing gigabit broadband connectivity to residential and business customers in various regions across the United States.
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D.
DOCSIS
DOCSIS is an international telecommunications standard that enables high-speed data transmission over existing cable television systems, commonly used for broadband internet services.
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E.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy and managing federal use of spectrum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States education program
ⓘ
federal subsidy program ⓘ universal service support mechanism ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Universal Service Administrative Company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
E-Rate program
ⓘ
surface form:
E‑Rate
Schools and Libraries Program ⓘ |
| applicationForm |
FCC Form 470
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FCC Form 471 ⓘ FCC Form 472 ⓘ FCC Form 474 ⓘ FCC Form 486 ⓘ |
| applicationProcess | annual application filing window ⓘ |
| beneficiaryType |
K–12 schools
ⓘ
consortia of schools ⓘ library consortia ⓘ private schools ⓘ public libraries ⓘ public schools ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discountBasis |
level of poverty of the population served
ⓘ
urban or rural status of the applicant ⓘ |
| discountRange | 20–90 percent ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
must be a school or library as defined by state law
ⓘ
must be non-profit for most applicants ⓘ must comply with Children’s Internet Protection Act for certain services ⓘ |
| fundingCapType | annual funding cap ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
Universal Service Fund contributions
ⓘ
contributions from telecommunications carriers ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Universal Service Administrative Company ⓘ |
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Section 254 of the Communications Act
ⓘ
Telecommunications Act of 1996 ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| partOf | Universal Service Fund ⓘ |
| policyGoal |
closing the digital divide in education
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supporting broadband deployment to schools and libraries ⓘ |
| purpose |
to make telecommunications and internet access more affordable for schools and libraries
ⓘ
to support connectivity for education ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Federal Communications Commission ⓘ |
| requires | competitive bidding for most services ⓘ |
| sector |
education
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| supportsServiceType |
basic maintenance of internal connections
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internal connections ⓘ internet access ⓘ managed internal broadband services ⓘ telecommunications services ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
educators
ⓘ
library patrons ⓘ students ⓘ |
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: E-Rate program Description of subject: The E-Rate program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted telecommunications, internet access, and related services to schools and libraries to support affordable connectivity for education.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
E‑Rate