Fort Meade, Maryland
E95886
Fort Meade, Maryland is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the primary center for American military intelligence and cybersecurity operations.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T604550 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Meade, Maryland Context triple: [National Security Agency, headquartersLocation, Fort Meade, Maryland]
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A.
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir is a major United States Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, that serves as a key administrative and logistical hub for numerous military and defense agencies.
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B.
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville, Maryland is a suburban community in Prince George's County known in part for hosting major federal facilities, including a key United States Secret Service training center.
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C.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is a suburban community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its historic fort, residential neighborhoods, and location along the Potomac River.
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D.
Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews is a major U.S. military installation in Maryland best known as the home base of the presidential aircraft commonly referred to as Air Force One.
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E.
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill, Maryland is a suburban community just outside Washington, D.C., known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to major attractions like National Harbor.
- 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: Fort Meade, Maryland Target entity description: Fort Meade, Maryland is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the primary center for American military intelligence and cybersecurity operations.
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A.
Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir is a major United States Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia, that serves as a key administrative and logistical hub for numerous military and defense agencies.
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B.
Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville, Maryland is a suburban community in Prince George's County known in part for hosting major federal facilities, including a key United States Secret Service training center.
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C.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland is a suburban community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its historic fort, residential neighborhoods, and location along the Potomac River.
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Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews is a major U.S. military installation in Maryland best known as the home base of the presidential aircraft commonly referred to as Air Force One.
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E.
Oxon Hill, Maryland
Oxon Hill, Maryland is a suburban community just outside Washington, D.C., known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to major attractions like National Harbor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army installation
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census-designated place ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Department of Defense
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surface form:
United States Department of Defense
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateEstablished | 1917 ⓘ |
| function |
primary center for U.S. cybersecurity operations
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primary center for U.S. military intelligence ⓘ |
| garrison |
Fort Meade, Maryland
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Meade
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| hasFacilityType |
headquarters complex
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operations center ⓘ secure communications facility ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility | National Cryptologic Museum ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType |
civilian employees
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contractors ⓘ military personnel ⓘ |
| hasRole | major employer in Anne Arundel County ⓘ |
| hasSecurityLevel | high-security military installation ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess |
Maryland Route 295
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Maryland Route 32 ⓘ |
| hosts |
Sixteenth Air Force
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surface form:
Air Force 16th Air Force elements
Central Security Service ⓘ Defense Courier Service ⓘ Defense Information Systems Agency ⓘ DoD Field Activities ⓘ
surface form:
Defense Media Activity
National Security Agency ⓘ United States Army Cyber Command ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Cyber Command elements
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command Operations Support units ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command elements
United States Cyber Command ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Cyber Command
Fleet Cyber Command ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy Fleet Cyber Command elements
|
| knownFor |
cybersecurity operations
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military intelligence activities ⓘ signals intelligence operations ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anne Arundel County
ⓘ
surface form:
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Maryland ⓘ
surface form:
state of Maryland
|
| locatedNear | Laurel, Maryland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | George G. Meade ⓘ |
| namedFor |
George G. Meade
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surface form:
Union General George Gordon Meade
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| operatedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| originalName | Camp Meade ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area
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U.S. Army Installation Management Command ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cyber operations
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intelligence training ⓘ signals intelligence collection ⓘ training U.S. Army troops ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Meade, Maryland Description of subject: Fort Meade, Maryland is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the primary center for American military intelligence and cybersecurity operations.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Meade
this entity surface form:
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
this entity surface form:
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Meade
this entity surface form:
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network
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location
→
Fort Meade, Maryland
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this entity surface form:
Fort Meade (for certain administrative functions)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Army Garrison Fort Meade
subject surface form:
Denise Lind
this entity surface form:
Fort Meade, Maryland (Chelsea Manning trial venue)
United States intelligence community in signals intelligence
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headquartersLocation
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Fort Meade, Maryland
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subject surface form:
Special Source Operations