Federal Air Marshal Service
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The Federal Air Marshal Service is a U.S. law enforcement agency that deploys armed, undercover officers on commercial flights and in airports to detect, deter, and defeat hostile acts against civil aviation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Air Marshal Service canonical | 2 |
| Air Marshal Service | 1 |
| federal air marshals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T801684 — 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: Federal Air Marshal Service Context triple: [Transportation Security Administration, usesProgram, Federal Air Marshal Service]
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A.
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.
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B.
Federal Protective Service
The Federal Protective Service is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting federal government facilities, their occupants, and visitors.
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C.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
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D.
Armed Forces Security Agency
The Armed Forces Security Agency was a U.S. military signals intelligence and cryptologic organization that served as the direct predecessor to the National Security Agency.
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E.
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.
- 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: Federal Air Marshal Service Target entity description: The Federal Air Marshal Service is a U.S. law enforcement agency that deploys armed, undercover officers on commercial flights and in airports to detect, deter, and defeat hostile acts against civil aviation.
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A.
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the federal judiciary, managing and transporting prisoners, executing federal court orders, and handling the witness security program.
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B.
Federal Protective Service
The Federal Protective Service is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting federal government facilities, their occupants, and visitors.
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C.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
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D.
Armed Forces Security Agency
The Armed Forces Security Agency was a U.S. military signals intelligence and cryptologic organization that served as the direct predecessor to the National Security Agency.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
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federal law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FAMS ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Federal Air Marshal Service
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surface form:
Air Marshal Service
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| areaOfResponsibility |
aviation domain awareness in airports
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in‑flight security on commercial flights ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
Federal Air Marshal Service
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
federal air marshals
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| focusesOn |
counterterrorism in civil aviation
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protection of passengers and crew ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| industry | aviation security ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementPowers |
federal arrest authority
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firearms authority ⓘ investigative authority on board U.S. aircraft ⓘ |
| legalAuthorityFrom | United States federal law ⓘ |
| mission |
defeat hostile acts against civil aviation
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detect hostile acts against civil aviation ⓘ deter hostile acts against civil aviation ⓘ |
| officersAre |
armed
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undercover ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
domestic flights
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international flights involving the United States ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment |
airports
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commercial aircraft ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
United States Department of Homeland Security
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surface form:
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration ⓘ |
| partOf | Transportation Security Administration ⓘ |
| primaryMission | protect civil aviation from criminal and terrorist acts ⓘ |
| protects |
U.S. civil aviation system
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commercial airline passengers ⓘ flight crews ⓘ |
| sector | civil aviation security ⓘ |
| securityRole |
in‑flight law enforcement presence
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visible and invisible deterrent to hijacking ⓘ |
| trainingIncludes |
aviation security procedures
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behavior detection and observation ⓘ close‑quarters tactics on aircraft ⓘ firearms proficiency ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | armed security service ⓘ |
| usesCover | plainclothes assignments on flights ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ airlines ⓘ airport law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
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: Federal Air Marshal Service Description of subject: The Federal Air Marshal Service is a U.S. law enforcement agency that deploys armed, undercover officers on commercial flights and in airports to detect, deter, and defeat hostile acts against civil aviation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
federal air marshals
this entity surface form:
Air Marshal Service
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, Glynco, Georgia
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servesAgency
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Federal Air Marshal Service
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