Maryland Department of Agriculture
E28505
The Maryland Department of Agriculture is the state agency responsible for promoting, regulating, and supporting Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental and economic programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maryland Department of Agriculture canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T208369 — 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: Maryland Department of Agriculture Context triple: [Government of Maryland, executiveDepartment, Maryland Department of Agriculture]
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A.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing and conserving Maryland’s natural resources, including forests, waterways, wildlife, and public lands.
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B.
Maryland Department of Commerce
The Maryland Department of Commerce is the state’s primary economic development agency, responsible for promoting business growth, job creation, and investment in Maryland.
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C.
Maryland Department of Health
The Maryland Department of Health is the state agency responsible for overseeing public health, healthcare services, and related regulatory functions in Maryland.
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D.
Maryland Department of the Environment
The Maryland Department of the Environment is the state agency responsible for protecting and restoring Maryland’s air, land, and water resources through regulation, enforcement, and environmental programs.
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E.
Government of Maryland
The Government of Maryland is the state-level political and administrative authority of Maryland, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that manage public policy, law, and services for the state’s residents.
- 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: Maryland Department of Agriculture Target entity description: The Maryland Department of Agriculture is the state agency responsible for promoting, regulating, and supporting Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental and economic programs.
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A.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing and conserving Maryland’s natural resources, including forests, waterways, wildlife, and public lands.
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B.
Maryland Department of Commerce
The Maryland Department of Commerce is the state’s primary economic development agency, responsible for promoting business growth, job creation, and investment in Maryland.
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C.
Maryland Department of Health
The Maryland Department of Health is the state agency responsible for overseeing public health, healthcare services, and related regulatory functions in Maryland.
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D.
Maryland Department of the Environment
The Maryland Department of the Environment is the state agency responsible for protecting and restoring Maryland’s air, land, and water resources through regulation, enforcement, and environmental programs.
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E.
Government of Maryland
The Government of Maryland is the state-level political and administrative authority of Maryland, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that manage public policy, law, and services for the state’s residents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
department of agriculture
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state government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Maryland
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State of Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| hasAbbreviation | MDA ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibility |
administration of agricultural grants and cost-share programs in Maryland
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administration of state programs supporting aquaculture in Maryland ⓘ administration of state programs supporting beekeeping in Maryland ⓘ administration of state programs supporting equine industry in Maryland ⓘ administration of state programs supporting specialty crops in Maryland ⓘ agricultural land preservation programs in Maryland ⓘ animal health regulation in Maryland ⓘ certification of organic operations in Maryland ⓘ collection and dissemination of agricultural statistics for Maryland ⓘ coordination with federal agricultural agencies in Maryland ⓘ food safety oversight related to agriculture in Maryland ⓘ implementation of agricultural components of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts in Maryland ⓘ implementation of agricultural environmental stewardship programs in Maryland ⓘ inspection of agricultural commodities in Maryland ⓘ marketing and promotion of Maryland farm products ⓘ nutrient management program administration in Maryland ⓘ pesticide regulation in Maryland ⓘ plant health regulation in Maryland ⓘ promotion of Maryland agriculture ⓘ promotion of urban agriculture initiatives in Maryland ⓘ regulation of agricultural activities in Maryland ⓘ regulation of agricultural fairs and exhibitions in Maryland ⓘ regulation of commercial feed and fertilizer in Maryland ⓘ regulation of dairy industry standards in Maryland ⓘ regulation of livestock and poultry health in Maryland ⓘ regulation of seed quality and labeling in Maryland ⓘ soil conservation programs in Maryland ⓘ support for agricultural education and outreach in Maryland ⓘ support for farmers markets in Maryland ⓘ support for on-farm value-added processing in Maryland ⓘ support for rural economic development related to agriculture in Maryland ⓘ support of Maryland’s farming industry ⓘ weights and measures regulation for agricultural commerce in Maryland ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Buy Local ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://mda.maryland.gov ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Annapolis, Maryland
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linked to:
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Anne Arundel County
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Government of Maryland ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Governor of Maryland ⓘ |
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: Maryland Department of Agriculture Description of subject: The Maryland Department of Agriculture is the state agency responsible for promoting, regulating, and supporting Maryland’s agricultural industry, including farming, food safety, and related environmental and economic programs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Executive branch of the Government of Maryland
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includesDepartment
→
Maryland Department of Agriculture
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