Ocean Prediction Center
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The Ocean Prediction Center is a specialized branch of the U.S. National Weather Service that provides marine weather forecasts and warnings for the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans to support maritime safety and operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ocean Prediction Center canonical | 3 |
| Marine Prediction Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T293806 — 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: Ocean Prediction Center Context triple: [National Weather Service, operates, Ocean Prediction Center]
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A.
Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center is a U.S. government center that provides operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and assessments to support weather- and climate-related decision making.
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B.
National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center is a U.S. government agency that monitors, forecasts, and issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
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C.
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services is a division of NOAA that provides tide, water level, current, and other coastal oceanographic data and services to support navigation, coastal management, and marine operations.
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D.
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts oceanic and atmospheric studies, particularly related to hurricanes, climate, and marine ecosystems in the Atlantic region.
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E.
Storm Prediction Center
The Storm Prediction Center is a U.S. government facility responsible for forecasting severe convective weather such as tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and related hazards across the United States.
- 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: Ocean Prediction Center Target entity description: The Ocean Prediction Center is a specialized branch of the U.S. National Weather Service that provides marine weather forecasts and warnings for the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans to support maritime safety and operations.
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A.
Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center is a U.S. government center that provides operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and assessments to support weather- and climate-related decision making.
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B.
National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center is a U.S. government agency that monitors, forecasts, and issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.
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C.
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services is a division of NOAA that provides tide, water level, current, and other coastal oceanographic data and services to support navigation, coastal management, and marine operations.
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D.
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory is a U.S. federal research facility that conducts oceanic and atmospheric studies, particularly related to hurricanes, climate, and marine ecosystems in the Atlantic region.
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E.
Storm Prediction Center
The Storm Prediction Center is a U.S. government facility responsible for forecasting severe convective weather such as tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and related hazards across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
meteorological organization
ⓘ
operational forecast center ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OPC ⓘ |
| areaServed |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Pacific Ocean
eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ high seas ⓘ offshore waters ⓘ western North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerLocation | Camp Springs, Maryland ⓘ |
| issues |
gale warnings
ⓘ
high seas forecasts ⓘ hurricane force wind warnings ⓘ marine warnings ⓘ marine weather forecasts ⓘ ocean weather guidance for ships ⓘ offshore waters forecasts ⓘ sea state analyses ⓘ storm warnings ⓘ surface analysis charts ⓘ surface forecast charts ⓘ wind and wave forecasts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
College Park, Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| mission |
protect life and property at sea
ⓘ
provide marine weather forecasts and warnings ⓘ support maritime safety and operations ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Weather Service ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
ⓘ
National Weather Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Marine Prediction Center
ⓘ
linked to:
Ocean Prediction Center
|
| sector |
marine meteorology
ⓘ
maritime safety ⓘ ocean weather forecasting ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
coast guards
ⓘ
mariners ⓘ offshore energy operations ⓘ search and rescue agencies ⓘ shipping industry ⓘ |
| uses |
buoy observations
ⓘ
numerical weather prediction models ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ ship observations ⓘ |
| website | https://ocean.weather.gov/ ⓘ |
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: Ocean Prediction Center Description of subject: The Ocean Prediction Center is a specialized branch of the U.S. National Weather Service that provides marine weather forecasts and warnings for the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans to support maritime safety and operations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ocean Prediction Center