Rural Information Center
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The Rural Information Center is a specialized service within the U.S. National Agricultural Library that provides information and resources to support rural communities, development, and policy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rural Information Center canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5308238 — 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: Rural Information Center Context triple: [National Agricultural Library, hasPart, Rural Information Center]
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A.
center for rural reconstruction experiments
The center for rural reconstruction experiments at Sevagram Ashram was a Gandhian hub for testing and demonstrating practical methods of village upliftment, self-sufficiency, and social reform in rural India.
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B.
Rural Area Formula Program
The Rural Area Formula Program is a U.S. federal transit funding program that provides formula-based financial assistance to support public transportation services in rural and small communities.
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C.
West Central School of Agriculture
West Central School of Agriculture was a residential agricultural high school that historically served farm youth in western Minnesota before its campus became part of the University of Minnesota Morris.
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D.
New Farm
New Farm is an inner-city riverside suburb of Brisbane, Australia, known for its parklands, vibrant dining scene, and proximity to the central business district.
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E.
Heartland Village
Heartland Village is a primarily residential neighborhood located near the center of Staten Island in New York City.
- 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: Rural Information Center Target entity description: The Rural Information Center is a specialized service within the U.S. National Agricultural Library that provides information and resources to support rural communities, development, and policy.
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A.
center for rural reconstruction experiments
The center for rural reconstruction experiments at Sevagram Ashram was a Gandhian hub for testing and demonstrating practical methods of village upliftment, self-sufficiency, and social reform in rural India.
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B.
Rural Area Formula Program
The Rural Area Formula Program is a U.S. federal transit funding program that provides formula-based financial assistance to support public transportation services in rural and small communities.
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C.
West Central School of Agriculture
West Central School of Agriculture was a residential agricultural high school that historically served farm youth in western Minnesota before its campus became part of the University of Minnesota Morris.
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D.
New Farm
New Farm is an inner-city riverside suburb of Brisbane, Australia, known for its parklands, vibrant dining scene, and proximity to the central business district.
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E.
Heartland Village
Heartland Village is a primarily residential neighborhood located near the center of Staten Island in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government information center
ⓘ
information service ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| collectionType |
federal and state program information
ⓘ
rural development publications ⓘ statistical and demographic resources ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focus |
rural communities
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rural community services ⓘ rural development ⓘ rural economic development ⓘ rural policy ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nal.usda.gov/ric ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beltsville, Maryland
ⓘ
National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
National Agricultural Library
|
| operatedBy | National Agricultural Library ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | National Agricultural Library ⓘ |
| partOf | National Agricultural Library ⓘ |
| provides |
bibliographies
ⓘ
information services ⓘ online resources ⓘ reference assistance ⓘ referrals to other organizations ⓘ resource guides ⓘ |
| sector |
agriculture
ⓘ
rural development ⓘ rural policy ⓘ |
| serviceArea | United States rural areas ⓘ |
| supports |
community decision making in rural areas
ⓘ
rural development programs ⓘ rural policy development ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
extension professionals
ⓘ
local government officials ⓘ policy makers ⓘ researchers ⓘ rural community leaders ⓘ rural residents ⓘ |
| topic |
rural business development
ⓘ
rural community facilities ⓘ rural education ⓘ rural health ⓘ rural housing ⓘ rural infrastructure ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ rural transportation ⓘ |
| typeOfService |
reference and referral service
ⓘ
specialized information service ⓘ |
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: Rural Information Center Description of subject: The Rural Information Center is a specialized service within the U.S. National Agricultural Library that provides information and resources to support rural communities, development, and policy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.