Bureau of Narcotics Matters
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The Bureau of Narcotics Matters was a former U.S. State Department office responsible for international drug control and narcotics-related policy before being succeeded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bureau of Narcotics Matters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5912264 — 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: Bureau of Narcotics Matters Context triple: [Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, replaces, Bureau of Narcotics Matters]
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A.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing drug control laws before its functions were absorbed into the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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B.
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was a U.S. federal agency in the 1960s responsible for enforcing laws against the illegal use and distribution of certain drugs, later merged into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
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C.
Anti-Narcotics Department
The Anti-Narcotics Department is a specialized unit of the Dubai Police responsible for combating drug-related crimes through enforcement, prevention, and coordination with local and international agencies.
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D.
Narcotics Division
The Narcotics Division is a specialized unit of the New York City Police Department responsible for investigating and combating illegal drug activity throughout the city.
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E.
Anti-Narcotics General Administration
The Anti-Narcotics General Administration is a specialized branch of Egypt’s national police responsible for combating drug trafficking, enforcing narcotics laws, and coordinating anti-drug operations across the country.
- 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: Bureau of Narcotics Matters Target entity description: The Bureau of Narcotics Matters was a former U.S. State Department office responsible for international drug control and narcotics-related policy before being succeeded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
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A.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing drug control laws before its functions were absorbed into the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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B.
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
The Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was a U.S. federal agency in the 1960s responsible for enforcing laws against the illegal use and distribution of certain drugs, later merged into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
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C.
Anti-Narcotics Department
The Anti-Narcotics Department is a specialized unit of the Dubai Police responsible for combating drug-related crimes through enforcement, prevention, and coordination with local and international agencies.
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D.
Narcotics Division
The Narcotics Division is a specialized unit of the New York City Police Department responsible for investigating and combating illegal drug activity throughout the city.
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E.
Anti-Narcotics General Administration
The Anti-Narcotics General Administration is a specialized branch of Egypt’s national police responsible for combating drug trafficking, enforcing narcotics laws, and coordinating anti-drug operations across the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Department of State bureau
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United States federal government agency ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
United Nations bodies on drug control
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linked to:
Commission on Narcotic Drugs
foreign law enforcement agencies ⓘ other U.S. federal agencies involved in drug control ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dissolvedInto | Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drug law enforcement cooperation
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drug trafficking prevention ⓘ international drug control ⓘ narcotics policy ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States government ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
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linked to:
United States government
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| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| partOf | United States foreign policy apparatus ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
bilateral narcotics agreements
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coordination of U.S. international drug control efforts ⓘ international narcotics control policy ⓘ multilateral narcotics negotiations ⓘ policy on foreign assistance related to narcotics control ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sector |
foreign affairs
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law enforcement policy ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Under Secretary of State ⓘ |
| topic |
controlled substances
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drug abuse control ⓘ narcotic drugs ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Bureau of Narcotics Matters Description of subject: The Bureau of Narcotics Matters was a former U.S. State Department office responsible for international drug control and narcotics-related policy before being succeeded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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replaces
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Bureau of Narcotics Matters
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