Bagram Airfield
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Bagram Airfield is a major U.S. and NATO military base in Afghanistan that served as a central hub for operations and logistics during the Afghanistan War.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bagram Airfield canonical | 8 |
| Bagram | 3 |
| Bagram Air Base | 1 |
| Bagram Airfield, Parwan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7953696 — 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: Bagram Airfield Context triple: [Regional Command East, headquartersLocation, Bagram Airfield]
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A.
Kandahar International Airport
Kandahar International Airport is a major airport in southern Afghanistan that serves both civilian flights and military operations.
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B.
Jalalabad Airport
Jalalabad Airport is a regional airport in eastern Afghanistan that serves the city of Jalalabad and surrounding areas for both civilian and military aviation.
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C.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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D.
Hamid Karzai International Airport
Hamid Karzai International Airport is the main international airport serving Kabul and the primary air gateway to Afghanistan.
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E.
Shayrat Airbase
Shayrat Airbase is a major Syrian military airfield in Homs Governorate, known for housing Syrian Arab Air Force units and for being the target of a 2017 U.S. missile strike.
- 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: Bagram Airfield Target entity description: Bagram Airfield is a major U.S. and NATO military base in Afghanistan that served as a central hub for operations and logistics during the Afghanistan War.
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A.
Kandahar International Airport
Kandahar International Airport is a major airport in southern Afghanistan that serves both civilian flights and military operations.
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B.
Jalalabad Airport
Jalalabad Airport is a regional airport in eastern Afghanistan that serves the city of Jalalabad and surrounding areas for both civilian and military aviation.
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C.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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D.
Hamid Karzai International Airport
Hamid Karzai International Airport is the main international airport serving Kabul and the primary air gateway to Afghanistan.
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E.
Shayrat Airbase
Shayrat Airbase is a major Syrian military airfield in Homs Governorate, known for housing Syrian Arab Air Force units and for being the target of a 2017 U.S. missile strike.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| builtBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| conflict |
War in Afghanistan
ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
|
| controlledBy |
Afghan National Army
ⓘ
NATO ⓘ Taliban ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| evacuatedBy | United States Armed Forces ⓘ |
| evacuatedIn | 2021 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bagram Air Base
ⓘ
linked to:
Bagram Airfield
Bagram Airfield, Parwan ⓘ
linked to:
Bagram Airfield
|
| hasFacility |
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
ⓘ
cargo terminals ⓘ control tower ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ helicopter landing zones ⓘ housing for troops ⓘ military hospital ⓘ runways ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
air logistics hub
ⓘ
detention facility ⓘ forward operating base ⓘ medical evacuation hub ⓘ |
| hasIATAcode | OAI ⓘ |
| hasICAOcode | OAIX ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface |
asphalt
ⓘ
concrete ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Parwan Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Bagram
ⓘ
linked to:
Bagram Airfield
|
| locatedNorthOf | Kabul ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central hub for U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan
ⓘ
controversies over detainee treatment ⓘ largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Afghan National Security Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
International Security Assistance Force ⓘ NATO ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Soviet–Afghan War
ⓘ
U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan ⓘ War in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
|
| usedFor |
airlift operations
ⓘ
close air support missions ⓘ detention of prisoners ⓘ intelligence operations ⓘ logistics support ⓘ |
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: Bagram Airfield Description of subject: Bagram Airfield is a major U.S. and NATO military base in Afghanistan that served as a central hub for operations and logistics during the Afghanistan War.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Bagram Airfield
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linked to: Bagram Airfield
linked to: Bagram Airfield