FMC
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The FMC is an independent U.S. federal agency that regulates international ocean transportation to ensure a competitive and reliable maritime shipping system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FMC canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9699314 — 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: FMC Context triple: [United States Federal Maritime Commission, abbreviation, FMC]
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A.
FMC
FMC is the Spanish acronym for the Federation of Cuban Women, a mass organization in Cuba dedicated to advancing women's rights and gender equality.
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B.
FMCZ
FMCZ is the ICAO airport code for Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport, the main air gateway to the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
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C.
FMG
FMG is the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, encompassing disciplines such as psychology, sociology, political science, and communication science.
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D.
FMS
FMS refers to the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, through which the U.S. government sells defense articles, services, and training to foreign governments and international organizations.
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E.
FMS
FMS is the post-nominal abbreviation used by members of the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute dedicated to education and youth work.
- 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: FMC Target entity description: The FMC is an independent U.S. federal agency that regulates international ocean transportation to ensure a competitive and reliable maritime shipping system.
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A.
FMC
FMC is the Spanish acronym for the Federation of Cuban Women, a mass organization in Cuba dedicated to advancing women's rights and gender equality.
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B.
FMCZ
FMCZ is the ICAO airport code for Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport, the main air gateway to the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
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C.
FMG
FMG is the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, encompassing disciplines such as psychology, sociology, political science, and communication science.
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D.
FMS
FMS refers to the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, through which the U.S. government sells defense articles, services, and training to foreign governments and international organizations.
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E.
FMS
FMS is the post-nominal abbreviation used by members of the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute dedicated to education and youth work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent U.S. federal agency
ⓘ
regulatory agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FMC ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| ensures |
competitive conditions in international ocean transportation
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integrity of the international ocean transportation system ⓘ nondiscriminatory ocean transportation services ⓘ transparent and efficient ocean transportation system ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| governingBody | Commissioners ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
adjudicate disputes involving ocean transportation
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administer passenger vessel financial responsibility requirements ⓘ collect and analyze data on ocean shipping ⓘ enforce U.S. shipping statutes and regulations ⓘ investigate potential violations of shipping laws ⓘ license and regulate ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ review carrier and marine terminal agreements ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| industry | maritime shipping regulation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| leadBy | Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988
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Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 ⓘ Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 ⓘ Shipping Act of 1984 ⓘ |
| monitors |
carrier alliances and cooperative working agreements
ⓘ
ocean freight rates and services ⓘ |
| numberOfCommissioners | 5 ⓘ |
| oversees |
agreements among ocean common carriers
ⓘ
liner shipping ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. federal regulatory framework for transportation ⓘ |
| protects |
U.S. exporters and importers using ocean transportation
ⓘ
shippers from unfair or deceptive practices ⓘ the public from unreasonable increases in transportation costs ⓘ |
| purpose |
ensure a competitive maritime shipping system
ⓘ
ensure a reliable maritime shipping system ⓘ |
| regulates |
international ocean transportation
ⓘ
marine terminal operators ⓘ ocean common carriers ⓘ ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ |
| scope | international oceanborne foreign commerce of the United States ⓘ |
| sector | maritime transportation ⓘ |
| supervises | service contracts between shippers and carriers ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation | economic regulation of ocean shipping ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fmc.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: FMC Description of subject: The FMC is an independent U.S. federal agency that regulates international ocean transportation to ensure a competitive and reliable maritime shipping system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
FMC