United States (territorial jurisdiction)
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The United States (territorial jurisdiction) refers to the geographic and legal area over which the U.S. federal government and its agencies, including the Criminal Division, have authority to enforce national laws.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13009005 — 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: United States (territorial jurisdiction) Context triple: [Criminal Division, country, United States (territorial jurisdiction)]
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A.
United States territories
United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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B.
United States territorial law
United States territorial law is the body of federal and local legal principles and statutes that govern U.S. territories, defining their political status, rights, and relationship to the federal government.
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C.
contiguous United States
The contiguous United States refers to the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the North American mainland, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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D.
United States (internal district boundary only)
The United States (internal district boundary only) refers to the domestic territorial lines and jurisdictions that define internal political or administrative districts within the country, excluding its external national borders.
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E.
U.S. states
U.S. states are the 50 constituent political entities that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States, each with its own constitution, laws, and governance structure.
- 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: United States (territorial jurisdiction) Target entity description: The United States (territorial jurisdiction) refers to the geographic and legal area over which the U.S. federal government and its agencies, including the Criminal Division, have authority to enforce national laws.
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A.
United States territories
United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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B.
United States territorial law
United States territorial law is the body of federal and local legal principles and statutes that govern U.S. territories, defining their political status, rights, and relationship to the federal government.
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C.
contiguous United States
The contiguous United States refers to the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the North American mainland, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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D.
United States (internal district boundary only)
The United States (internal district boundary only) refers to the domestic territorial lines and jurisdictions that define internal political or administrative districts within the country, excluding its external national borders.
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E.
U.S. states
U.S. states are the 50 constituent political entities that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States, each with its own constitution, laws, and governance structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geopolitical area
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legal concept ⓘ territorial jurisdiction ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
federal agencies acting within U.S. territory
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federal courts sitting within U.S. territory ⓘ |
| basisFor |
geographic reach of federal criminal statutes
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geographic reach of federal regulatory schemes ⓘ |
| constrainedBy |
constitutional limits on federal power
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principles of international law ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
United States (sovereign nation-state)
NERFINISHED
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individual U.S. state jurisdictions ⓘ |
| enables |
enforcement of federal civil laws
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prosecution of federal crimes ⓘ |
| governedBy |
United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
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federal regulations ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
geographic scope of federal power
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legal scope of federal power ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityExercisedBy |
Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
NERFINISHED
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United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ federal executive branch agencies ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
internal waters under U.S. sovereignty
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land territory under U.S. sovereignty ⓘ territorial sea up to limits recognized by international law ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffectOn |
conduct occurring within U.S. territory
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persons within U.S. territory ⓘ property located within U.S. territory ⓘ |
| includes |
50 U.S. states
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District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. territorial sea NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.-flag vessels in certain contexts ⓘ U.S.-registered aircraft in certain contexts ⓘ certain U.S. territories ⓘ federal enclaves ⓘ |
| recognizedIn |
federal case law
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federal statutory definitions of “United States” ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
extraterritorial application of U.S. law
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federal criminal jurisdiction of the Criminal Division ⓘ personal jurisdiction of federal courts ⓘ subject-matter jurisdiction of federal courts ⓘ |
| scopeClarifiedBy |
Supreme Court interpretations of federal power
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federal jurisdictional statutes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
enforcement of federal law
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exercise of federal criminal jurisdiction ⓘ |
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: United States (territorial jurisdiction) Description of subject: The United States (territorial jurisdiction) refers to the geographic and legal area over which the U.S. federal government and its agencies, including the Criminal Division, have authority to enforce national laws.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United States (various jurisdictions)
subject surface form:
NCAA Division I
this entity surface form:
United States and select non-U.S. territories
United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas
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representsInCourt
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United States (territorial jurisdiction)
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this entity surface form:
United States in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
this entity surface form:
United States federal jurisdiction