Title 38 of the United States Code
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Title 38 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs veterans’ benefits, services, and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Title 38 of the United States Code canonical | 15 |
| Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T163640 — 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: Title 38 of the United States Code Context triple: [United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, legalBasis, Title 38 of the United States Code]
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Title 42 of the United States Code
Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
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B.
Title 32 of the United States Code
Title 32 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs the organization, training, and duties of the National Guard when operating under state authority with federal support.
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C.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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D.
Title 31 of the United States Code
Title 31 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs U.S. public finance and treasury operations, including anti-money laundering and financial reporting requirements.
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E.
Title 33 of the United States Code
Title 33 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing navigation and navigable waters in the United States, including many of the authorities under which the U.S. Coast Guard operates.
- 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: Title 38 of the United States Code Target entity description: Title 38 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs veterans’ benefits, services, and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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A.
Title 42 of the United States Code
Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
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B.
Title 32 of the United States Code
Title 32 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs the organization, training, and duties of the National Guard when operating under state authority with federal support.
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C.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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D.
Title 31 of the United States Code
Title 31 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs U.S. public finance and treasury operations, including anti-money laundering and financial reporting requirements.
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E.
Title 33 of the United States Code
Title 33 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing navigation and navigable waters in the United States, including many of the authorities under which the U.S. Coast Guard operates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal statute
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title of the United States Code ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Title 38, U.S. Code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
eligible United States veterans
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eligible dependents of veterans ⓘ eligible survivors of veterans ⓘ |
| citationStyle | 38 U.S.C. § [section number] ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on GI Bill education benefits
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provisions on VA health care eligibility ⓘ provisions on VA home loan guaranty ⓘ provisions on burial in national cemeteries ⓘ provisions on non-service-connected pension ⓘ provisions on service-connected disability compensation ⓘ provisions on veterans’ preference in federal employment ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishes |
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
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duties of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ powers of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ⓘ statutory authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| governs |
administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs
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veterans’ benefits ⓘ veterans’ services ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Department of Veterans Affairs regulations
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Title 38 of the United States Code self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations
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| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| legalArea |
administrative law
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social welfare law ⓘ |
| legalForm | codified statute ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Code ⓘ |
| providesFor | judicial review of certain veterans’ benefits decisions ⓘ |
| regulates |
burial and memorial benefits for veterans
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compensation for service-connected disabilities ⓘ education benefits for veterans ⓘ home loan guaranty benefits for veterans ⓘ life insurance benefits for veterans ⓘ medical care for veterans ⓘ pension for certain veterans ⓘ survivor and dependent benefits ⓘ vocational rehabilitation for veterans ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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surface form:
Department of Veterans Affairs
dependents of veterans ⓘ survivors of veterans ⓘ veterans ⓘ |
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: Title 38 of the United States Code Description of subject: Title 38 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs veterans’ benefits, services, and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Title 38 of the United States Code
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implementedBy
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Title 38 of the United States Code
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974
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codifiedIn
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Title 38 of the United States Code
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Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service
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legalBasis
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Title 38 of the United States Code
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subject surface form:
Veterans' Judicial Review Act