Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical | 7 |
| 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution | 2 |
| 22nd Amendment | 1 |
| Twenty-second Amendment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5752 — 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: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution Context triple: [President of the United States, termLimitDefinedBy, Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]
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United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
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Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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C.
1928 United States presidential election
The 1928 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Herbert Hoover defeated Democrat Al Smith, reflecting the prosperity and cultural tensions of the late 1920s.
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D.
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
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E.
National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized the nation’s military and intelligence structure, creating institutions such as the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 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: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution Target entity description: The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
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A.
United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
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B.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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C.
1928 United States presidential election
The 1928 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Herbert Hoover defeated Democrat Al Smith, reflecting the prosperity and cultural tensions of the late 1920s.
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D.
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
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E.
National Security Act of 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized the nation’s military and intelligence structure, creating institutions such as the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amendment to the United States Constitution
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constitutional amendment ⓘ |
| affectsOffice | tenure of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| alsoLimits | service of a vice president who succeeds to the presidency ⓘ |
| appliesToElections | general elections for President of the United States ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United States of America ⓘ |
| appliesToOfficeHolders | natural-born citizens who are eligible to be President of the United States ⓘ |
| classification | United States presidential succession and tenure law ⓘ |
| codifiesPractice | two-term tradition established by George Washington ⓘ |
| constitutionalArticleAffected | Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| constitutionalDomain | federal executive power ⓘ |
| constitutionalNumber | 22 ⓘ |
| containsExemption | sitting president at time of proposal exempt from its limitations ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyRetroactivelyTo | president holding office when the amendment was proposed ⓘ |
| doesNotLimit |
non-consecutive terms beyond the two-election maximum
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service as vice president ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
state election officials ⓘ |
| governs | eligibility for election to the presidency ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffectSince | 1951 ⓘ |
| hasSectionCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
checks and balances in the United States government
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separation of powers ⓘ |
| historicalContext | adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times ⓘ |
| inspiredByEvent | four presidential election victories of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ |
| isWrittenIn | United States constitutional law ⓘ |
| languageType | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | binding constitutional rule ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legalSubject | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| limitsOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| locationInDocument | following Article V and preceding subsequent amendments ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| primaryEffect | limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice ⓘ |
| proposedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| proposedByBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| proposedDate | 1947-03-21 ⓘ |
| ratifiedBy | three-fourths of the state legislatures ⓘ |
| ratifiedOn | 1951-02-27 ⓘ |
| setsMaximumNumberOfElectionsToOffice | 2 ⓘ |
| setsMaximumNumberOfTermsInOffice | 2 ⓘ |
| shortName |
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
22nd Amendment
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Twenty-second Amendment
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| subject |
President of the United States
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presidential term limits ⓘ |
| successorServiceRule | person who serves more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected president only once ⓘ |
| typeOfLimitation | term limit ⓘ |
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: Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution Description of subject: The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
President of the United States
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Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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shortName
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Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Twenty-second Amendment
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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shortName
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Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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22nd Amendment
Truman administration domestic policy
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this entity surface form:
22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form:
22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution
United States presidential election
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legalBasis
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Presidency of the United States
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termLimitSource
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2024 United States presidential election
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constitutionalBasis
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1940 United States presidential election
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U.S. presidents
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constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice
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