United States constitutional amendments

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constitutional amendment series legal instrument

United States constitutional amendments are formal changes or additions to the U.S. Constitution that refine, expand, or clarify the nation’s fundamental laws and civil rights over time.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Amendments to the United States Constitution	6
United States constitutional amendments canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States constitutional amendments
Context triple: [United States constitutional history, includesTopic, United States constitutional amendments]

A. Reconstruction Amendments
The Reconstruction Amendments are a group of post–Civil War U.S. constitutional amendments that abolished slavery, defined citizenship and equal protection, and expanded civil and voting rights, particularly for formerly enslaved people.
B. United States constitutional history
United States constitutional history is the study of how the nation’s fundamental laws, governing structures, and constitutional principles developed from the colonial era through the founding and subsequent amendments and interpretations.
C. Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which guarantee fundamental civil liberties and protections for individuals against government power.
D. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.
E. Article VII – Amendments
Article VII – Amendments is the section of the Constitution of Puerto Rico that establishes the procedures and requirements for formally changing or revising the constitution.
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 constitutional amendments
Target entity description: United States constitutional amendments are formal changes or additions to the U.S. Constitution that refine, expand, or clarify the nation’s fundamental laws and civil rights over time.

A. Reconstruction Amendments
The Reconstruction Amendments are a group of post–Civil War U.S. constitutional amendments that abolished slavery, defined citizenship and equal protection, and expanded civil and voting rights, particularly for formerly enslaved people.
B. United States constitutional history
United States constitutional history is the study of how the nation’s fundamental laws, governing structures, and constitutional principles developed from the colonial era through the founding and subsequent amendments and interpretations.
C. Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which guarantee fundamental civil liberties and protections for individuals against government power.
D. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.
E. Article VII – Amendments
Article VII – Amendments is the section of the Constitution of Puerto Rico that establishes the procedures and requirements for formally changing or revising the constitution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional amendment series ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
adoptionMethod	proposal by a national convention called by Congress on application of two-thirds of the state legislatures ⓘ proposal by two-thirds of both houses of Congress ⓘ
appliesToDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
bindingOn	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States states of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
firstAmendmentNumber	1 ⓘ
firstRatifiedYear	1791 ⓘ
governingArticle	Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
includes	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ U.S. Constitution, Sixth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
influencedBy	political, social, and economic developments in U.S. history ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
latestAmendmentNumber	27 ⓘ
latestRatifiedYear	1992 ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of the land ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
notableFeature	can be used to overturn Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution ⓘ first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights ⓘ
numberOfRatifiedAmendments	27 ⓘ
partOf	United States constitutional law ⓘ
processType	deliberate and difficult to complete ⓘ
purpose	to clarify constitutional provisions ⓘ to expand civil rights ⓘ to formally change or add to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ to refine the nation’s fundamental laws ⓘ
ratificationMethod	ratification by conventions in three-fourths of the states ⓘ ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures ⓘ
subjectArea	civil liberties ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ federalism ⓘ presidential elections ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ succession and term limits ⓘ voting rights ⓘ

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