District of Maryland
E440995
The District of Maryland is a federal judicial district of the United States encompassing the state of Maryland for purposes of federal court proceedings and related legal matters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| District of Maryland canonical | 5 |
| District of Maryland federal judicial district | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4447654 — 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: District of Maryland Context triple: [United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, jurisdiction, District of Maryland]
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A.
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Prince George’s County, Maryland is a populous suburban county bordering Washington, D.C., known for its significant African American middle-class communities, government institutions, and historical sites.
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B.
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland is a largely suburban and rural county in southern Maryland along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, known for its waterfront communities, fossil-rich cliffs, and role as a bedroom community within the greater Washington, D.C. region.
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C.
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County, Maryland is a rural county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore along the Chesapeake Bay, known for its historic waterfront towns and agricultural landscapes.
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D.
Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County, Maryland is a largely suburban and rural county in north-central Maryland known for its historic city of Frederick, growing commuter population, and proximity to both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
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E.
Suitland, Maryland
Suitland, Maryland is a suburban community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to federal government facilities.
- 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: District of Maryland Target entity description: The District of Maryland is a federal judicial district of the United States encompassing the state of Maryland for purposes of federal court proceedings and related legal matters.
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A.
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Prince George’s County, Maryland is a populous suburban county bordering Washington, D.C., known for its significant African American middle-class communities, government institutions, and historical sites.
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B.
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland is a largely suburban and rural county in southern Maryland along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, known for its waterfront communities, fossil-rich cliffs, and role as a bedroom community within the greater Washington, D.C. region.
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C.
Kent County, Maryland
Kent County, Maryland is a rural county on Maryland’s Eastern Shore along the Chesapeake Bay, known for its historic waterfront towns and agricultural landscapes.
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D.
Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County, Maryland is a largely suburban and rural county in north-central Maryland known for its historic city of Frederick, growing commuter population, and proximity to both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
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E.
Suitland, Maryland
Suitland, Maryland is a suburban community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to federal government facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States federal judicial district ⓘ |
| appealsTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesLaw |
United States Constitution
ⓘ
United States federal law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| governsArea | federal legal matters arising in Maryland ⓘ |
| handlesCaseType |
bankruptcy appeals
ⓘ
federal administrative reviews ⓘ federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | D. Md. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Federal courts in Maryland
ⓘ
United States district courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourthouse |
Edward A. Garmatz United States Courthouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Courthouse, Greenbelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourtType | United States district court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
adjudication of federal questions
ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ enforcement of federal statutes ⓘ review of certain federal agency decisions ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | State of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov ⓘ |
| hasSeat |
Baltimore, Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenbelt, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| partOf | federal judiciary of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialLevelOf | federal court system of the United States ⓘ |
| usesCitationFormat | D. Md. ⓘ |
| withinCircuit | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: District of Maryland Description of subject: The District of Maryland is a federal judicial district of the United States encompassing the state of Maryland for purposes of federal court proceedings and related legal matters.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern Division of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
this entity surface form:
District of Maryland federal judicial district