Arkansas–Texas border
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The Arkansas–Texas border is the state boundary in the southern United States where Arkansas and Texas meet, notably running through the twin city area of Texarkana.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arkansas–Texas border canonical | 1 |
| Texas–Arkansas border region | 1 |
| Texas–Arkansas state line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4858836 — 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: Arkansas–Texas border Context triple: [Texarkana, Arkansas, locatedInRegion, Arkansas–Texas border]
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A.
Alabama–Mississippi border
The Alabama–Mississippi border is the state line separating Alabama and Mississippi in the southeastern United States, running through rural areas, forests, and river crossings.
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B.
Mississippi–Tennessee border
The Mississippi–Tennessee border is the state line separating Mississippi and Tennessee in the southern United States, running largely along the 35th parallel north and portions of the Mississippi River.
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C.
Texas–Oklahoma state line
The Texas–Oklahoma state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma, much of it following the Red River and serving as a key geographic and historical dividing line in the region.
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D.
Tennessee–Alabama border
The Tennessee–Alabama border is the state line separating Tennessee and Alabama in the southeastern United States, running through a mix of rural areas, small towns, and river crossings.
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E.
Tennessee–Kentucky border
The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
- 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: Arkansas–Texas border Target entity description: The Arkansas–Texas border is the state boundary in the southern United States where Arkansas and Texas meet, notably running through the twin city area of Texarkana.
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A.
Alabama–Mississippi border
The Alabama–Mississippi border is the state line separating Alabama and Mississippi in the southeastern United States, running through rural areas, forests, and river crossings.
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B.
Mississippi–Tennessee border
The Mississippi–Tennessee border is the state line separating Mississippi and Tennessee in the southern United States, running largely along the 35th parallel north and portions of the Mississippi River.
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C.
Texas–Oklahoma state line
The Texas–Oklahoma state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma, much of it following the Red River and serving as a key geographic and historical dividing line in the region.
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D.
Tennessee–Alabama border
The Tennessee–Alabama border is the state line separating Tennessee and Alabama in the southeastern United States, running through a mix of rural areas, small towns, and river crossings.
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E.
Tennessee–Kentucky border
The Tennessee–Kentucky border is the state line separating Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States, running east–west across the region and intersecting several rivers, highways, and rural communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internationally recognized internal boundary
ⓘ
state border ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | defined using survey lines and river courses ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Interstate 30
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 71 NERFINISHED ⓘ railway lines in Texarkana ⓘ |
| definedBy |
U.S. federal law
ⓘ
state constitutions of Arkansas and Texas ⓘ |
| follows | Red River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | allocation of state-level legal authority between Arkansas and Texas ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentJurisdiction |
Bowie County, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miller County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCityStraddlingBorder | Texarkana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalFeature | shared Arkansas–Texas identity in Texarkana area ⓘ |
| hasEconomicIntegrationAround | Texarkana trade area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalOriginIn |
admission of Arkansas to the Union
ⓘ
admission of Texas to the Union ⓘ |
| hasNotableBuildingOnBorder | Texarkana U.S. Post Office and Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | state line runs through downtown Texarkana ⓘ |
| hasSurveyHistory | 19th-century boundary surveys ⓘ |
| hasTimeZoneConsistency | Central Time Zone on both sides ⓘ |
| hasTransportationRole | gateway between Arkansas and Texas ⓘ |
| hasTwinCityAlongBorder | Texarkana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfLargerRegion | Ark-La-Tex region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isReferencedBy |
state statutes of Arkansas
ⓘ
state statutes of Texas ⓘ |
| legalStatus | intra-national boundary ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southern United States ⓘ |
| meetsState |
Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
borders of Arkansas
ⓘ
borders of Texas ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Texarkana metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texarkana, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Texarkana, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | interstate boundary region ⓘ |
| separates |
Arkansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
jurisdictional boundary
ⓘ
law enforcement jurisdiction ⓘ taxation boundary ⓘ |
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: Arkansas–Texas border Description of subject: The Arkansas–Texas border is the state boundary in the southern United States where Arkansas and Texas meet, notably running through the twin city area of Texarkana.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Texas–Arkansas border region
this entity surface form:
Texas–Arkansas state line