Texas
E548
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, known for its diverse landscapes, major cities like Houston and Dallas, and significant cultural and economic influence.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Texas canonical | 7,797 |
| State of Texas | 559 |
| Texas, United States | 57 |
| TX | 49 |
| US-TX | 23 |
| state of Texas | 8 |
| U.S. state of Texas | 7 |
| Lone Star State | 3 |
| present-day Texas | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
| Tex. | 1 |
| Texas (eastern part) | 1 |
| Texas (part) | 1 |
| Texas (state) | 1 |
| Texas Panhandle | 1 |
| Texas and Arkansas | 1 |
| Texas, Our Texas | 1 |
| The State of Texas | 1 |
| United States, state of Texas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T760 — 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: Texas Context triple: [United States of America, hasState, Texas]
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A.
California, United States
California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
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B.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England known for its pivotal role in American history, prestigious universities, and major cultural and economic centers like Boston.
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C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
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D.
Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
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E.
New England
New England is a historic region in the northeastern United States known for its colonial heritage, distinct seasons, and influential role in American culture and politics.
- 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: Texas Target entity description: Texas is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, known for its diverse landscapes, major cities like Houston and Dallas, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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A.
California, United States
California, United States is a large and populous U.S. state on the West Coast known for its diverse geography, major technology and entertainment industries, and cultural and economic influence.
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B.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a U.S. state in New England known for its pivotal role in American history, prestigious universities, and major cultural and economic centers like Boston.
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C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States, serving as the nation’s political center and home to its federal government institutions.
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D.
Mexico
Mexico is a large North American country known for its rich pre-Columbian and colonial history, diverse cultures, and influential cuisine and arts.
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E.
New England
New England is a historic region in the northeastern United States known for its colonial heritage, distinct seasons, and influential role in American culture and politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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: Texas Description of subject: Texas is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population, known for its diverse landscapes, major cities like Houston and Dallas, and significant cultural and economic influence.
Referenced by (8,515)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Italy, Texas
subject surface form:
Interstate 69W (Texas)
this entity surface form:
State of Texas
this entity surface form:
State of Texas
subject surface form:
Brazos River