Maryland
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Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maryland canonical | 3,587 |
| State of Maryland | 349 |
| Maryland, United States | 21 |
| state of Maryland | 7 |
| U.S. state of Maryland | 5 |
| MD | 1 |
| Maryland (across the Potomac River) | 1 |
| Maryland (in some definitions) | 1 |
| Maryland (state) | 1 |
| Maryland state line | 1 |
| Old Line State | 1 |
| Province of Maryland | 1 |
| US-MD | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1136 — 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: Maryland Context triple: [Washington, D.C., borders, Maryland]
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A.
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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B.
Florida
Florida is a southeastern U.S. state known for its warm climate, extensive beaches, tourism industry centered on attractions like Walt Disney World, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Texas
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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D.
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.
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E.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its Spanish-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and status as a popular tourist destination.
- 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: Maryland Target entity description: Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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A.
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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B.
Florida
Florida is a southeastern U.S. state known for its warm climate, extensive beaches, tourism industry centered on attractions like Walt Disney World, and significant cultural and economic influence.
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C.
Texas
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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D.
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.
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E.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory known for its Spanish-Caribbean culture, tropical climate, and status as a popular tourist destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Maryland Description of subject: Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
Referenced by (3,977)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
State of Maryland
subject surface form:
Declaration of Rights (Maryland)
this entity surface form:
State of Maryland
this entity surface form:
State of Maryland
this entity surface form:
State of Maryland
subject surface form:
United States Naval Academy Chapel
subject surface form:
United States Naval Academy Chapel
subject surface form:
Reza Pahlavi
this entity surface form:
State of Maryland
this entity surface form:
State of Maryland
this entity surface form:
Maryland, United States