United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Tennessee.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T561319 — 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: United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee]
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A.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Tennessee.
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B.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Mississippi.
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C.
Criminal Court of Tennessee
The Criminal Court of Tennessee is the state trial court that gained historical prominence for presiding over the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging the legality of teaching evolution in public schools.
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D.
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Kentucky.
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E.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Kentucky.
- 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 District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Tennessee.
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A.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Tennessee.
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B.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Mississippi.
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C.
Criminal Court of Tennessee
The Criminal Court of Tennessee is the state trial court that gained historical prominence for presiding over the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial challenging the legality of teaching evolution in public schools.
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D.
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Kentucky.
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E.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Kentucky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States district court
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federal trial court ⓘ |
| abbreviation | M.D. Tenn. ⓘ |
| appellateTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ |
| appliesLaw |
United States Constitution
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federal regulations ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| courtType | trial court ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| handles |
civil cases
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criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
adjudication of federal disputes
ⓘ
interpretation of federal law ⓘ |
| hasJudgeType |
Article III judge
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United States magistrate judge ⓘ |
| hasLevel | district court level ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
civil cases arising under federal law
ⓘ
criminal cases arising under federal law ⓘ diversity jurisdiction ⓘ federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOver |
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Middle District of Tennessee
central region of Tennessee ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tennessee
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf |
United States district courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States District Courts
federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Description of subject: The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Tennessee.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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reviewsCasesFrom
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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Tanco v. Haslam
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jurisdiction
→
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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jurisdictionOver
→
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Middle District of Tennessee
Thomas Kostura
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caseJurisdiction
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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Aleta A. Trauger
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jurisdiction
→
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
ⓘ
Aleta A. Trauger
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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this entity surface form:
Middle District of Tennessee
this entity surface form:
Middle District of Tennessee
M.D. Tenn.
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legalAbbreviationFor
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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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this entity surface form:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee