U.S. states
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U.S. states are the 50 constituent political entities that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States, each with its own constitution, laws, and governance structure.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. states canonical | 27 |
| U.S. state governments | 6 |
| ISO 3166-2:US | 3 |
| state governments of the United States | 2 |
| American states | 1 |
| States | 1 |
| U.S. states and territories | 1 |
| states of the United States | 1 |
| the States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T741503 — 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: U.S. states Context triple: [Flag Day, appliesToJurisdiction, U.S. states]
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A.
contiguous United States
The contiguous United States refers to the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the North American mainland, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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B.
United States of America
The United States of America is a large federal republic in North America known for its global political, economic, military, and cultural influence.
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C.
United States territories
United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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D.
Arizona
Arizona is a southwestern U.S. state known for its desert climate, the Grand Canyon, and major cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
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E.
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a coalition of secessionist Southern states that broke away from the United States from 1861 to 1865, fighting to preserve slavery and states’ rights during the American Civil War.
- 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: U.S. states Target entity description: U.S. states are the 50 constituent political entities that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States, each with its own constitution, laws, and governance structure.
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A.
contiguous United States
The contiguous United States refers to the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the North American mainland, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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B.
United States of America
The United States of America is a large federal republic in North America known for its global political, economic, military, and cultural influence.
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C.
United States territories
United States territories are regions under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United States that are not part of any state, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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D.
Arizona
Arizona is a southwestern U.S. state known for its desert climate, the Grand Canyon, and major cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
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E.
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a coalition of secessionist Southern states that broke away from the United States from 1861 to 1865, fighting to preserve slavery and states’ rights during the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constituent political entity
ⓘ
federated state ⓘ |
| areLimitedBy |
Supremacy Clause
ⓘ
surface form:
Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution
|
| areMembersOf | Union ⓘ |
| arePartyTo | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| areRecognizedBy | Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| areRepresentedIn |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ |
| areSubdividedInto | counties or county-equivalents ⓘ |
| areSubjectTo | United States federal law ⓘ |
| canEnact | state statutes ⓘ |
| canIssue | state bonds ⓘ |
| canLevy | state taxes ⓘ |
| canRatify | amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasConstitution | state constitution ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentBranch |
state executive branch
ⓘ
state judicial branch ⓘ state legislative branch ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem | state law ⓘ |
| hasLegislatureType | state legislature ⓘ |
| hasPower |
education authority
ⓘ
infrastructure authority ⓘ police power ⓘ public health authority ⓘ taxation power ⓘ |
| haveCapitalCity | state capital ⓘ |
| haveCivilLaw | state civil code ⓘ |
| haveConstitutionalRequirement | republican form of government ⓘ |
| haveCriminalLaw | state criminal code ⓘ |
| haveEducationSystem | public school systems ⓘ |
| haveEqualRepresentationIn | United States Senate ⓘ |
| haveHeadOfGovernmentTitle | governor ⓘ |
| haveJudicialSystem | state courts ⓘ |
| haveOfficialSymbols |
state bird
ⓘ
state flag ⓘ state flower ⓘ state motto ⓘ state seal ⓘ state song ⓘ |
| havePrimaryResponsibilityFor |
public education
ⓘ
state highways ⓘ state law enforcement ⓘ |
| haveRepresentationIn | Electoral College ⓘ |
| haveTwoSenatorsEachIn | United States Senate ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 50 ⓘ |
| participateIn | United States federal system ⓘ |
| sharesSovereigntyWith |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government 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
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: U.S. states Description of subject: U.S. states are the 50 constituent political entities that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States, each with its own constitution, laws, and governance structure.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the States
this entity surface form:
state governments of the United States
this entity surface form:
U.S. state governments
this entity surface form:
U.S. state governments
this entity surface form:
U.S. state governments
this entity surface form:
ISO 3166-2:US
this entity surface form:
state governments of the United States
this entity surface form:
ISO 3166-2:US
this entity surface form:
American states
this entity surface form:
ISO 3166-2:US
this entity surface form:
states of the United States
subject surface form:
Children's Health Insurance Program
this entity surface form:
U.S. state governments
this entity surface form:
U.S. states and territories
this entity surface form:
U.S. state governments
this entity surface form:
States
this entity surface form:
U.S. state governments