United States law
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United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61077 — 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 law Context triple: [Full Faith and Credit Clause, legalSystem, United States law]
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A.
United States federal law
United States federal law is the body of statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions enacted or authorized by the federal government that governs the entire country and prevails over conflicting state laws.
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B.
United States Code
The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.
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C.
federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is the national court system established under the U.S. Constitution, comprising the Supreme Court and lower federal courts that interpret and apply federal law across the country.
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D.
United States constitutional history
United States constitutional history is the study of how the nation’s fundamental laws, governing structures, and constitutional principles developed from the colonial era through the founding and subsequent amendments and interpretations.
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E.
United States government
The United States government is the federal governing authority of the country, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create, enforce, and interpret national laws and policies.
- 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 law Target entity description: United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
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A.
United States federal law
United States federal law is the body of statutes, regulations, and constitutional provisions enacted or authorized by the federal government that governs the entire country and prevails over conflicting state laws.
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B.
United States Code
The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.
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C.
federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is the national court system established under the U.S. Constitution, comprising the Supreme Court and lower federal courts that interpret and apply federal law across the country.
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D.
United States constitutional history
United States constitutional history is the study of how the nation’s fundamental laws, governing structures, and constitutional principles developed from the colonial era through the founding and subsequent amendments and interpretations.
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E.
United States government
The United States government is the federal governing authority of the country, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that create, enforce, and interpret national laws and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal system
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national law ⓘ |
| basedOn | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| defines |
powers of the federal government of the United States
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relationship between federal and state governments in the United States ⓘ |
| governedBy |
federalism in the United States
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separation of powers ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
federal law of the United States
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local law in the United States ⓘ state law of the United States ⓘ |
| hasSupremeAuthority | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| hasSupremeCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
federal executive agencies of the United States
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state executive agencies in the United States ⓘ |
| includes |
administrative law of the United States
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antitrust law of the United States ⓘ bankruptcy law of the United States ⓘ case law in the United States ⓘ civil law of the United States ⓘ constitutional law of the United States ⓘ contract law in the United States ⓘ criminal law of the United States ⓘ election law of the United States ⓘ environmental law of the United States ⓘ family law in the United States ⓘ immigration law of the United States ⓘ intellectual property law of the United States ⓘ labor and employment law of the United States ⓘ military law of the United States ⓘ property law in the United States ⓘ securities law of the United States ⓘ statutory law in the United States ⓘ tax law of the United States ⓘ tort law in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
English common law
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indigenous legal traditions in North America ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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United States courts of appeals ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ state courts in the United States ⓘ |
| legalTradition | common law ⓘ |
| legislatedBy |
United States Congress
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state legislatures in the United States ⓘ |
| protects |
civil liberties in the United States
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civil rights in the United States ⓘ due process rights in the United States ⓘ equal protection rights in the United States ⓘ |
| sourceOfLaw |
United States Constitution
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surface form:
Constitution of the United States
administrative regulations in the United States ⓘ federal statutes of the United States ⓘ judicial precedents in the United States ⓘ state statutes in 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: United States law Description of subject: United States law is the complex federal and state legal system that governs the United States, encompassing the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that structure government powers and protect individual rights.
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United States common law
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