Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment constitutional provision

The Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealed national Prohibition and granted states broad authority to regulate the transportation, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages within their borders.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution	7
21st Amendment	1
Twenty-First Amendment	1
Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution canonical	1
U.S. Const. amend. XXI	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T858153 — 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: Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Context triple: [South Dakota v. Dole, appliesConstitutionalProvision, Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]

A. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
B. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.
C. Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was the 1919 amendment that established nationwide Prohibition by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
D. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
E. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
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: Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Target entity description: The Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealed national Prohibition and granted states broad authority to regulate the transportation, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages within their borders.

A. Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment that granted residents of Washington, D.C. the right to participate in presidential elections by allocating them Electoral College votes.
B. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a 1967 amendment that clarifies presidential succession and procedures for dealing with presidential disability and vacancies in the vice presidency.
C. Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was the 1919 amendment that established nationwide Prohibition by banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
D. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
E. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ constitutional provision ⓘ
allows	states to maintain prohibition if they choose ⓘ
amendmentNumber	21 ⓘ
appliesTo	alcoholic beverages ⓘ
becameEffectiveOn	December 5, 1933 ⓘ
citation	U.S. Const. amend. XXI ⓘ linked to: Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
constitutionalArticleModified	Article V of the U.S. Constitution (ratification process usage) ⓘ linked to: Article V of the United States Constitution
containsSection	Section 1 of the Twenty-First Amendment ⓘ Section 2 of the Twenty-First Amendment ⓘ Section 3 of the Twenty-First Amendment ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effect	authorization of state control over importation of intoxicating liquors ⓘ repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ
grantedAuthorityOver	importation of intoxicating liquors ⓘ regulation of alcoholic beverages within state borders ⓘ sale of intoxicating liquors ⓘ transportation of intoxicating liquors ⓘ
grantedPowerTo	U.S. states ⓘ territories of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	end of Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
influenced	creation of state liquor control boards ⓘ state alcohol control laws ⓘ
legalEffect	ended federal constitutional ban on manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors ⓘ returned primary authority over alcohol regulation to the states ⓘ
locatedInDocument	United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	United States Bill of Rights and later amendments corpus ⓘ
proposalDate	February 20, 1933 ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
ratificationDate	December 5, 1933 ⓘ
ratificationMethod	state ratifying conventions ⓘ
ratifiedBy	state conventions ⓘ
relatedTo	Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ linked to: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Volstead Act ⓘ linked to: National Prohibition Act
repealed	Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ linked to: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution national Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
sectionCount	3 ⓘ
shortName	21st Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Twenty-First Amendment ⓘ linked to: Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
subject	alcohol regulation ⓘ ratification procedure ⓘ repeal of Prohibition ⓘ
uniqueFeature	only U.S. constitutional amendment ratified by state conventions instead of state legislatures ⓘ
yearOfRatification	1933 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Dakota v. Dole → appliesConstitutionalProvision → Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

Prohibition era in the United States → repealedBy → Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ