Massachusetts 9th congressional district

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United States congressional district

Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the South Coast, Cape Cod, and the Islands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Massachusetts 9th congressional district canonical	7
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district	4
Massachusetts's 10th congressional district	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1024066 — 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: Massachusetts 9th congressional district
Context triple: [New Bedford, Massachusetts, legislativeDistrict, Massachusetts 9th congressional district]

A. Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in central Massachusetts that includes much of Worcester County and is currently represented by Congressman Jim McGovern.
B. Massachusetts 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district in north-central Massachusetts that includes cities such as Lowell and Lawrence and is currently represented by Democrat Lori Trahan.
C. Massachusetts state legislature
The Massachusetts state legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the state budget.
D. Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper chamber of the Massachusetts state legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the House of Representatives.
E. Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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: Massachusetts 9th congressional district
Target entity description: Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the South Coast, Cape Cod, and the Islands.

A. Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in central Massachusetts that includes much of Worcester County and is currently represented by Congressman Jim McGovern.
B. Massachusetts 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district in north-central Massachusetts that includes cities such as Lowell and Lawrence and is currently represented by Democrat Lori Trahan.
C. Massachusetts state legislature
The Massachusetts state legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the state budget.
D. Massachusetts Senate
The Massachusetts Senate is the upper chamber of the Massachusetts state legislature, responsible for crafting and passing state laws alongside the House of Representatives.
E. Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state’s bicameral legislature, responsible for creating and passing laws in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional district ⓘ
administrativeCenter	no single administrative center ⓘ
borderingBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
category	Congressional districts of Massachusetts ⓘ Massachusetts politics ⓘ United States House districts in New England ⓘ
contains	Barnstable County, Massachusetts ⓘ Cape Cod region ⓘ linked to: Cape Cod Dukes County, Massachusetts ⓘ Martha's Vineyard ⓘ Nantucket ⓘ Nantucket County, Massachusetts ⓘ linked to: Nantucket County New Bedford metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: New Bedford, Massachusetts parts of Bristol County, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of Plymouth County, Massachusetts ⓘ parts of the South Shore of Massachusetts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
elects	one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
hasCapital	no official capital city ⓘ
hasOrdinalNumber	9 ⓘ
isPartOf	New England congressional districts ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	Cape Cod ⓘ South Coast of Massachusetts ⓘ linked to: Southeastern Massachusetts southeastern Massachusetts ⓘ the Islands of Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf	federal electoral districts of Massachusetts ⓘ
represents	residents of Cape Cod ⓘ residents of southeastern Massachusetts ⓘ residents of the Massachusetts Islands ⓘ residents of the Massachusetts South Coast ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ linked to: Massachusetts

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Referenced by (12)

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

New Bedford, Massachusetts → legislativeDistrict → Massachusetts 9th congressional district ⓘ

South Dennis → withinUSCongressionalDistrict → Massachusetts 9th congressional district ⓘ

Cummaquid → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → Massachusetts 9th congressional district ⓘ

Massachusetts's 8th congressional district → borderedBy → Massachusetts's 9th congressional district ⓘ

subject linked to: Massachusetts 8th congressional district