United States Code
E2038
The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10148 — 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 Code Context triple: [Secretary of Commerce of the United States, legalBasis, United States Code]
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A.
Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
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B.
United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the official chronological compilation of all laws and resolutions enacted by the U.S. Congress.
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C.
United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
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D.
United States Reports
United States Reports is the official bound collection of the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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E.
District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a U.S. federal law that grants Washington, D.C. limited self-government, including an elected mayor and council, while reserving ultimate authority to Congress.
- 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 Code Target entity description: 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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A.
Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
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B.
United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the official chronological compilation of all laws and resolutions enacted by the U.S. Congress.
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C.
United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
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D.
United States Reports
United States Reports is the official bound collection of the decisions and opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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E.
District of Columbia Home Rule Act
The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a U.S. federal law that grants Washington, D.C. limited self-government, including an elected mayor and council, while reserving ultimate authority to Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
codification of law
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compilation of statutes ⓘ federal statute collection ⓘ |
| authority | enacted statutes of the United States Congress ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment |
Legislative Branch of the United States
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linked to:
United States Congress
|
| category | federal legislation ⓘ |
| citationAbbreviation |
U.S.C.
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linked to:
United States Code
|
| contains |
chapters
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sections ⓘ titles ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
United States Constitution
ⓘ
federal case law ⓘ state statutory codes ⓘ |
| exampleCitation | 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure
ⓘ
Title 26 – Internal Revenue Code ⓘ
linked to:
Internal Revenue Code
Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure ⓘ |
| hasDigitalVersion | yes ⓘ |
| hasPrintVersion | yes ⓘ |
| includes |
non-positive law titles
ⓘ
positive law titles ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official codification of federal statutes ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law system of the United States ⓘ |
| madeAvailableOnlineBy |
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
ⓘ
U.S. Government Publishing Office ⓘ
linked to:
Government Printing Office
|
| maintainedBy | Office of the Law Revision Counsel ⓘ |
| numberOfTitles | 54 titles ⓘ |
| officialName | United States Code ⓘ |
| organizedBy | subject matter ⓘ |
| partOf | United States federal legal framework ⓘ |
| primaryCitationFormat | title number, U.S.C., section number ⓘ |
| publisher | Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Code of Federal Regulations
ⓘ
Statutes at Large ⓘ
linked to:
United States Statutes at Large
|
| scope | general and permanent federal statutes ⓘ |
| shortName |
U.S. Code
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Code
USC ⓘ
linked to:
University of Southern California
|
| updatedBy |
acts of Congress
ⓘ
public laws ⓘ |
| updateProcess | codification of new statutes and amendments ⓘ |
| usedBy |
courts of the United States
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federal agencies ⓘ legal practitioners ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ |
| usedFor |
drafting legal documents
ⓘ
legal research ⓘ statutory interpretation ⓘ |
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 Code Description of subject: The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States.
Referenced by (240)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: United States Code
intelligence elements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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legalBasis
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United States Code Title 28
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linked to: United States Code
linked to: United States Code
linked to: United States Code
linked to: United States Code
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives
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product
→
United States Code
ⓘ
linked to: United States Code
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
→
codifiedIn
→
United States Code
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subject linked to:
Title 18 – Crimes and Criminal Procedure
subject linked to:
Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
linked to: United States Code
linked to: United States Code