.us
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.us is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) designated for websites associated with the United States.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2682798 — 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: .us Context triple: [Emerald Necklace, topLevelDomain, .us]
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A.
US
US is the IATA airline designator code assigned to the former American airline US Airways.
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B.
UST
UST is a historic and prestigious Catholic university in Manila, Philippines, known as one of Asia’s oldest existing universities.
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C.
UST
UST is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Department of the Treasury, the federal executive department responsible for managing government revenue, producing currency, and formulating economic and financial policy.
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D.
UA
UA is the two-letter IATA airline designator used worldwide to identify United Airlines on tickets, schedules, and flight information.
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E.
UA
UA is a major public research university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, known for its strong academic programs and prominent Crimson Tide athletics.
- 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: .us Target entity description: .us is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) designated for websites associated with the United States.
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A.
US
US is the IATA airline designator code assigned to the former American airline US Airways.
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B.
UST
UST is a historic and prestigious Catholic university in Manila, Philippines, known as one of Asia’s oldest existing universities.
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C.
UST
UST is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Department of the Treasury, the federal executive department responsible for managing government revenue, producing currency, and formulating economic and financial policy.
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D.
UA
UA is the two-letter IATA airline designator used worldwide to identify United Airlines on tickets, schedules, and flight information.
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E.
UA
UA is a major public research university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, known for its strong academic programs and prominent Crimson Tide athletics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
country code top-level domain
ⓘ
top-level domain ⓘ |
| administrator | Registry Services, LLC ⓘ |
| category | Internet infrastructure ⓘ |
| ccTLDFor |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creationDate | 1985-02-15 ⓘ |
| disputePolicy |
UDRP (for some disputes via registrars)
ⓘ
usDRP ⓘ |
| DNSSEC | supported ⓘ |
| IDNSupport | limited ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
U.S. citizens
ⓘ
U.S. government entities ⓘ U.S. residents ⓘ U.S.-based organizations ⓘ entities connected with the United States ⓘ |
| introduced | 1985-02-15 ⓘ |
| ISO3166-1Alpha2CodeBasis | US ⓘ |
| managedUnderContractWith | U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ |
| policyAuthority | U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ |
| previousRegistryOperator | Neustar ⓘ |
| prohibitedUse |
anonymous proxy registrations
ⓘ
certain obscene or unlawful content per U.S. law ⓘ |
| punycode | N/A ⓘ |
| registration | available to qualified registrants worldwide meeting nexus requirements ⓘ |
| registryOperator | Registry Services, LLC ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
RFC 1591
ⓘ
RFC 920 ⓘ |
| renewalPolicy | periodic renewal required ⓘ |
| restriction |
nexus requirement with the United States
ⓘ
registrant must be U.S. citizen, resident, organization, or foreign entity with U.S. presence ⓘ |
| secondLevelDomain |
.cc.us
ⓘ
.dni.us ⓘ .fed.us ⓘ .gov.us ⓘ .isa.us ⓘ .k12.us ⓘ .kids.us ⓘ .lib.us ⓘ .mus.us ⓘ |
| sponsor | U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ |
| sponsoredTLD | true ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| structure |
second-level registrations allowed
ⓘ
third-level registrations under various second-level domains ⓘ |
| type | restricted domain ⓘ |
| zone |
DNS root zone
ⓘ
linked to:
Domain Name System root zone
|
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: .us Description of subject: .us is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) designated for websites associated with the United States.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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La Grange, Kentucky, United States
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subject linked to:
Hazleton, Indiana, United States
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subject linked to:
US
subject linked to:
United States (corporate parent)
subject linked to:
The Green