Republic Act No. 4221
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Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Republic Act No. 4221 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3138246 — 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: Republic Act No. 4221 Context triple: [Northern Samar, createdBy, Republic Act No. 4221]
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A.
Republic Act No. 7653
Republic Act No. 7653 is the Philippine law that reorganized and strengthened the country’s central banking system by establishing the modern Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and defining its powers and functions.
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B.
Republic Act No. 7104
Republic Act No. 7104 is a Philippine law that created the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino as the official government body tasked with developing, preserving, and promoting Filipino and other Philippine languages.
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C.
Republic Act No. 8491
Republic Act No. 8491 is a Philippine law that prescribes the official national symbols and codifies the proper use, performance, and display of the national flag, anthem, and other patriotic insignia.
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D.
Republic Act No. 8249
Republic Act No. 8249 is a Philippine law that reorganized and defined the expanded jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan, the country’s anti-graft court.
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E.
Republic Act No. 7975
Republic Act No. 7975 is a Philippine law that redefined and expanded the jurisdiction and structure of the Sandiganbayan, the country’s anti-graft court.
- 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: Republic Act No. 4221 Target entity description: Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
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A.
Republic Act No. 7653
Republic Act No. 7653 is the Philippine law that reorganized and strengthened the country’s central banking system by establishing the modern Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and defining its powers and functions.
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B.
Republic Act No. 7104
Republic Act No. 7104 is a Philippine law that created the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino as the official government body tasked with developing, preserving, and promoting Filipino and other Philippine languages.
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C.
Republic Act No. 8491
Republic Act No. 8491 is a Philippine law that prescribes the official national symbols and codifies the proper use, performance, and display of the national flag, anthem, and other patriotic insignia.
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D.
Republic Act No. 8249
Republic Act No. 8249 is a Philippine law that reorganized and defined the expanded jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan, the country’s anti-graft court.
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E.
Republic Act No. 7975
Republic Act No. 7975 is a Philippine law that redefined and expanded the jurisdiction and structure of the Sandiganbayan, the country’s anti-graft court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of the Congress of the Philippines
ⓘ
Philippine law ⓘ |
| affectedEntity | Province of Samar ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Eastern Samar
ⓘ
Northern Samar ⓘ Western Samar ⓘ
linked to:
Samar Province
|
| chamber |
House of Representatives of the Philippines
ⓘ
Senate of the Philippines ⓘ |
| classification | local government law ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| createdProvince |
Eastern Samar
ⓘ
Northern Samar ⓘ Western Samar ⓘ
linked to:
Samar Province
|
| formerProvince |
Samar
ⓘ
linked to:
Samar Province
|
| governmentBranch |
Legislative branch of the Philippines
ⓘ
linked to:
Congress of the Philippines
|
| jurisdiction |
Republic of the Philippines
ⓘ
linked to:
Philippines
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ |
| legalForm |
Republic Act
ⓘ
linked to:
Republic Acts of the Philippines
|
| legislature | Congress of the Philippines ⓘ |
| purpose | to partition the former Samar province into three separate provinces ⓘ |
| regionConcerned | Samar Island ⓘ |
| result |
creation of Eastern Samar
ⓘ
creation of Northern Samar ⓘ creation of Western Samar ⓘ |
| shortName | RA 4221 ⓘ |
| subject |
creation of provinces
ⓘ
partition of Samar ⓘ |
| topic |
administrative division of the Philippines
ⓘ
provincial boundaries in the Philippines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Republic Act No. 4221 Description of subject: Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.