United States state of Missouri

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U.S. state federated state of the United States

The United States state of Missouri is a Midwestern state known for its major cities like St. Louis and Kansas City, its role as a historic gateway to the American West, and its diverse mix of agricultural, industrial, and cultural regions.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. state of Missouri	47
Missouri, United States	11
state of Missouri	9
United States state of Missouri canonical	6
ISO 3166-2:US-MO	1
Missouri remained in the Union	1
Present-day Missouri	1
USA Missouri	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3265758 — 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 state of Missouri
Context triple: [Sibley, Missouri, countrySubdivision, United States state of Missouri]

A. Missouri and Illinois
Missouri and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
B. Florida, Missouri, United States
Florida, Missouri, United States, is a small village best known as the birthplace of famed American author Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).
C. eastern Missouri
Eastern Missouri is the region of Missouri that encompasses the St. Louis metropolitan area and other communities along the state’s eastern border near the Mississippi River.
D. Kentucky and Missouri
Kentucky and Missouri are neighboring U.S. states in the central United States whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
E. Northeastern Missouri
Northeastern Missouri is a predominantly rural region of Missouri known for its small towns, agricultural landscape, and location along the Mississippi River.
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 state of Missouri
Target entity description: The United States state of Missouri is a Midwestern state known for its major cities like St. Louis and Kansas City, its role as a historic gateway to the American West, and its diverse mix of agricultural, industrial, and cultural regions.

A. Missouri and Illinois
Missouri and Illinois are neighboring Midwestern U.S. states whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
B. Florida, Missouri, United States
Florida, Missouri, United States, is a small village best known as the birthplace of famed American author Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).
C. eastern Missouri
Eastern Missouri is the region of Missouri that encompasses the St. Louis metropolitan area and other communities along the state’s eastern border near the Mississippi River.
D. Kentucky and Missouri
Kentucky and Missouri are neighboring U.S. states in the central United States whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
E. Northeastern Missouri
Northeastern Missouri is a predominantly rural region of Missouri known for its small towns, agricultural landscape, and location along the Mississippi River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. state ⓘ federated state of the United States ⓘ
admittedAs	24th U.S. state ⓘ
admittedToUnionOn	1821-08-10 ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	cattle ⓘ corn ⓘ hogs ⓘ poultry ⓘ soybeans ⓘ
borderedByState	Arkansas ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
capital	Jefferson City ⓘ linked to: Jefferson City, Missouri
containsRegion	Missouri Bootheel ⓘ Missouri River Valley ⓘ linked to: Missouri River valley Ozarks ⓘ linked to: Ozark Plateau
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	historic Route 66 ⓘ linked to: U.S. Route 66
governedBy	Governor of Missouri ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms	Seal of Missouri ⓘ linked to: Great Seal of the State of Missouri
hasFlag	Flag of Missouri ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	aerospace and defense ⓘ agriculture ⓘ financial services ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ transportation and logistics ⓘ
hasNationalMonument	Gateway Arch National Park ⓘ linked to: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
hasNickname	Show Me State ⓘ
hasProfessionalSportsTeam	Kansas City Chiefs ⓘ St. Louis Blues ⓘ St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
hasPublicUniversity	Missouri State University ⓘ Missouri University of Science and Technology ⓘ University of Missouri (Columbia) ⓘ linked to: University of Missouri University of Missouri System ⓘ University of Missouri–Kansas City ⓘ
historicalRole	gateway to the American West ⓘ
ISOCode	US-MO ⓘ linked to: MO
judicialBody	Supreme Court of Missouri ⓘ linked to: Missouri Supreme Court
largestCity	Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ linked to: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
legislature	Missouri General Assembly ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn	Central United States ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ
lowerHouse	Missouri House of Representatives ⓘ
majorCity	Columbia, Missouri ⓘ Springfield, Missouri ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ linked to: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
motto	Salus populi suprema lex esto ⓘ
namedAfter	Missouri River ⓘ
officialLanguageStatus	English (de facto) ⓘ linked to: English
partOf	Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	MO ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
traversedByRiver	Mississippi River ⓘ Missouri River ⓘ
upperHouse	Missouri Senate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (77)

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

Sibley, Missouri → countrySubdivision → United States state of Missouri ⓘ

USS Missouri → namedAfter → U.S. state of Missouri ⓘ

subject linked to: BB-63