Title 48 of the United States Code
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Title 48 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal law that governs territories and insular areas of the United States, outlining their legal status, administration, and judicial structures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Title 48 of the United States Code canonical | 4 |
| 48 U.S. Code | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T293087 — 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: Title 48 of the United States Code Context triple: [District Court of Guam, authorizedBy, Title 48 of the United States Code]
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A.
Title 46 of the United States Code
Title 46 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing shipping and maritime activities in the United States.
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B.
Title 42 of the United States Code
Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
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C.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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D.
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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E.
Title 38 of the United States Code
Title 38 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs veterans’ benefits, services, and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- 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: Title 48 of the United States Code Target entity description: Title 48 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal law that governs territories and insular areas of the United States, outlining their legal status, administration, and judicial structures.
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A.
Title 46 of the United States Code
Title 46 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing shipping and maritime activities in the United States.
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B.
Title 42 of the United States Code
Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
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C.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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D.
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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E.
Title 38 of the United States Code
Title 38 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs veterans’ benefits, services, and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal statute collection
ⓘ
title of the United States Code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
American Samoa
ⓘ
Guam ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Virgin Islands
various United States possessions and insular areas ⓘ |
| authority | United States Congress ⓘ |
| citationForm | 48 U.S.C. ⓘ |
| classification | public law ⓘ |
| codifies | various organic acts of United States territories ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on citizenship and nationality issues in territories
ⓘ
provisions on civil government for territories ⓘ provisions on economic regulation in territories ⓘ provisions on local self-government in territories ⓘ provisions on public lands in territories ⓘ provisions on territorial courts ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governs |
United States territories
ⓘ
insular areas of the United States ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal jurisdiction over territories ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
constitutional status of territories
ⓘ
judicial organization in territories ⓘ public administration of territories ⓘ |
| legalStatus | positive law title status varies by chapter ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal law ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Code ⓘ |
| publisher | Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| regulates |
judicial systems in United States territories
ⓘ
organization of territorial governments ⓘ powers of territorial governments ⓘ relations between territories and the federal government ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
United States territorial law ⓘ organic acts of United States territories ⓘ |
| scope | non-state areas under United States sovereignty or jurisdiction ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
administration of United States territories
ⓘ
judicial structures in United States territories ⓘ political status of United States territories ⓘ territorial law ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Congress
ⓘ
federal courts ⓘ legal practitioners in territorial law ⓘ territorial governments ⓘ |
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: Title 48 of the United States Code Description of subject: Title 48 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal law that governs territories and insular areas of the United States, outlining their legal status, administration, and judicial structures.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Public Law 600 of the United States
linked to: Title 48 of the United States Code