Article V
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Article V is the provision of the Northwest Ordinance that established the process and conditions by which territories in the Northwest Territory could become new states admitted to the United States.
All labels observed (1)
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| Article V canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article V Context triple: [Northwest Ordinance, section, Article V]
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Article V
Article V is the section of the Texas Constitution that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and jurisdiction of the state’s judicial branch.
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Article V
Article V is the section of the United States Constitution that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments.
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C.
Article V
Article V is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that obliges states to enact necessary legislation and establish effective penalties to prevent and punish the crime of genocide.
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Article V
Article V is the section of the Florida Constitution that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and jurisdiction of the state’s judicial branch.
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Article VI
Article VI is the provision of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that obligates nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-armed states to pursue negotiations in good faith toward nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
- 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: Article V Target entity description: Article V is the provision of the Northwest Ordinance that established the process and conditions by which territories in the Northwest Territory could become new states admitted to the United States.
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Article V
Article V is the section of the United States Constitution that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments.
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Article V
Article V is the provision of the 1948 Genocide Convention that obliges states to enact necessary legislation and establish effective penalties to prevent and punish the crime of genocide.
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C.
Article V
Article V is the section of the Florida Constitution that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and jurisdiction of the state’s judicial branch.
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D.
Article V
Article V is the section of the Texas Constitution that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and jurisdiction of the state’s judicial branch.
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E.
Article VI
Article VI of the United States Constitution establishes the supremacy of federal law, requires officials to take an oath to support the Constitution, and prohibits religious tests for public office.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal provision
ⓘ
section of the Northwest Ordinance ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Northwest Territory
ⓘ
future states formed from the Northwest Territory ⓘ territorial inhabitants of the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
admission of Illinois
ⓘ
admission of Indiana ⓘ admission of Michigan ⓘ admission of Ohio ⓘ admission of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| continuity | remained an important precedent after adoption of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1787 ⓘ |
| defines |
conditions for admission of new states on an equal footing with existing states
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conditions under which a territory could form a state constitution ⓘ requirements for population thresholds for statehood ⓘ stages of territorial government leading to statehood ⓘ |
| establishes | procedure for creating not fewer than three nor more than five states from the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| geographicScope | lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| guarantees | that new states shall be admitted on an equal footing with the original states ⓘ |
| hasPart |
provisions on equality of new states
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provisions on formation of state constitutions ⓘ provisions on population thresholds ⓘ provisions on the number of states to be formed ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| influenced | later U.S. territorial admission practices ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect | provided a binding framework for the political development of the Northwest Territory ⓘ |
| legalNature | organic act for territorial organization and statehood ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
Northwest Ordinance
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surface form:
federal organic law for the Northwest Territory
|
| legislativeBody | Congress of the Confederation ⓘ |
| partOf | Northwest Ordinance ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish a process for territories in the Northwest Territory to become states
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to set conditions for admission of new states from the Northwest Territory into the Union ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| setsCondition |
requirement that new state constitutions be consistent with the principles of the Northwest Ordinance
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requirement that new states adopt a republican form of government ⓘ requirement that new states remain part of the Confederation and later the United States ⓘ territorial population requirement of 60,000 free inhabitants for statehood ⓘ |
| subjectOf | United States constitutional and legal history scholarship ⓘ |
| topic |
federalism in the United States
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state admission ⓘ territorial government ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
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Subject: Article V Description of subject: Article V is the provision of the Northwest Ordinance that established the process and conditions by which territories in the Northwest Territory could become new states admitted to the United States.
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