Bible Belt
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The Bible Belt is a culturally conservative region of the United States known for its strong evangelical Protestant influence and high levels of religious observance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bible Belt canonical | 12 |
| American Bible Belt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T191732 — 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.
Target entity: Bible Belt Context triple: [Southern United States, hasSubregion, Bible Belt]
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Southern United States
The Southern United States is a culturally distinct region of the country known for its historical ties to the Confederacy, unique traditions in music and cuisine, and a warm climate spanning from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Upper South
The Upper South is a subregion of the United States generally referring to the northernmost tier of Southern states, often including Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and sometimes parts of neighboring states, distinguished historically and culturally from the Deep South.
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South Central United States
The South Central United States is a U.S. region typically including states like Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, characterized by a mix of Southern and Western cultural influences and a diverse economy spanning energy, agriculture, and industry.
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Deep South
The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the southeastern United States known for its distinct history, traditions, and social and political identity, often associated with states like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and parts of neighboring areas.
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Southern Federal District
The Southern Federal District is an administrative division of Russia encompassing several southern regions and key Black Sea territories, including the de facto administered federal city of Sevastopol.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bible Belt Target entity description: The Bible Belt is a culturally conservative region of the United States known for its strong evangelical Protestant influence and high levels of religious observance.
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A.
Southern United States
The Southern United States is a culturally distinct region of the country known for its historical ties to the Confederacy, unique traditions in music and cuisine, and a warm climate spanning from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico.
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B.
Upper South
The Upper South is a subregion of the United States generally referring to the northernmost tier of Southern states, often including Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and sometimes parts of neighboring states, distinguished historically and culturally from the Deep South.
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C.
South Central United States
The South Central United States is a U.S. region typically including states like Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, characterized by a mix of Southern and Western cultural influences and a diverse economy spanning energy, agriculture, and industry.
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Deep South
The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion of the southeastern United States known for its distinct history, traditions, and social and political identity, often associated with states like Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and parts of neighboring areas.
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Southern Federal District
The Southern Federal District is an administrative division of Russia encompassing several southern regions and key Black Sea territories, including the de facto administered federal city of Sevastopol.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
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region of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Republican Party
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conservative social policies ⓘ creationism in education debates ⓘ opposition to abortion ⓘ opposition to same-sex marriage ⓘ support for school prayer ⓘ |
| coinedBy | H. L. Mencken ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Rust Belt
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Secular Northeast of the United States ⓘ Sun Belt ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| hasCenter | Deep South ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
culturally conservative
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politically conservative ⓘ socially conservative ⓘ |
| hasHigh |
church membership rates
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religious service attendance rates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high church attendance
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high levels of religious observance ⓘ influence of conservative Christianity on culture ⓘ influence of conservative Christianity on politics ⓘ strong evangelical Protestant influence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
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Southern United States ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
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| partlyIn |
Alabama
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Arkansas ⓘ Florida ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Missouri ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Texas ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ |
| religionDominant |
Baptist churches
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Evangelical Protestantism ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ Pentecostal churches ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ |
| termUsedSince | 1920s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Bible Belt Description of subject: The Bible Belt is a culturally conservative region of the United States known for its strong evangelical Protestant influence and high levels of religious observance.
Referenced by (13)
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