Delaware
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Delaware is a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, known for being the first state to ratify the Constitution and for its business-friendly corporate laws.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delaware canonical | 223 |
| State of Delaware | 20 |
| Delaware, United States | 6 |
| U.S. state of Delaware | 3 |
| D. Del. | 1 |
| Delaware (U.S. state) | 1 |
| Delaware (state) | 1 |
| Delaware territorial waters | 1 |
| First State | 1 |
| State of Delaware (United States) | 1 |
| United States state of Delaware | 1 |
| state of Delaware | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5541855 — 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: Delaware Context triple: [New Jersey (during tenure with New York Jets), borders, Delaware]
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A.
Maryland and Delaware
Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
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B.
Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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C.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
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D.
Province of Delaware
The Province of Delaware was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of Delaware.
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E.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a small New England state in the northeastern United States known for its mountainous landscapes, early presidential primary, and “Live Free or Die” motto.
- 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: Delaware Target entity description: Delaware is a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, known for being the first state to ratify the Constitution and for its business-friendly corporate laws.
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A.
Maryland and Delaware
Maryland and Delaware are two neighboring Mid-Atlantic U.S. states on the East Coast, known respectively for the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore, and for its Atlantic beaches and role as the nation’s first state to ratify the Constitution.
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B.
Maryland
Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state known for its Chesapeake Bay shoreline, colonial history, and proximity to the nation’s capital.
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C.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area, located in New England on the Atlantic coast and known for its colonial history and maritime heritage.
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D.
Province of Delaware
The Province of Delaware was a British colonial territory in North America that later became the U.S. state of Delaware.
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E.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a small New England state in the northeastern United States known for its mountainous landscapes, early presidential primary, and “Live Free or Die” motto.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. state ⓘ |
| admittedToUnion | December 7, 1787 ⓘ |
| areaRankAmongUSStates | 49 ⓘ |
| borders |
Maryland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bordersBodyOfWater |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Delaware Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Dover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demonym | Delawarean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorTitle | Governor of Delaware ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of Delaware ⓘ |
| hasCounty |
Kent County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Castle County NERFINISHED ⓘ Sussex County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Delaware Court of Chancery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFlag | Flag of Delaware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Dover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newark NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Brandywine Creek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christina River NERFINISHED ⓘ Delaware River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOCode | US-DE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
business-friendly corporate laws
ⓘ
large number of corporations incorporated in the state ⓘ |
| largestCity | Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislature | Delaware General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mid-Atlantic region of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ |
| lowerHouse | Delaware House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Liberty and Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname |
The Diamond State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The First State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfCounties | 3 ⓘ |
| populationRankAmongUSStates | low ⓘ |
| postalAbbreviation | DE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratificationOrderOfUSConstitution | 1 ⓘ |
| ratified | United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Delmarva Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateBeverage | Milk ⓘ |
| stateBird | Delaware Blue Hen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateCapitalSince | 1777 ⓘ |
| stateFlower | Peach blossom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statehoodStatus | original Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| stateTree | American holly ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| unionAdmissionOrder | 1 ⓘ |
| upperHouse | Delaware Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Delaware Description of subject: Delaware is a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, known for being the first state to ratify the Constitution and for its business-friendly corporate laws.
Referenced by (260)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Havre de Grace (estate near Wilmington, Delaware)
this entity surface form:
State of Delaware
this entity surface form:
State of Delaware
subject surface form:
Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)
subject surface form:
Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)
this entity surface form:
State of Delaware
this entity surface form:
Delaware, United States
subject surface form:
Lewes, Delaware
this entity surface form:
State of Delaware
this entity surface form:
State of Delaware
this entity surface form:
State of Delaware