State of Franklin
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The State of Franklin was a short-lived, unrecognized breakaway territory in the 1780s that attempted to become the fourteenth U.S. state in what is now eastern Tennessee.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Franklin canonical | 4 |
| State of Franklin (historical context) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5544156 — 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: State of Franklin Context triple: [Tennessee frontier, precededBy, State of Franklin]
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A.
Free State of Brunswick
The Free State of Brunswick was a short-lived German republic and constituent state of the Weimar Republic that emerged after World War I from the former Duchy of Brunswick.
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B.
Mississippi Territory
The Mississippi Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1798 to 1817, eventually forming the states of Mississippi and Alabama.
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C.
State of New Columbia
The State of New Columbia is a proposed name for a potential U.S. state that would be formed from most of the current District of Columbia if it were granted statehood.
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D.
Southwest Territory
Southwest Territory is a themed section of the Six Flags Great America amusement park designed with an Old West motif and featuring various rides, attractions, and entertainment.
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E.
Deuxième État
Deuxième État is the French term for the Second Estate, the social class of the nobility in pre-revolutionary France.
- 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: State of Franklin Target entity description: The State of Franklin was a short-lived, unrecognized breakaway territory in the 1780s that attempted to become the fourteenth U.S. state in what is now eastern Tennessee.
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A.
Free State of Brunswick
The Free State of Brunswick was a short-lived German republic and constituent state of the Weimar Republic that emerged after World War I from the former Duchy of Brunswick.
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B.
Mississippi Territory
The Mississippi Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1798 to 1817, eventually forming the states of Mississippi and Alabama.
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C.
State of New Columbia
The State of New Columbia is a proposed name for a potential U.S. state that would be formed from most of the current District of Columbia if it were granted statehood.
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D.
Southwest Territory
Southwest Territory is a themed section of the Six Flags Great America amusement park designed with an Old West motif and featuring various rides, attractions, and entertainment.
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E.
Deuxième État
Deuxième État is the French term for the Second Estate, the social class of the nobility in pre-revolutionary France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical polity
ⓘ
unrecognized U.S. breakaway territory ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Frankland
ⓘ
Free Republic of Franklin ⓘ |
| aspiredStatus | fourteenth U.S. state ⓘ |
| capital |
Greeneville
ⓘ
linked to:
Greeneville, Tennessee
Jonesborough ⓘ |
| conflict | civil conflict with North Carolina loyalists ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| conventionalLongName | State of Franklin ⓘ |
| country |
United States (de jure)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency | barter ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause |
internal political divisions
ⓘ
reassertion of North Carolina authority ⓘ |
| endDate | 1788 ⓘ |
| establishedFrom | western counties of North Carolina ⓘ |
| firstGovernor | John Sevier ⓘ |
| founder |
John Sevier
ⓘ
settlers of the Washington District ⓘ |
| governmentType | republic ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Confederation period of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Confederation period
Post–American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| leader | John Sevier ⓘ |
| leaderTitle | Governor ⓘ |
| legalStatus | considered illegal by North Carolina authorities ⓘ |
| legislature | Franklin General Assembly ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Appalachian Mountains
ⓘ
eastern Tennessee ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Benjamin Franklin ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Tennessee
ⓘ
history of the United States expansion westward ⓘ |
| predecessor |
North Carolina
ⓘ
Washington District ⓘ |
| reasonForFormation |
North Carolina’s cession of its western lands to the Confederation Congress
ⓘ
frontier settlers’ desire for self-government ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
no foreign governments
ⓘ
not recognized by the Confederation Congress ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism (de facto) ⓘ |
| startDate | 1784 ⓘ |
| status |
short-lived
ⓘ
unrecognized by the United States Congress ⓘ |
| successor |
Southwest Territory
ⓘ
State of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to:
Tennessee
|
| territorialClaim |
present-day Greene County, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Greene County, Tennessee
present-day Hawkins County, Tennessee ⓘ present-day Sullivan County, Tennessee ⓘ present-day Washington County, Tennessee ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: State of Franklin Description of subject: The State of Franklin was a short-lived, unrecognized breakaway territory in the 1780s that attempted to become the fourteenth U.S. state in what is now eastern Tennessee.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: State of Franklin