Massachusetts 6th congressional district
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Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in northeastern Massachusetts that includes much of the North Shore, represented in Congress by an elected member of the House of Representatives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Massachusetts 6th congressional district canonical | 1 |
| Massachusetts's 6th congressional district | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6042175 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts 6th congressional district Context triple: [Southern Essex County, federalCongressionalDistrictsInclude, Massachusetts 6th congressional district]
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Massachusetts 5th congressional district
Massachusetts 5th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in eastern Massachusetts that includes many of Boston’s northern and western suburbs.
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Massachusetts 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district in north-central Massachusetts that includes cities such as Lowell and Lawrence and is currently represented by Democrat Lori Trahan.
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C.
Massachusetts 8th congressional district
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House district in eastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston area and several nearby cities and suburbs.
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D.
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in central Massachusetts that includes much of Worcester County and is currently represented by Congressman Jim McGovern.
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E.
Massachusetts 9th congressional district
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the South Coast, Cape Cod, and the Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts 6th congressional district Target entity description: Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in northeastern Massachusetts that includes much of the North Shore, represented in Congress by an elected member of the House of Representatives.
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A.
Massachusetts 5th congressional district
Massachusetts 5th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in eastern Massachusetts that includes many of Boston’s northern and western suburbs.
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B.
Massachusetts 3rd congressional district
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. House district in north-central Massachusetts that includes cities such as Lowell and Lawrence and is currently represented by Democrat Lori Trahan.
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C.
Massachusetts 8th congressional district
Massachusetts's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House district in eastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the Greater Boston area and several nearby cities and suburbs.
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D.
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district
Massachusetts 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in central Massachusetts that includes much of Worcester County and is currently represented by Congressman Jim McGovern.
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E.
Massachusetts 9th congressional district
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is a U.S. House district located in southeastern Massachusetts that includes parts of the South Coast, Cape Cod, and the Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States congressional district ⓘ |
| apportionedAfter | United States census NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| contains |
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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City of Gloucester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ City of Lynn, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ City of Newburyport, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ City of Peabody, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ City of Salem, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Andover, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Danvers, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Marblehead, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Methuen, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of North Andover, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of North Reading, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Reading, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Saugus, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Swampscott, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| currentRepresentative | Seth Moulton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralCollegeRole | no direct role ⓘ |
| elects | one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| federalDistrictNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| firstCreated | 1795 ⓘ |
| governingLaw | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| governmentalJurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| hasChamber | House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElections | biennial U.S. House elections ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfRepresentation | single-member district ⓘ |
| isNumberedDistrictOf | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Essex County, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ northeastern Massachusetts ⓘ |
| partOf | Massachusetts congressional delegation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfCurrentRepresentative | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalAbbreviationOfState | MA ⓘ |
| redistrictedFollowing | decennial United States census ⓘ |
| region | North Shore (Massachusetts) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedSince | 2015 by Seth Moulton ⓘ |
| represents | Massachusetts's 6th congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usesVotingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Massachusetts 6th congressional district Description of subject: Massachusetts's 6th congressional district is a U.S. House district in northeastern Massachusetts that includes much of the North Shore, represented in Congress by an elected member of the House of Representatives.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Southern Essex County
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federalCongressionalDistrictsInclude
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Massachusetts 6th congressional district
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this entity surface form:
Massachusetts's 6th congressional district