Present-day Tennessee
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Present-day Tennessee is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the country, historically inhabited by Indigenous peoples including the Cherokee.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Present-day Tennessee canonical | 1 |
| present-day Tennessee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9418600 — 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: Present-day Tennessee Context triple: [Cherokee, traditionalTerritory, Present-day Tennessee]
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Tennessee (eastern portion)
Tennessee (eastern portion) is the part of the U.S. state of Tennessee located in the Appalachian region, including cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga, known for its mountainous terrain and cultural ties to the American South.
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B.
West Tennessee
West Tennessee is the westernmost Grand Division of Tennessee, known for its flat, fertile farmland, strong blues and rock ’n’ roll heritage centered around Memphis, and location between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers.
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C.
Tennessee and Arkansas
Tennessee and Arkansas are neighboring U.S. states in the South whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
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D.
Martin, Tennessee
Martin, Tennessee is a small city in northwestern Tennessee best known as the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin.
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E.
Tennessean
The Tennessean was a prominent Southern Railway passenger train that operated between Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, serving as an important inter-city link in the southeastern United States during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Present-day Tennessee Target entity description: Present-day Tennessee is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the country, historically inhabited by Indigenous peoples including the Cherokee.
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A.
Tennessee (eastern portion)
Tennessee (eastern portion) is the part of the U.S. state of Tennessee located in the Appalachian region, including cities like Knoxville and Chattanooga, known for its mountainous terrain and cultural ties to the American South.
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B.
West Tennessee
West Tennessee is the westernmost Grand Division of Tennessee, known for its flat, fertile farmland, strong blues and rock ’n’ roll heritage centered around Memphis, and location between the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers.
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C.
Tennessee and Arkansas
Tennessee and Arkansas are neighboring U.S. states in the South whose shared boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River.
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D.
Martin, Tennessee
Martin, Tennessee is a small city in northwestern Tennessee best known as the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin.
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E.
Tennessean
The Tennessean was a prominent Southern Railway passenger train that operated between Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, serving as an important inter-city link in the southeastern United States during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. state ⓘ |
| admittedToUnionOn | 1796-06-01 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateType |
humid subtropical climate (most of state)
ⓘ
oceanic/highland climate (higher Appalachians) ⓘ |
| contains |
Appalachian Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cumberland Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Smoky Mountains National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi embayment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dominantReligion | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| governedBy | Governor of Tennessee ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | none ⓘ |
| hasFlag | Flag of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Chattanooga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarksville NERFINISHED ⓘ Knoxville NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ Murfreesboro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Agriculture and Commerce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | The Volunteer State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOfficialSong |
Rocky Top
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tennessee Waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateBird | Northern mockingbird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateCapitalBuilding | Tennessee State Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateFlower | Iris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateTree | Tulip poplar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Clingmans Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highestPointElevation | 6643 ft ⓘ |
| historicallyInhabitedBy |
Cherokee people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chickasaw people NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) people NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawnee people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuchi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOCode | US-TN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| judicialBody | Tennessee Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
blues music heritage
ⓘ
country music industry ⓘ rock and roll history ⓘ |
| largestCity | Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestMetropolitanArea | Nashville metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| largestRiver | Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyType | bicameral legislature ⓘ |
| legislature | Tennessee General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Southeastern United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerHouse | Tennessee House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowestPoint | Mississippi River at state line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRiver |
Cumberland River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tanasqui (Tanasi) Cherokee town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orderInUnion | 16th state ⓘ |
| partOf |
Appalachian region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bible Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States of America (1861–1865) NERFINISHED ⓘ Upland South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalAbbreviation | TN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| readmittedToUnion | 1866 ⓘ |
| secededFrom | United States (1861) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
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Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| upperHouse | Tennessee Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Present-day Tennessee Description of subject: Present-day Tennessee is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the country, historically inhabited by Indigenous peoples including the Cherokee.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.