TN
E94996
TN is the official two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Tennessee.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TN canonical | 13 |
| TN (state-level) | 1 |
| TN SR | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T799336 — 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: TN Context triple: [Tennessee, postalAbbreviation, TN]
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A.
TN
TN is a UK postcode area covering Tunbridge Wells and surrounding parts of Kent and East Sussex.
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B.
NST
NST is the standard time abbreviation for the Newfoundland Time Zone, which is uniquely offset by 3.5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−3:30).
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C.
NH
NH is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of New Hampshire.
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D.
NU
NU is a leading Japanese national research university located in Nagoya, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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E.
TM
TM is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Toyota Motor Corporation, the Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer.
- 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: TN Target entity description: TN is the official two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Tennessee.
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A.
TN
TN is a UK postcode area covering Tunbridge Wells and surrounding parts of Kent and East Sussex.
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B.
NST
NST is the standard time abbreviation for the Newfoundland Time Zone, which is uniquely offset by 3.5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−3:30).
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C.
NH
NH is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of New Hampshire.
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D.
NU
NU is a leading Japanese national research university located in Nagoya, known for its strong programs in science, engineering, and the humanities.
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E.
TM
TM is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Toyota Motor Corporation, the Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Postal Service state abbreviation
ⓘ
postal abbreviation ⓘ |
| appliesTo | U.S. state ⓘ |
| bordersState |
Alabama
ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Missouri ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Virginia ⓘ |
| codeLength | 2 ⓘ |
| codeType | two-letter code ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCapital | Nashville ⓘ |
| hasLargestCity | Nashville ⓘ |
| isOfficial | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southeastern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| postalCodeSystem | ZIP Code ⓘ |
| regionType | state ⓘ |
| represents | Tennessee ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
USPS state abbreviations system
ⓘ
linked to:
USPS state and territory abbreviation system
|
| subdivisionOf | United States of America ⓘ |
| timeZoneIncludes |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mail addressing
ⓘ
state identification ⓘ |
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: TN Description of subject: TN is the official two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Tennessee.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.