Title 33 of the United States Code
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Title 33 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing navigation and navigable waters in the United States, including many of the authorities under which the U.S. Coast Guard operates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Title 33 of the United States Code canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45623 — 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: Title 33 of the United States Code Context triple: [United States Coast Guard, legalAuthority, Title 33 of the United States Code]
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A.
Title 3 of the United States Code
Title 3 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the office and powers of the U.S. President and Vice President, including procedures for succession, elections, and related executive functions.
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B.
Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
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C.
Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 10 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal law that organizes, governs, and outlines the roles, missions, and authorities of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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D.
Title 2 of the United States Code
Title 2 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization and operation of the U.S. Congress and related legislative branch entities.
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E.
Title 14 of the United States Code
Title 14 of the United States Code is the federal statute that organizes and governs the structure, missions, and authorities of the United States Coast Guard.
- 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: Title 33 of the United States Code Target entity description: Title 33 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing navigation and navigable waters in the United States, including many of the authorities under which the U.S. Coast Guard operates.
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A.
Title 3 of the United States Code
Title 3 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the office and powers of the U.S. President and Vice President, including procedures for succession, elections, and related executive functions.
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B.
Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
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C.
Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 10 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal law that organizes, governs, and outlines the roles, missions, and authorities of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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D.
Title 2 of the United States Code
Title 2 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization and operation of the U.S. Congress and related legislative branch entities.
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E.
Title 14 of the United States Code
Title 14 of the United States Code is the federal statute that organizes and governs the structure, missions, and authorities of the United States Coast Guard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal statute collection
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title of the United States Code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
United States territorial waters
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navigable waters of the United States ⓘ |
| containsProvisionsFor |
United States Coast Guard
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surface form:
U.S. Coast Guard authorities
aids to navigation ⓘ bridge administration ⓘ harbors and harbor improvements ⓘ international navigation rules implementation ⓘ marine environmental protection ⓘ oil pollution ⓘ port and waterway safety ⓘ vessel inspection and operation requirements ⓘ water pollution control ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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surface form:
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| governs |
navigable waters
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navigation ⓘ waterways regulation ⓘ |
| grantsAuthorityTo |
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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surface form:
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ United States Coast Guard ⓘ |
| hasCitationAbbreviation | 33 U.S.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | codified statutes ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal law ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Code ⓘ |
| publisher |
Government Printing Office
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surface form:
United States Government Publishing Office
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| regulates |
construction of bridges over navigable waters
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discharges into navigable waters ⓘ marine sanitation devices ⓘ navigation rules on U.S. waters ⓘ obstructions to navigation ⓘ oil spill prevention and response ⓘ placement and maintenance of navigation aids ⓘ port security measures ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
environmental protection of waters
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maritime law aspects ⓘ navigation law ⓘ water resources development ⓘ |
| usedBy |
environmental regulators
ⓘ
maritime regulators ⓘ port authorities ⓘ shipping industry ⓘ |
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: Title 33 of the United States Code Description of subject: Title 33 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing navigation and navigable waters in the United States, including many of the authorities under which the U.S. Coast Guard operates.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
subject surface form:
rear admiral (lower half)