Question: What US state adapted a symbol before 1955 and is where the University of Alabama is located?
Answer(s):
answer: Alabama

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.01wdl3)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.01wdl3 ns:location.location.containedby ?x .
?x ns:government.governmental_jurisdiction.official_symbols ?c .
?c ns:location.location_symbol_relationship.date_adopted ?num .
FILTER (?num < "1955"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}