Cresco, Iowa, United States
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Cresco, Iowa, United States, is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize–winning agronomist Norman Borlaug.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cresco, Iowa | 9 |
| Cresco, Iowa, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4812 — 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: Cresco, Iowa, United States Context triple: [Norman Borlaug, placeOfBirth, Cresco, Iowa, United States]
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A.
West Branch, Iowa, United States
West Branch, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and home to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
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B.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Council Bluffs is a city in western Iowa, located along the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska, known historically as a major railroad and transportation hub.
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C.
Delano
Delano is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
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D.
Lamar, Missouri, United States
Lamar, Missouri, United States, is a small city in Barton County best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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E.
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, is a major Midwestern city known for its jazz heritage, distinctive barbecue cuisine, and significant role in American political history.
- 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: Cresco, Iowa, United States Target entity description: Cresco, Iowa, United States, is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize–winning agronomist Norman Borlaug.
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A.
West Branch, Iowa, United States
West Branch, Iowa, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Herbert Hoover and home to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.
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B.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Council Bluffs is a city in western Iowa, located along the Missouri River across from Omaha, Nebraska, known historically as a major railroad and transportation hub.
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C.
Delano
Delano is the middle name of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.
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D.
Lamar, Missouri, United States
Lamar, Missouri, United States, is a small city in Barton County best known as the birthplace of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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E.
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, is a major Midwestern city known for its jazz heritage, distinctive barbecue cuisine, and significant role in American political history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agronomist
ⓘ
city ⓘ municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 563 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cresco, Iowa
ⓘ
linked to:
Cresco, Iowa, United States
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision |
State of Iowa
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa
|
| county | Howard County, Iowa ⓘ |
| governmentType | city government ⓘ |
| hasDemonym | Cresco resident ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agricultural surroundings
ⓘ
rural community ⓘ |
| hasName | Cresco ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | Norman Borlaug ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 52136 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Howard County, Iowa ⓘ |
| knownFor | birthplace of Norman Borlaug ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Howard County, Iowa
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ North America ⓘ northeastern Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Minnesota border ⓘ |
| notableFor | Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Howard County, Iowa
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| timeZoneStandard |
Central Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
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: Cresco, Iowa, United States Description of subject: Cresco, Iowa, United States, is a small rural city in northeastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of Nobel Peace Prize–winning agronomist Norman Borlaug.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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