Northwest Angle, Minnesota
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Northwest Angle, Minnesota is a remote exclave of the United States in northern Minnesota, known for being the northernmost point of the contiguous U.S. and accessible mainly through Canada or by water.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northwest Angle, Minnesota canonical | 2 |
| Angle Inlet, Minnesota | 1 |
| Angle Township, Minnesota | 1 |
| Northwest Angle | 1 |
| Northwest Angle unorganized territory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1652290 — 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: Northwest Angle, Minnesota Context triple: [Lake of the Woods, hasNearbyCommunity, Northwest Angle, Minnesota]
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A.
Waverly, Minnesota
Waverly, Minnesota is a small city in Wright County known historically as the rural hometown and death place of former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
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B.
Aitkin
Aitkin is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
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C.
Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota is a first-ring suburban city just south of Minneapolis, known for its residential neighborhoods, proximity to major highways and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and home to the headquarters of Best Buy.
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D.
Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead, Minnesota is a city in northwestern Minnesota located along the Red River of the North, forming part of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.
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E.
Warroad, Minnesota, United States
Warroad, Minnesota, United States is a small northern town near the Canadian border known for its strong ice hockey tradition and producing elite players.
- 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: Northwest Angle, Minnesota Target entity description: Northwest Angle, Minnesota is a remote exclave of the United States in northern Minnesota, known for being the northernmost point of the contiguous U.S. and accessible mainly through Canada or by water.
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A.
Waverly, Minnesota
Waverly, Minnesota is a small city in Wright County known historically as the rural hometown and death place of former U.S. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
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B.
Aitkin
Aitkin is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
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C.
Richfield, Minnesota
Richfield, Minnesota is a first-ring suburban city just south of Minneapolis, known for its residential neighborhoods, proximity to major highways and the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and home to the headquarters of Best Buy.
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D.
Moorhead, Minnesota
Moorhead, Minnesota is a city in northwestern Minnesota located along the Red River of the North, forming part of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.
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E.
Warroad, Minnesota, United States
Warroad, Minnesota, United States is a small northern town near the Canadian border known for its strong ice hockey tradition and producing elite players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exclave
ⓘ
populated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
by boat across Lake of the Woods
ⓘ
by land through Manitoba, Canada ⓘ by small aircraft ⓘ |
| borderCrossingRequirement |
Canadian customs reporting when transiting through Canada
ⓘ
U.S. customs reporting when entering from Canada ⓘ |
| climate | continental climate with cold winters ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Lake of the Woods County ⓘ |
| geographicFeature | peninsula extending into Lake of the Woods ⓘ |
| governingBody | Lake of the Woods County government ⓘ |
| hasBorderWith |
Manitoba
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
forested landscape
ⓘ
resorts and fishing lodges ⓘ seasonal cabins ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
popular for fishing tourism
ⓘ
popular for hunting and outdoor recreation ⓘ remote location ⓘ road access requires passing through Canada ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ |
| isExclaveOf |
Minnesota
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| knownFor |
being a geographic exclave of the U.S.
ⓘ
being the northernmost point of the contiguous United States ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
part of the United States customs territory
ⓘ
subject to Minnesota state law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake of the Woods County
Lake of the Woods region ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn | Lake of the Woods ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its position at the northwest angle of Lake of the Woods ⓘ |
| nearestMajorWaterBody | Lake of the Woods ⓘ |
| partOf |
Angle Township, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Angle, Minnesota
contiguous United States in terms of landmass definition ⓘ |
| populationCharacteristic | very low permanent population ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
hospitality services
ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| region | Northern Minnesota ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | rest of Minnesota by Lake of the Woods ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| timezone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure |
boat landings on Lake of the Woods
ⓘ
local roads connected via Manitoba Highway network ⓘ |
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: Northwest Angle, Minnesota Description of subject: Northwest Angle, Minnesota is a remote exclave of the United States in northern Minnesota, known for being the northernmost point of the contiguous U.S. and accessible mainly through Canada or by water.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Northwest Angle, Minnesota
subject linked to:
Big Island
linked to: Northwest Angle, Minnesota
subject linked to:
Big Island
linked to: Northwest Angle, Minnesota
linked to: Northwest Angle, Minnesota