St. Joseph, Illinois
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St. Joseph, Illinois is a small Midwestern village located in east-central Illinois, known for its close-knit community and proximity to the city of Champaign.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Joseph, Illinois canonical | 5 |
| village of St. Joseph, Illinois | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1127257 — 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: St. Joseph, Illinois Context triple: [Champaign County, Illinois, contains, St. Joseph, Illinois]
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A.
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet, Illinois is a mid-sized city southwest of Chicago known for its historic prison, riverfront, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
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B.
Johnsburg, Illinois
Johnsburg, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known as a residential community within the Chicago metropolitan area.
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C.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
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D.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
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E.
Richmond, Illinois
Richmond, Illinois is a small village in northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border, known for its historic downtown and rural character.
- 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: St. Joseph, Illinois Target entity description: St. Joseph, Illinois is a small Midwestern village located in east-central Illinois, known for its close-knit community and proximity to the city of Champaign.
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A.
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet, Illinois is a mid-sized city southwest of Chicago known for its historic prison, riverfront, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
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B.
Johnsburg, Illinois
Johnsburg, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known as a residential community within the Chicago metropolitan area.
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C.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
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D.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
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E.
Richmond, Illinois
Richmond, Illinois is a small village in northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border, known for its historic downtown and rural character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
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village ⓘ |
| areaCode | 217 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Champaign County, Illinois ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly non-urban population ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 10–15 miles east of Champaign, Illinois ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | tributaries of the Salt Fork Vermilion River ⓘ |
| economy | commuter community for Champaign-Urbana ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 686 feet ⓘ |
| feature |
community parks
ⓘ
grain elevators ⓘ local businesses ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| governmentType | village board ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
close-knit community
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small community ⓘ suburban-rural setting ⓘ |
| hasElementarySchool | St. Joseph Grade School ⓘ |
| hasEvent | local community festivals ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool |
St. Joseph-Ogden High School
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Joseph High School
|
| hasLibrary | public library in the village ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | village president and trustees ⓘ |
| hasMiddleSchool | St. Joseph Middle School ⓘ |
| hasParkDistrict | St. Joseph Park and Recreation facilities ⓘ |
| hasPublicSchoolDistrict |
St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169
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St. Joseph-Ogden High School District 305 ⓘ |
| hasZIPCodeTabulationArea | ZCTA 61873 ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
United States Midwest
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linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| landUse | primarily residential and agricultural surroundings ⓘ |
| locatedIn | east-central Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Champaign, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign, Illinois, United States
|
| nearbyCity |
Urbana, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Urbana, Illinois, United States
|
| nearbyInstitution | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| partOf |
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
|
| postalCode | 61873 ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| transportation |
Interstate 74 nearby
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U.S. Route 150 ⓘ |
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: St. Joseph, Illinois Description of subject: St. Joseph, Illinois is a small Midwestern village located in east-central Illinois, known for its close-knit community and proximity to the city of Champaign.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: St. Joseph, Illinois
St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169
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schoolBoardJurisdiction
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St. Joseph, Illinois
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linked to: St. Joseph, Illinois