Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Wisconsin’s natural resources, including its parks, forests, wildlife, and waterways, and for enforcing environmental protection laws.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources canonical | 48 |
| Wisconsin DNR | 1 |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (likely, but not confirmed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3700224 — 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: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Context triple: [Lake Kegonsa, governingBody, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources]
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A.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for conserving and managing Michigan’s natural resources, state parks, wildlife, and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing Indiana’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources, including state parks, forests, wildlife, and outdoor recreation programs.
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C.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing Iowa’s natural resources, including state parks, wildlife, forests, and environmental protection programs.
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D.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Illinois’s natural, recreational, and cultural resources, including state parks, historic sites, wildlife, and outdoor recreation programs.
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E.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Washington’s public lands, forests, aquatic resources, and geological hazards to support environmental health and public benefit.
- 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: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Target entity description: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Wisconsin’s natural resources, including its parks, forests, wildlife, and waterways, and for enforcing environmental protection laws.
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A.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for conserving and managing Michigan’s natural resources, state parks, wildlife, and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing Indiana’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources, including state parks, forests, wildlife, and outdoor recreation programs.
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C.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is the state agency responsible for managing Iowa’s natural resources, including state parks, wildlife, forests, and environmental protection programs.
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D.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Illinois’s natural, recreational, and cultural resources, including state parks, historic sites, wildlife, and outdoor recreation programs.
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E.
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Washington’s public lands, forests, aquatic resources, and geological hazards to support environmental health and public benefit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental protection agency
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state government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
State of Wisconsin
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linked to:
Wisconsin
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| enforces |
boating safety regulations of Wisconsin
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environmental protection laws of Wisconsin ⓘ fishing regulations of Wisconsin ⓘ hunting regulations of Wisconsin ⓘ wildlife conservation laws of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://dnr.wisconsin.gov ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bureau of Fisheries Management
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Bureau of Forestry ⓘ Bureau of Law Enforcement ⓘ Bureau of Parks and Recreation Management ⓘ Bureau of Wildlife Management ⓘ Environmental Management Division ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Madison, Wisconsin
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linked to:
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| oversees |
Wisconsin state forest system
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linked to:
Wisconsin State Forest system
Wisconsin state park system ⓘ environmental remediation projects in Wisconsin ⓘ public fishing waters in Wisconsin ⓘ public hunting lands in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
air emissions permitting in Wisconsin
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air quality regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ all-terrain vehicle regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ boating regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ conservation law enforcement in Wisconsin ⓘ environmental protection in Wisconsin ⓘ fishing regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ forest management on state lands in Wisconsin ⓘ groundwater protection in Wisconsin ⓘ hazardous materials regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ hunting and fishing licensing in Wisconsin ⓘ hunting regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ invasive species control in Wisconsin ⓘ management of Wisconsin fisheries ⓘ management of Wisconsin state forests ⓘ management of Wisconsin state parks ⓘ management of Wisconsin waterways ⓘ management of Wisconsin wildlife resources ⓘ snowmobile regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ solid waste facility permitting in Wisconsin ⓘ state park permitting in Wisconsin ⓘ waste management regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ water discharge permitting in Wisconsin ⓘ water quality regulation in Wisconsin ⓘ wetland protection in Wisconsin ⓘ wildlife habitat conservation in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| shortName |
WDNR
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Wisconsin DNR ⓘ
linked to:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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| subdivisionOf |
Government of Wisconsin
ⓘ
linked to:
Wisconsin state government
|
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: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Description of subject: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is a state agency responsible for managing Wisconsin’s natural resources, including its parks, forests, wildlife, and waterways, and for enforcing environmental protection laws.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Heritage Hill Corporation
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partnerOf
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (likely, but not confirmed)
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linked to: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
subject linked to:
Rock Island
linked to: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
subject linked to:
Rock Island, Wisconsin
subject linked to:
Harrington Beach
Menominee River State Recreation Area
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managingAuthority
→
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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Glacial Drumlin State Trail (nearby access)
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managedBy
→
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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Mukwonago River State Natural Area
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managingAuthority
→
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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