Smithville
E393964
Smithville is the former historic name of the present-day Town of Loomis in Placer County, California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smithville canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3834554 — 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: Smithville Context triple: [Town of Loomis, California, hasHistoricName, Smithville]
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A.
Smithville, Missouri
Smithville, Missouri is a small suburban city in the Kansas City metropolitan area known for its proximity to Smithville Lake and its family-friendly community atmosphere.
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B.
Youngsville
Youngsville is a small town in Franklin County, North Carolina, located just north of the Raleigh–Durham metropolitan area.
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C.
Trinityville
Trinityville is a rural community located in the parish of St. Thomas in eastern Jamaica.
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D.
Thomasville
Thomasville is a small city in southern Georgia known for its historic downtown, Victorian architecture, and annual Rose Show and Festival.
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E.
Parkville
Parkville is a suburban community in Maryland, United States, located just northeast of Baltimore City.
- 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: Smithville Target entity description: Smithville is the former historic name of the present-day Town of Loomis in Placer County, California.
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A.
Smithville, Missouri
Smithville, Missouri is a small suburban city in the Kansas City metropolitan area known for its proximity to Smithville Lake and its family-friendly community atmosphere.
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B.
Youngsville
Youngsville is a small town in Franklin County, North Carolina, located just north of the Raleigh–Durham metropolitan area.
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C.
Trinityville
Trinityville is a rural community located in the parish of St. Thomas in eastern Jamaica.
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D.
Thomasville
Thomasville is a small city in southern Georgia known for its historic downtown, Victorian architecture, and annual Rose Show and Festival.
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E.
Parkville
Parkville is a suburban community in Maryland, United States, located just northeast of Baltimore City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
ⓘ
historic place name ⓘ state of the United States ⓘ town ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
State of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| formerNameStatus | no longer in official use ⓘ |
| hasHistoricName | Smithville ⓘ |
| historicNameOf |
Town of Loomis
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Loomis, California
|
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Placer County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Placer County
Town of Loomis ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Loomis, California
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| partOf | Sacramento metropolitan area ⓘ |
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: Smithville Description of subject: Smithville is the former historic name of the present-day Town of Loomis in Placer County, California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Smithville