Clinton, Illinois
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Clinton, Illinois is a small central Illinois city in DeWitt County known historically as a 19th-century railroad and agricultural community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clinton, Illinois canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2804529 — 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: Clinton, Illinois Context triple: [Jesse Fell, founded, Clinton, Illinois]
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A.
Washington, Illinois
Washington, Illinois is a small city in Tazewell County known as a residential community within the Peoria metropolitan area in central Illinois.
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B.
Lincoln, Illinois
Lincoln, Illinois is a small city in Logan County known as the only town named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president, featuring historic sites and a traditional Midwestern community.
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C.
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, Illinois is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois, best known as the longtime home and final resting place of Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
Niles, Illinois
Niles, Illinois is a suburban village northwest of Chicago known for its residential character and landmarks like its Leaning Tower replica.
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E.
Elgin, Illinois
Elgin, Illinois is a city in the northwest suburbs of Chicago known for its historic architecture, diverse population, and location along the Fox River.
- 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: Clinton, Illinois Target entity description: Clinton, Illinois is a small central Illinois city in DeWitt County known historically as a 19th-century railroad and agricultural community.
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A.
Washington, Illinois
Washington, Illinois is a small city in Tazewell County known as a residential community within the Peoria metropolitan area in central Illinois.
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B.
Lincoln, Illinois
Lincoln, Illinois is a small city in Logan County known as the only town named for Abraham Lincoln before he became president, featuring historic sites and a traditional Midwestern community.
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C.
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, Illinois is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois, best known as the longtime home and final resting place of Abraham Lincoln.
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D.
Niles, Illinois
Niles, Illinois is a suburban village northwest of Chicago known for its residential character and landmarks like its Leaning Tower replica.
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E.
Elgin, Illinois
Elgin, Illinois is a city in the northwest suburbs of Chicago known for its historic architecture, diverse population, and location along the Fox River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 217 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county |
DeWitt County, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
De Witt County, Illinois
|
| demographicCharacteristic | small city population size ⓘ |
| economyHistoricallyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
railroad-related commerce ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCivicInstitution |
city hall
ⓘ
county courthouse in downtown Clinton ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agricultural support services
ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ services ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitutionType | public schools ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Clinton downtown business district
ⓘ
local schools ⓘ parks ⓘ railroad infrastructure (historical) ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | parts of DeWitt County, Illinois ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural
ⓘ
commercial ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | City of Clinton government ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 61727 ⓘ |
| hasPublicService |
fire department
ⓘ
police department ⓘ public library ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | local road network ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
agricultural community
ⓘ
railroad community ⓘ |
| isPartOf | DeWitt County micropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Illinois
ⓘ
DeWitt County seat area ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Clinton Lake (Illinois) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | DeWitt Clinton ⓘ |
| partOf | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| region | Corn Belt ⓘ |
| regionalIdentity | small-town Illinois community ⓘ |
| roadAccess |
Illinois state highways
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois state highway system
|
| role | county seat of DeWitt County, Illinois ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | farmland ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| transportationHistoricallyServedBy | railroads ⓘ |
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: Clinton, Illinois Description of subject: Clinton, Illinois is a small central Illinois city in DeWitt County known historically as a 19th-century railroad and agricultural community.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.