St. Marys, Iowa
E403813
St. Marys, Iowa is a small rural city located in south-central Iowa within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Marys, Iowa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3865666 — 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. Marys, Iowa Context triple: [Warren County, Iowa, hasCity, St. Marys, Iowa]
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A.
Marysville, Iowa
Marysville, Iowa is a small rural community located in Marion County in the south-central part of the state.
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B.
Central City, Iowa
Central City, Iowa is a small town in eastern Iowa situated along the Wapsipinicon River, known for its rural community character and annual local festivals.
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C.
Massena, Iowa
Massena, Iowa is a small rural city located in Cass County in southwestern Iowa, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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D.
Mineola, Iowa
Mineola, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in southwestern Iowa.
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E.
Marion, Iowa
Marion, Iowa is a suburban city in eastern Iowa known for its historic uptown district, family-friendly neighborhoods, and proximity to Cedar Rapids.
- 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. Marys, Iowa Target entity description: St. Marys, Iowa is a small rural city located in south-central Iowa within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
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A.
Marysville, Iowa
Marysville, Iowa is a small rural community located in Marion County in the south-central part of the state.
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B.
Central City, Iowa
Central City, Iowa is a small town in eastern Iowa situated along the Wapsipinicon River, known for its rural community character and annual local festivals.
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C.
Massena, Iowa
Massena, Iowa is a small rural city located in Cass County in southwestern Iowa, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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D.
Mineola, Iowa
Mineola, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in southwestern Iowa.
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E.
Marion, Iowa
Marion, Iowa is a suburban city in eastern Iowa known for its historic uptown district, family-friendly neighborhoods, and proximity to Cedar Rapids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryCode | US ⓘ |
| county | Warren County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | local city government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
rural
ⓘ
small city ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| isInRegion |
American Corn Belt
ⓘ
linked to:
Corn Belt
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | south-central Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| partOf |
Des Moines metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
|
| postalServiceCountry | United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| stateAbbreviation | IA ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
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. Marys, Iowa Description of subject: St. Marys, Iowa is a small rural city located in south-central Iowa within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.