Illinois Korean War Memorial
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The Illinois Korean War Memorial is a commemorative monument in Springfield honoring Illinois veterans who served and died in the Korean War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois Korean War Memorial canonical | 4 |
| Illinois state memorial | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T385725 — 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: Illinois Korean War Memorial Context triple: [Oak Ridge Cemetery, hasPart, Illinois Korean War Memorial]
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A.
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a commemorative monument in Springfield, Illinois, honoring state residents who served and died in the Vietnam War.
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B.
Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national monument in Washington, D.C., honoring those who served and sacrificed during the Korean War through a striking display of soldier statues and commemorative walls.
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C.
War Memorials of Illinois
War Memorials of Illinois is a collection of monuments and memorials in Illinois dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of the state’s military veterans and war dead.
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D.
Pentagon Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial is a national memorial in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the 184 victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
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E.
Mardasson Memorial
The Mardasson Memorial is a large star-shaped monument near Bastogne, Belgium, honoring American soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
- 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: Illinois Korean War Memorial Target entity description: The Illinois Korean War Memorial is a commemorative monument in Springfield honoring Illinois veterans who served and died in the Korean War.
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A.
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a commemorative monument in Springfield, Illinois, honoring state residents who served and died in the Vietnam War.
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B.
Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national monument in Washington, D.C., honoring those who served and sacrificed during the Korean War through a striking display of soldier statues and commemorative walls.
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C.
War Memorials of Illinois
War Memorials of Illinois is a collection of monuments and memorials in Illinois dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of the state’s military veterans and war dead.
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D.
Pentagon Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial is a national memorial in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the 184 victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
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E.
Mardasson Memorial
The Mardasson Memorial is a large star-shaped monument near Bastogne, Belgium, honoring American soldiers who fought and died in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monument
ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Springfield, Illinois
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Korean War monuments and memorials in the United States ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Illinois ⓘ Tourist attractions in Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Illinois service members killed in the Korean War
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Illinois veterans of the Korean War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 39.821°N 89.667°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasHeritageDesignation |
Illinois state memorial
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois Korean War Memorial
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| hasInscription |
dedicatory text honoring Korean War veterans
ⓘ
names of Illinois Korean War dead ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bronze soldier statues
ⓘ
central obelisk ⓘ memorial wall with names ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oak Ridge Cemetery
ⓘ
Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Sangamon County, Illinois
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State of Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| maintainedBy | Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
bronze
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granite ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| purpose |
to commemorate Illinois service members who died in the Korean War
ⓘ
to honor Illinois veterans who served in the Korean War ⓘ |
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: Illinois Korean War Memorial Description of subject: The Illinois Korean War Memorial is a commemorative monument in Springfield honoring Illinois veterans who served and died in the Korean War.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Illinois Korean War Memorial
subject linked to:
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, United States