Warroad, Minnesota, United States

E53292

city human settlement

Warroad, Minnesota, United States is a small northern town near the Canadian border known for its strong ice hockey tradition and producing elite players.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Warroad, Minnesota	35
Warroad, Minnesota, United States canonical	3
Warroad's nickname "Hockeytown USA"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T420068 — 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: Warroad, Minnesota, United States
Context triple: [T.J. Oshie, grewUpIn, Warroad, Minnesota, United States]

A. Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, is a city in southeastern Minnesota best known as the home of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic medical center.
B. Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Hibbing, Minnesota, United States is a small iron-mining city on the Mesabi Range known as the hometown of several notable figures, including basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale and musician Bob Dylan.
C. Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota is the largest city in the state and a regional economic, cultural, and educational hub located along the Red River in the eastern part of North Dakota.
D. Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota is a city in the northeastern part of the state known for its Air Force base, regional university, and role as a strategic military and economic center in the Upper Midwest.
E. Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States is a remote Arctic oil-producing area on Alaska’s North Slope, known for its vast petroleum fields and extreme polar environment.
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: Warroad, Minnesota, United States
Target entity description: Warroad, Minnesota, United States is a small northern town near the Canadian border known for its strong ice hockey tradition and producing elite players.

A. Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, is a city in southeastern Minnesota best known as the home of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic medical center.
B. Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
Hibbing, Minnesota, United States is a small iron-mining city on the Mesabi Range known as the hometown of several notable figures, including basketball Hall of Famer Kevin McHale and musician Bob Dylan.
C. Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota is the largest city in the state and a regional economic, cultural, and educational hub located along the Red River in the eastern part of North Dakota.
D. Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota is a city in the northeastern part of the state known for its Air Force base, regional university, and role as a strategic military and economic center in the Upper Midwest.
E. Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States is a remote Arctic oil-producing area on Alaska’s North Slope, known for its vast petroleum fields and extreme polar environment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
areaCode	218 ⓘ
borderFacility	Warroad–Sprague Border Crossing ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivision	Midwestern United States ⓘ
county	Roseau County ⓘ
distanceToBorder	a few miles from the Canadian border ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 1,070 feet ⓘ
governmentType	city government ⓘ
hasBorderCrossingWith	Canada ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity	hockey-centric community ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	recreational fishing on Lake of the Woods ⓘ
hasFeature	ice arenas ⓘ outdoor ice rinks ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Warroad High School ⓘ
hasIndustry	fishing ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasRecreationalActivity	boating on Lake of the Woods ⓘ ice fishing ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ
hasReputation	producing NHL ice hockey players ⓘ producing Olympic ice hockey players ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Warroad Warriors boys ice hockey team ⓘ linked to: Warroad Warriors boys' ice hockey Warroad Warriors girls ice hockey team ⓘ linked to: Warroad Warriors boys' ice hockey
knownFor	high school ice hockey program ⓘ ice hockey tradition ⓘ producing elite ice hockey players ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Minnesota ⓘ United States Midwest ⓘ
locatedNear	Canada–United States border ⓘ
locatedOn	Lake of the Woods ⓘ Warroad River ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Lake of the Woods ⓘ
nickname	Hockeytown USA ⓘ linked to: U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
partOf	Roseau County, Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Roseau County
populationTrend	small town ⓘ
postalCode	56763 ⓘ
region	Northwest Minnesota ⓘ linked to: Northern Minnesota
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
state	Minnesota ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone
transport	Minnesota State Highway 11 ⓘ Minnesota State Highway 313 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited