Lake of the Woods County

E707639

administrative territorial entity county

Lake of the Woods County is a sparsely populated county in northern Minnesota known for encompassing the Northwest Angle and extensive lake and wilderness areas.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota	13
Lake of the Woods County canonical	10
Lake of the Woods County Attorney’s Office	1
Lake of the Woods County Public Works Department	1
Lake of the Woods County Recorder’s Office	1
Lake of the Woods County Sheriff’s Office	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8017640 — 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: Lake of the Woods County
Context triple: [Northwest Angle, Minnesota, county, Lake of the Woods County]

A. La Crosse County
La Crosse County is a county in western Wisconsin known for the city of La Crosse, its Mississippi River bluffs, and a mix of urban, agricultural, and natural landscapes.
B. Roseau County
Roseau County is a rural county in northwestern Minnesota known for its agriculture, forests, and proximity to the Canadian border.
C. Clearwater County
Clearwater County is a rural county in north-central Idaho known for its forested mountains, rivers, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
D. Menominee County, Wisconsin
Menominee County, Wisconsin is a small, predominantly Native American county in northeastern Wisconsin that is home to the Menominee Indian Reservation.
E. Dakota County
Dakota County is a county in northeastern Nebraska known for including the city of South Sioux City and forming part of the Sioux City metropolitan area.
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: Lake of the Woods County
Target entity description: Lake of the Woods County is a sparsely populated county in northern Minnesota known for encompassing the Northwest Angle and extensive lake and wilderness areas.

A. La Crosse County
La Crosse County is a county in western Wisconsin known for the city of La Crosse, its Mississippi River bluffs, and a mix of urban, agricultural, and natural landscapes.
B. Roseau County
Roseau County is a rural county in northwestern Minnesota known for its agriculture, forests, and proximity to the Canadian border.
C. Clearwater County
Clearwater County is a rural county in north-central Idaho known for its forested mountains, rivers, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
D. Menominee County, Wisconsin
Menominee County, Wisconsin is a small, predominantly Native American county in northeastern Wisconsin that is home to the Menominee Indian Reservation.
E. Dakota County
Dakota County is a county in northeastern Nebraska known for including the city of South Sioux City and forming part of the Sioux City metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borders	Canada ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Ontario ⓘ
borderType	international border region ⓘ
contains	Lake of the Woods ⓘ Northwest Angle ⓘ extensive lake areas ⓘ extensive wilderness areas ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countrySubdivisionOf	Minnesota ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	lake-rich ⓘ rural ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ wilderness areas ⓘ
hasLandUse	forests ⓘ lakes ⓘ recreational areas ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasPart	Northwest Angle unorganized territory ⓘ linked to: Northwest Angle, Minnesota
ISO3166-2	US-MN ⓘ
knownFor	fishing ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ remote wilderness ⓘ
locatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Upper Midwest ⓘ northern Minnesota ⓘ
namedAfter	Lake of the Woods ⓘ
partOf	Minnesota ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
state	Minnesota ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited