Silver Bow County, Montana
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Silver Bow County, Montana is a county in southwestern Montana best known as the home of the historic mining city of Butte.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Bow County, Montana canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9305798 — 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: Silver Bow County, Montana Context triple: [Butte, Montana, locatedIn, Silver Bow County, Montana]
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A.
Ravalli County, Montana
Ravalli County, Montana is a rural county in western Montana located in the Bitterroot Valley, known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and the county seat of Hamilton.
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B.
Garfield County, Montana
Garfield County, Montana is a sparsely populated county in eastern Montana known for its wide-open prairie landscapes, ranching, and access to outdoor recreation around Fort Peck Lake.
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C.
Park County, Montana
Park County, Montana is a mountainous county in south-central Montana known as a gateway to Yellowstone National Park and for its outdoor recreation and scenic landscapes.
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D.
Big Horn County, Montana
Big Horn County, Montana is a largely rural county in south-central Montana known for its Native American reservations, agricultural economy, and proximity to the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.
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E.
Valley County, Montana
Valley County, Montana is a sparsely populated county in northeastern Montana known for its expansive prairie landscapes, outdoor recreation, and proximity to Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri 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: Silver Bow County, Montana Target entity description: Silver Bow County, Montana is a county in southwestern Montana best known as the home of the historic mining city of Butte.
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A.
Ravalli County, Montana
Ravalli County, Montana is a rural county in western Montana located in the Bitterroot Valley, known for its mountainous landscapes, outdoor recreation, and the county seat of Hamilton.
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B.
Garfield County, Montana
Garfield County, Montana is a sparsely populated county in eastern Montana known for its wide-open prairie landscapes, ranching, and access to outdoor recreation around Fort Peck Lake.
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C.
Park County, Montana
Park County, Montana is a mountainous county in south-central Montana known as a gateway to Yellowstone National Park and for its outdoor recreation and scenic landscapes.
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D.
Big Horn County, Montana
Big Horn County, Montana is a largely rural county in south-central Montana known for its Native American reservations, agricultural economy, and proximity to the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area.
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E.
Valley County, Montana
Valley County, Montana is a sparsely populated county in northeastern Montana known for its expansive prairie landscapes, outdoor recreation, and proximity to Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county
ⓘ
county of Montana ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Beaverhead County, Montana
ⓘ
Deer Lodge County, Montana ⓘ
linked to:
Deer Lodge County
Jefferson County, Montana ⓘ Madison County, Montana ⓘ Powell County, Montana ⓘ |
| contains |
Butte
ⓘ
linked to:
Butte, Montana
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countySeat |
Butte
ⓘ
linked to:
Butte, Montana
|
| FIPSCode | 30-093 ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
Deer Lodge County, Montana
ⓘ
linked to:
Deer Lodge County
|
| GNISID | 0777929 ⓘ |
| hasAreaType | landlocked county ⓘ |
| hasCityCountyConsolidation |
Butte-Silver Bow local government
ⓘ
linked to:
City and County of Butte-Silver Bow
|
| hasClimateRegion | continental climate zone ⓘ |
| hasConsolidatedCityCounty |
Butte-Silver Bow
ⓘ
linked to:
Butte–Anaconda mining district
|
| hasCountySeatFunction | administrative center at Butte ⓘ |
| hasEconomicHistory | mining‑based economy ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue | mining-related contamination in Butte area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Silver Bow Creek
ⓘ
mining heritage ⓘ urban center of Butte ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | county government ⓘ |
| hasHistoricCity | Butte, Montana ⓘ |
| hasHistoricIndustry |
copper mining
ⓘ
hard‑rock mining ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | local law enforcement in county boundaries ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
residential neighborhoods in Butte
ⓘ
urban and former industrial areas ⓘ |
| hasPostalAbbreviationState | MT ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Butte-Silver Bow metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Butte, Montana
|
| hasRegionalSignificance | major historic mining district in Montana ⓘ |
| hasTransportationRole |
served by Interstate 15
ⓘ
served by Interstate 90 ⓘ |
| knownFor | historic mining city of Butte ⓘ |
| largestCity |
Butte
ⓘ
linked to:
Butte, Montana
|
| locatedIn |
Montana
ⓘ
Rocky Mountains region ⓘ
linked to:
Rocky Mountain region
southwestern Montana ⓘ |
| namedFor | Silver Bow Creek ⓘ |
| partOf |
Butte-Silver Bow consolidated city-county
ⓘ
linked to:
City and County of Butte-Silver Bow
southwestern Montana region ⓘ |
| state | Montana ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
State of Montana
ⓘ
linked to:
Montana
United States federal system ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Silver Bow County, Montana Description of subject: Silver Bow County, Montana is a county in southwestern Montana best known as the home of the historic mining city of Butte.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
southwestern Montana
subject linked to:
Jefferson County
subject linked to:
Madison County
National Historic Landmark District (Butte-Anaconda Historic District)
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locatedIn
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Silver Bow County, Montana
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subject linked to:
Our Lady of the Rockies statue