Mapleton, Iowa
E922659
Mapleton, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mapleton, Iowa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11324683 — 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: Mapleton, Iowa Context triple: [Monona County, Iowa, hasSettlement, Mapleton, Iowa]
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A.
Lytton, Iowa
Lytton, Iowa is a small rural city in Sac and Calhoun counties known for its agricultural surroundings and location in northwestern Iowa.
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B.
Hudson, Iowa
Hudson, Iowa is a small city in northeastern Iowa that functions as a suburban community within the Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area.
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C.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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D.
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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E.
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mount Pleasant, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known as the county seat of Henry County and home to Iowa Wesleyan University and the annual Midwest Old Threshers Reunion.
- 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: Mapleton, Iowa Target entity description: Mapleton, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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A.
Lytton, Iowa
Lytton, Iowa is a small rural city in Sac and Calhoun counties known for its agricultural surroundings and location in northwestern Iowa.
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B.
Hudson, Iowa
Hudson, Iowa is a small city in northeastern Iowa that functions as a suburban community within the Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area.
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C.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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D.
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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E.
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Mount Pleasant, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known as the county seat of Henry County and home to Iowa Wesleyan University and the annual Midwest Old Threshers Reunion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| areaCode | 712 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Monona County ⓘ |
| drivesOn | right ⓘ |
| economy | agriculture-based ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
agricultural surroundings
ⓘ
rural ⓘ small city ⓘ tight-knit community ⓘ |
| hasCommunityType | close-knit rural community ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
crop farming
ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
community schools
ⓘ
local businesses serving surrounding farms ⓘ parks and recreational areas ⓘ religious institutions ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | surrounded by farmland ⓘ |
| hasServiceRole | local service center for nearby farms ⓘ |
| isRuralCommunity | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Monona County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Iowa ⓘ
linked to:
western Iowa
|
| locatedNear | Maple River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Monona County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Iowa ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa
United States of America ⓘ |
| postalCode | 51034 ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| region | Great Plains edge ⓘ |
| roadAccess |
Iowa Highway 141
ⓘ
Iowa Highway 175 ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| stateAbbreviation | IA ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| usesMeasurementSystem | U.S. customary units ⓘ |
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: Mapleton, Iowa Description of subject: Mapleton, Iowa is a small rural city in western Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.