Houston, Minnesota
E935175
Houston, Minnesota is a small city in southeastern Minnesota known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Root River Valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Houston, Minnesota canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11320666 — 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: Houston, Minnesota Context triple: [Root River State Trail, passesThrough, Houston, Minnesota]
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A.
Hamburg, Minnesota
Hamburg, Minnesota is a small rural city located in Carver County in the south-central part of the state.
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B.
Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato, Minnesota is a city in south-central Minnesota known historically as the site of the largest mass execution in U.S. history following the Dakota War of 1862.
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C.
Austin, Minnesota
Austin, Minnesota is a small city in southern Minnesota known for being the home of Hormel Foods and the SPAM Museum.
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D.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota known for its large and historically significant Norwegian American community, vibrant arts scene, and numerous lakes.
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E.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington, Minnesota is a suburban city in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area known for hosting major sports teams historically and for being home to the Mall of America.
- 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: Houston, Minnesota Target entity description: Houston, Minnesota is a small city in southeastern Minnesota known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Root River Valley.
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A.
Hamburg, Minnesota
Hamburg, Minnesota is a small rural city located in Carver County in the south-central part of the state.
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B.
Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato, Minnesota is a city in south-central Minnesota known historically as the site of the largest mass execution in U.S. history following the Dakota War of 1862.
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C.
Austin, Minnesota
Austin, Minnesota is a small city in southern Minnesota known for being the home of Hormel Foods and the SPAM Museum.
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D.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a major city in Minnesota known for its large and historically significant Norwegian American community, vibrant arts scene, and numerous lakes.
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E.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington, Minnesota is a suburban city in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area known for hosting major sports teams historically and for being home to the Mall of America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | rural townships of Houston County ⓘ |
| areaCode | 507 ⓘ |
| category |
Cities in Houston County, Minnesota
ⓘ
Cities in Minnesota ⓘ Populated places on the Root River (Minnesota) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| county | Houston County, Minnesota ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 230 meters ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Root River State Trail access
ⓘ
canoeing and kayaking on Root River ⓘ scenic blufflands ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | public schools in Houston Public School District ⓘ |
| hasEvent | local community festivals ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rural surroundings
ⓘ
small-town character ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea |
Root River State Trail corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Root River State Trail
state wildlife management areas in Houston County ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Root River (Minnesota) ⓘ |
| isGatewayTo | Root River Valley outdoor recreation ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Houston County, Minnesota ⓘ |
| isSeatOf | none (not a county seat) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to Root River State Trail
ⓘ
bicycling and hiking opportunities ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ |
| landUse | primarily residential and agricultural surroundings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Root River Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Root River valley
United States Midwest ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
southeastern Minnesota ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Iowa border
ⓘ
Wisconsin border ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sam Houston ⓘ |
| partOfRegion | Driftless Area ⓘ |
| populationTrend | small population ⓘ |
| postalCode | 55943 ⓘ |
| regionalEconomy |
agriculture in surrounding area
ⓘ
tourism and outdoor recreation ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| transportation |
Minnesota State Highway 16
ⓘ
Minnesota State Highway 76 ⓘ |
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: Houston, Minnesota Description of subject: Houston, Minnesota is a small city in southeastern Minnesota known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Root River Valley.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.