River City public library
E1014598
River City public library is the small-town Iowa library in Meredith Willson’s musical "The Music Man," where librarian Marian Paroo works and key scenes of the story unfold.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| River City Public Library | 1 |
| River City public library canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12993715 — 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: River City public library Context triple: [Marian Paroo, fictionalProfessionLocation, River City public library]
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A.
North City Library
North City Library is a public library serving the Harpurhey area, providing local residents with access to books, digital resources, and community services.
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B.
Jump City Library
Jump City Library is a prominent public library and cultural hub in Jump City, offering residents access to books, learning resources, and community programs.
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C.
Downtown Library
Downtown Library is a main branch of the Redwood City Public Library system, serving as a central community hub for reading, learning, and public programs in Redwood City.
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D.
Riverfront Library
Riverfront Library is the main branch of the Yonkers Public Library system, serving as a central hub for community learning, resources, and events in Yonkers, New York.
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E.
Rodman Public Library
Rodman Public Library is the main public library serving the community of Alliance, Ohio, providing access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
- 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: River City public library Target entity description: River City public library is the small-town Iowa library in Meredith Willson’s musical "The Music Man," where librarian Marian Paroo works and key scenes of the story unfold.
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A.
North City Library
North City Library is a public library serving the Harpurhey area, providing local residents with access to books, digital resources, and community services.
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B.
Jump City Library
Jump City Library is a prominent public library and cultural hub in Jump City, offering residents access to books, learning resources, and community programs.
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C.
Downtown Library
Downtown Library is a main branch of the Redwood City Public Library system, serving as a central community hub for reading, learning, and public programs in Redwood City.
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D.
Riverfront Library
Riverfront Library is the main branch of the Yonkers Public Library system, serving as a central hub for community learning, resources, and events in Yonkers, New York.
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E.
Rodman Public Library
Rodman Public Library is the main public library serving the community of Alliance, Ohio, providing access to books, digital resources, and educational programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional library
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fictional location ⓘ setting in a musical ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Music Man ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
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Harold Hill ⓘ Marian Paroo ⓘ Mayor Shinn ⓘ River City townspeople ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
education and culture in small-town America
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romantic setting for main characters ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkGenre |
American musical
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musical theatre ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Meredith Willson ⓘ |
| depictedTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| employsFictionalCharacter | Marian Paroo ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupationAtLocation | librarian ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Music Man (1957 Broadway musical)
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linked to:
The Music Man
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| hasFictionalFunction | public library for River City residents ⓘ |
| inspiredByRealWorldLocation | small-town Iowa public libraries ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | River City, Iowa ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
key setting for plot development
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place where Harold Hill courts Marian Paroo ⓘ place where Marian researches Harold Hill ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | The Music Man universe ⓘ |
| settingForScene |
scenes involving Marian Paroo and Harold Hill
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scenes showing Marian’s role in the community ⓘ |
| workOrigin | Broadway ⓘ |
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: River City public library Description of subject: River City public library is the small-town Iowa library in Meredith Willson’s musical "The Music Man," where librarian Marian Paroo works and key scenes of the story unfold.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: River City public library