Storm Lake
E1035400
Storm Lake is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its namesake lake, diverse community, and Buena Vista University.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Storm Lake (lake) | 2 |
| Storm Lake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13332464 — 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: Storm Lake Context triple: [Storm Lake, Iowa, hasName, Storm Lake]
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A.
Shadow Lake
Shadow Lake is a scenic alpine lake in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its clear waters, granite peaks, and popularity with backcountry hikers and photographers.
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B.
Dream Lake
Dream Lake is a shallow, mirror-like underground pool in Luray Caverns famous for its striking reflections of stalactites that create the illusion of great depth.
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C.
Dream Lake
Dream Lake is a scenic alpine lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, known for its clear waters, dramatic mountain backdrop, and popularity among hikers and photographers.
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D.
Wishing Star Lake
Wishing Star Lake is a scenic central lake and leisure area within Shanghai Disney Resort, known for its walking paths, recreational activities, and views of the park’s skyline.
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E.
Crooked Lake
Crooked Lake is a small freshwater lake located in the town of Sand Lake in upstate New York, known for its recreational use and scenic surroundings.
- 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: Storm Lake Target entity description: Storm Lake is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its namesake lake, diverse community, and Buena Vista University.
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A.
Shadow Lake
Shadow Lake is a scenic alpine lake in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its clear waters, granite peaks, and popularity with backcountry hikers and photographers.
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B.
Dream Lake
Dream Lake is a shallow, mirror-like underground pool in Luray Caverns famous for its striking reflections of stalactites that create the illusion of great depth.
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C.
Dream Lake
Dream Lake is a scenic alpine lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, known for its clear waters, dramatic mountain backdrop, and popularity among hikers and photographers.
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D.
Wishing Star Lake
Wishing Star Lake is a scenic central lake and leisure area within Shanghai Disney Resort, known for its walking paths, recreational activities, and views of the park’s skyline.
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E.
Crooked Lake
Crooked Lake is an inland lake in northern Michigan known for its recreational boating and fishing and its role in the region’s interconnected waterway system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 712 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution |
Buena Vista County Historical Society
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harker House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemographicCharacteristic |
ethnically diverse population
ⓘ
large immigrant population ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
food processing ⓘ meat processing ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Buena Vista University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Mary’s Catholic School NERFINISHED ⓘ Storm Lake Community School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Storm Lake (lake) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstitution | Buena Vista Regional Medical Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLakeShoreDevelopment |
campgrounds
ⓘ
public beaches ⓘ resorts ⓘ |
| hasName | Storm Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity |
Cherokee, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fort Dodge, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Storm Lake, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Awaysis Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunrise Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreationalActivity |
boating
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ lake recreation ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Iowa Highway 7
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 71 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWaterBody | Storm Lake (lake) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Buena Vista County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNamedAfter | Storm Lake (lake) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buena Vista University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
diverse community ⓘ namesake lake ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Buena Vista County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northwestern Iowa ⓘ |
| partOf | Buena Vista County micropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 50588 ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
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: Storm Lake Description of subject: Storm Lake is a small city in northwestern Iowa known for its namesake lake, diverse community, and Buena Vista University.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Storm Lake (lake)
this entity surface form:
Storm Lake (lake)