Wheeler, Texas, United States
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Wheeler, Texas, United States is a small town in the Texas Panhandle best known as the birthplace of Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker Alan L. Bean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wheeler, Texas, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13391311 — 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: Wheeler, Texas, United States Context triple: [Alan L. Bean, placeOfBirth, Wheeler, Texas, United States]
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A.
Wimberley, Texas, United States
Wimberley, Texas, United States is a small Hill Country town known for its scenic natural springs, cypress-lined rivers, and role as a popular getaway destination near Austin.
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B.
Wylie, Texas
Wylie, Texas is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its family-friendly neighborhoods and proximity to major urban centers.
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C.
Weatherford, Texas, United States of America
Weatherford, Texas, United States of America, is a small city west of Fort Worth known for its historic downtown, peach industry, and role as the birthplace of several notable figures including early 20th-century baseball pitcher Hippo Vaughn.
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D.
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright, Texas is a small rural town in North Texas known for its historic downtown and location within the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area.
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E.
Taylor, Texas, United States
Taylor, Texas, United States, is a small Central Texas city in Williamson County known historically as a railroad and agricultural hub within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
- 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: Wheeler, Texas, United States Target entity description: Wheeler, Texas, United States is a small town in the Texas Panhandle best known as the birthplace of Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker Alan L. Bean.
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A.
Wimberley, Texas, United States
Wimberley, Texas, United States is a small Hill Country town known for its scenic natural springs, cypress-lined rivers, and role as a popular getaway destination near Austin.
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B.
Wylie, Texas
Wylie, Texas is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its family-friendly neighborhoods and proximity to major urban centers.
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C.
Weatherford, Texas, United States of America
Weatherford, Texas, United States of America, is a small city west of Fort Worth known for its historic downtown, peach industry, and role as the birthplace of several notable figures including early 20th-century baseball pitcher Hippo Vaughn.
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D.
Whitewright, Texas
Whitewright, Texas is a small rural town in North Texas known for its historic downtown and location within the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area.
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E.
Taylor, Texas, United States
Taylor, Texas, United States, is a small Central Texas city in Williamson County known historically as a railroad and agricultural hub within the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronaut
ⓘ
county ⓘ moonwalker ⓘ municipality ⓘ town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 806 ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Alan L. Bean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | North Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countySeatOf | Wheeler County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2,600 feet
ⓘ
approximately 790 meters ⓘ |
| governmentType | city council ⓘ |
| hasEmergencyServices |
local fire department
ⓘ
local police or sheriff coverage ⓘ |
| hasFeature | small-town community ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Wheeler High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHospital | Wheeler Hospital District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Wheeler Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | City of Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | Alan L. Bean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 79096 ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | Wheeler Independent School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | local road network ⓘ |
| isCountySeat | Wheeler County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Texas Panhandle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneDST | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Oklahoma state line ⓘ |
| locatedOn | U.S. Route 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Apollo 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Royall Tyler Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wheeler County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
ranching ⓘ |
| region |
Great Plains
ⓘ
rural Texas Panhandle ⓘ |
| servedBy | U.S. Postal Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
Texas
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| 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: Wheeler, Texas, United States Description of subject: Wheeler, Texas, United States is a small town in the Texas Panhandle best known as the birthplace of Apollo 12 astronaut and moonwalker Alan L. Bean.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.