Putnam County, Illinois
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Putnam County, Illinois is a small, rural county in north-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape and position along the Illinois River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Putnam County, Illinois canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10695530 — 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: Putnam County, Illinois Context triple: [Illinois Route 17, passesThrough, Putnam County, Illinois]
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Madison County, Illinois
Madison County, Illinois is a county in southwestern Illinois that forms part of the St. Louis metropolitan area, encompassing a mix of industrial cities, suburbs, and rural communities.
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B.
Hancock County, Illinois
Hancock County, Illinois is a rural county in western Illinois along the Mississippi River, historically known for the city of Nauvoo and its significance in early Latter-day Saint history.
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C.
Marion County, Illinois
Marion County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in south-central Illinois known for its agricultural economy and small communities such as its county seat, Salem.
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D.
Monroe County, Illinois
Monroe County, Illinois is a largely rural county in southwestern Illinois situated just south of St. Louis, known for its historic river towns and role as part of the greater St. Louis region.
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E.
Franklin County, Illinois
Franklin County, Illinois is a rural county in southern Illinois known historically for its coal mining communities and small towns such as Benton and West Frankfort.
- 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: Putnam County, Illinois Target entity description: Putnam County, Illinois is a small, rural county in north-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape and position along the Illinois River.
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A.
Madison County, Illinois
Madison County, Illinois is a county in southwestern Illinois that forms part of the St. Louis metropolitan area, encompassing a mix of industrial cities, suburbs, and rural communities.
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B.
Hancock County, Illinois
Hancock County, Illinois is a rural county in western Illinois along the Mississippi River, historically known for the city of Nauvoo and its significance in early Latter-day Saint history.
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C.
Marion County, Illinois
Marion County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in south-central Illinois known for its agricultural economy and small communities such as its county seat, Salem.
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D.
Monroe County, Illinois
Monroe County, Illinois is a largely rural county in southwestern Illinois situated just south of St. Louis, known for its historic river towns and role as part of the greater St. Louis region.
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E.
Franklin County, Illinois
Franklin County, Illinois is a rural county in southern Illinois known historically for its coal mining communities and small towns such as Benton and West Frankfort.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.