Alton, Iowa, United States
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Alton, Iowa, United States, is a small city in Sioux County best known as the birthplace of influential televangelist and pastor Robert H. Schuller.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alton, Iowa, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15871763 — 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: Alton, Iowa, United States Context triple: [Robert H. Schuller, placeOfBirth, Alton, Iowa, United States]
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Alton, Kansas, United States
Alton, Kansas, United States, is a small rural town in Osborne County known as the birthplace of innovative American architect Bruce Goff.
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B.
Alton, Illinois
Alton, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in southwestern Illinois known for its limestone bluffs, Civil War and abolitionist history, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
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East Alton, Illinois
East Alton, Illinois is a small village in the St. Louis metropolitan area known historically for its industrial and manufacturing activities.
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Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Anamosa is a small city in eastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of American Regionalist painter Grant Wood.
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E.
ALTON
ALTON is a historic market town in Hampshire, England, known for its rural surroundings and connections to the author Jane Austen.
- 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: Alton, Iowa, United States Target entity description: Alton, Iowa, United States, is a small city in Sioux County best known as the birthplace of influential televangelist and pastor Robert H. Schuller.
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A.
Alton, Kansas, United States
Alton, Kansas, United States, is a small rural town in Osborne County known as the birthplace of innovative American architect Bruce Goff.
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B.
Alton, Illinois
Alton, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in southwestern Illinois known for its limestone bluffs, Civil War and abolitionist history, and role as a regional industrial and transportation hub.
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East Alton, Illinois
East Alton, Illinois is a small village in the St. Louis metropolitan area known historically for its industrial and manufacturing activities.
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D.
Anamosa, Iowa, United States
Anamosa is a small city in eastern Iowa best known as the birthplace of American Regionalist painter Grant Wood.
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E.
ALTON
ALTON is a historic market town in Hampshire, England, known for its rural surroundings and connections to the author Jane Austen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.