Clear Lake, Iowa
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Clear Lake, Iowa is a resort and tourism-focused city in northern Iowa known for its namesake lake and its connection to the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
All labels observed (1)
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| Clear Lake, Iowa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16340704 — 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: Clear Lake, Iowa Context triple: [Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, containsCity, Clear Lake, Iowa]
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Spirit Lake, Iowa
Spirit Lake, Iowa is a small resort city in the Iowa Great Lakes region known for its recreational lakes, tourism, and outdoor activities.
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B.
Storm Lake, Iowa
Storm Lake, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County known for its namesake glacial lake, diverse population, and presence of Buena Vista University.
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C.
Lake Wapello
Lake Wapello is a scenic recreational lake in southern Iowa known for fishing, boating, and its surrounding state park.
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D.
Coralville Lake
Coralville Lake is a reservoir in Iowa known for recreational activities and for exposing significant geological features such as the nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge.
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E.
Clear Lake, Wisconsin
Clear Lake, Wisconsin is a small rural village in Polk County best known as the birthplace of environmentalist and former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day.
- 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: Clear Lake, Iowa Target entity description: Clear Lake, Iowa is a resort and tourism-focused city in northern Iowa known for its namesake lake and its connection to the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
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A.
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Spirit Lake, Iowa is a small resort city in the Iowa Great Lakes region known for its recreational lakes, tourism, and outdoor activities.
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B.
Storm Lake, Iowa
Storm Lake, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County known for its namesake glacial lake, diverse population, and presence of Buena Vista University.
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C.
Lake Wapello
Lake Wapello is a scenic recreational lake in southern Iowa known for fishing, boating, and its surrounding state park.
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D.
Coralville Lake
Coralville Lake is a reservoir in Iowa known for recreational activities and for exposing significant geological features such as the nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge.
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E.
Clear Lake, Wisconsin
Clear Lake, Wisconsin is a small rural village in Polk County best known as the birthplace of environmentalist and former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.