Potosi, Missouri
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Potosi, Missouri is a small historic town in Washington County known for its early 19th-century lead mining industry and association with pioneer entrepreneur Moses Austin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Potosi, Missouri canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17321940 — 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: Potosi, Missouri Context triple: [Moses Austin, movedTo, Potosi, Missouri]
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A.
Montezuma, Missouri
Montezuma, Missouri is a small unincorporated rural community located within Vernon County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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B.
De Soto, Missouri
De Soto, Missouri is a small city in eastern Missouri known historically as a railroad town and located within the St. Louis metropolitan area.
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C.
Bolivar, Missouri
Bolivar, Missouri is a small city in Polk County that serves as the county seat and a regional hub in southwestern Missouri.
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D.
Taos, Missouri
Taos, Missouri is a small incorporated community in central Missouri that forms part of the Jefferson City metropolitan area.
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E.
Palmyra, Missouri
Palmyra, Missouri is a small historic city in northeastern Missouri known for its role in the American Civil War and its location near the Mississippi River.
- 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: Potosi, Missouri Target entity description: Potosi, Missouri is a small historic town in Washington County known for its early 19th-century lead mining industry and association with pioneer entrepreneur Moses Austin.
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A.
Montezuma, Missouri
Montezuma, Missouri is a small unincorporated rural community located within Vernon County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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B.
De Soto, Missouri
De Soto, Missouri is a small city in eastern Missouri known historically as a railroad town and located within the St. Louis metropolitan area.
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C.
Bolivar, Missouri
Bolivar, Missouri is a small city in Polk County that serves as the county seat and a regional hub in southwestern Missouri.
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D.
Taos, Missouri
Taos, Missouri is a small incorporated community in central Missouri that forms part of the Jefferson City metropolitan area.
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E.
Palmyra, Missouri
Palmyra, Missouri is a small historic city in northeastern Missouri known for its role in the American Civil War and its location near the Mississippi River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.