Thebes, Illinois
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Thebes, Illinois is a small historic village along the Mississippi River in Alexander County, known for its 19th-century courthouse and role as a former county seat and river port.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thebes, Illinois canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17551491 — 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: Thebes, Illinois Context triple: [Illinois Route 3, connectsCommunity, Thebes, Illinois]
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A.
Athens, Illinois
Athens, Illinois is a small city in Menard County that functions as part of the greater Springfield, Illinois region.
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B.
Cairo, Illinois
Cairo, Illinois is a historic river town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that played a significant role in regional trade, transportation, and Civil War history.
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C.
Chillicothe, Illinois
Chillicothe, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois situated along the Illinois River, known as a residential community within the greater Peoria region.
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D.
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.
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E.
Kenilworth, Illinois
Kenilworth, Illinois is a small, affluent North Shore suburb of Chicago known for its planned residential character and high-quality schools.
- 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: Thebes, Illinois Target entity description: Thebes, Illinois is a small historic village along the Mississippi River in Alexander County, known for its 19th-century courthouse and role as a former county seat and river port.
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A.
Athens, Illinois
Athens, Illinois is a small city in Menard County that functions as part of the greater Springfield, Illinois region.
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B.
Cairo, Illinois
Cairo, Illinois is a historic river town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that played a significant role in regional trade, transportation, and Civil War history.
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C.
Chillicothe, Illinois
Chillicothe, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois situated along the Illinois River, known as a residential community within the greater Peoria region.
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D.
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.
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E.
Kenilworth, Illinois
Kenilworth, Illinois is a small, affluent North Shore suburb of Chicago known for its planned residential character and high-quality schools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.