Knoxville, Illinois
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Knoxville, Illinois is a small historic city in western Illinois that served as the original county seat of Knox County.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Knoxville, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16985016 — 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: Knoxville, Illinois Context triple: [Knox County, Illinois, hasMunicipality, Knoxville, Illinois]
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A.
Nashville, Illinois
Nashville, Illinois is a small city in Washington County known as the birthplace of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
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B.
Kingston, Illinois
Kingston, Illinois is a small village located in Adams County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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C.
Roanoke, Illinois
Roanoke, Illinois is a small village in Woodford County that forms part of the broader Peoria region in central Illinois.
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D.
Lexington, Illinois
Lexington, Illinois is a small city in McLean County, Illinois, known as a historic Central Illinois community that developed along key transportation routes and serves as part of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area.
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E.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
- 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: Knoxville, Illinois Target entity description: Knoxville, Illinois is a small historic city in western Illinois that served as the original county seat of Knox County.
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A.
Nashville, Illinois
Nashville, Illinois is a small city in Washington County known as the birthplace of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
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B.
Kingston, Illinois
Kingston, Illinois is a small village located in Adams County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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C.
Roanoke, Illinois
Roanoke, Illinois is a small village in Woodford County that forms part of the broader Peoria region in central Illinois.
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D.
Lexington, Illinois
Lexington, Illinois is a small city in McLean County, Illinois, known as a historic Central Illinois community that developed along key transportation routes and serves as part of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area.
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E.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known historically as an early center of education and abolitionist activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.