Wamac, Illinois
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UNEXPLORED
Wamac, Illinois is a small city located in Marion County in the southern part of the state, historically tied to coal mining and the nearby city of Centralia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wamac, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18612872 — 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: Wamac, Illinois Context triple: [Marion County, Illinois, hasSettlement, Wamac, Illinois]
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A.
Wataga, Illinois
Wataga, Illinois is a small village in Knox County that forms part of the Galesburg micropolitan area in west-central Illinois.
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B.
Wapella, Illinois
Wapella, Illinois is a small rural village located in De Witt County in central Illinois, known historically as a railroad community.
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C.
Wenona, Illinois
Wenona, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois known historically as a rural railroad and agricultural community.
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D.
Washburn, Illinois
Washburn, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that forms part of the Peoria metropolitan region.
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E.
Wasco, Illinois
Wasco, Illinois is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kane County known for its rural character and small-town atmosphere.
- 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: Wamac, Illinois Target entity description: Wamac, Illinois is a small city located in Marion County in the southern part of the state, historically tied to coal mining and the nearby city of Centralia.
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A.
Wataga, Illinois
Wataga, Illinois is a small village in Knox County that forms part of the Galesburg micropolitan area in west-central Illinois.
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B.
Wapella, Illinois
Wapella, Illinois is a small rural village located in De Witt County in central Illinois, known historically as a railroad community.
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C.
Wenona, Illinois
Wenona, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois known historically as a rural railroad and agricultural community.
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D.
Washburn, Illinois
Washburn, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that forms part of the Peoria metropolitan region.
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E.
Wasco, Illinois
Wasco, Illinois is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kane County known for its rural character and small-town atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.