Smithboro, Illinois
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Smithboro, Illinois is a small rural village in south-central Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smithboro, Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18853049 — 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: Smithboro, Illinois Context triple: [Bond County, Illinois, containsSettlement, Smithboro, Illinois]
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A.
Jonesboro, Illinois
Jonesboro, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois historically notable as one of the seven sites of the 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates.
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B.
Shelbyville, Illinois
Shelbyville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known as a local hub for agriculture and recreation near Lake Shelbyville.
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C.
Harrisburg, Illinois
Harrisburg, Illinois is a small city in Saline County that serves as a regional hub for commerce and services in southeastern Southern Illinois.
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D.
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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E.
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox 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: Smithboro, Illinois Target entity description: Smithboro, Illinois is a small rural village in south-central Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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A.
Jonesboro, Illinois
Jonesboro, Illinois is a small city in southern Illinois historically notable as one of the seven sites of the 1858 Lincoln–Douglas debates.
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B.
Shelbyville, Illinois
Shelbyville, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known as a local hub for agriculture and recreation near Lake Shelbyville.
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C.
Harrisburg, Illinois
Harrisburg, Illinois is a small city in Saline County that serves as a regional hub for commerce and services in southeastern Southern Illinois.
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D.
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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E.
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.