New Columbia, Illinois
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New Columbia, Illinois is a small unincorporated rural community located in Massac County in the southern part of the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Columbia, Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20021531 — 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: New Columbia, Illinois Context triple: [Massac County, Illinois, hasUnincorporatedCommunity, New Columbia, Illinois]
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A.
Columbia, Illinois
Columbia, Illinois is a small city in the St. Louis metropolitan area known for its historic German heritage and location along the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois.
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B.
Newman, Illinois
Newman, Illinois is a small rural city located in east-central Illinois within Douglas County.
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C.
New Holland, Illinois
New Holland, Illinois is a small rural village in central Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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D.
Newark, Illinois
Newark, Illinois is a small rural village in northern Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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E.
Cordova, Illinois
Cordova, Illinois is a small village along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois, known for its rural character and proximity to the Quad Cities region.
- 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: New Columbia, Illinois Target entity description: New Columbia, Illinois is a small unincorporated rural community located in Massac County in the southern part of the state.
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A.
Columbia, Illinois
Columbia, Illinois is a small city in the St. Louis metropolitan area known for its historic German heritage and location along the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois.
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B.
Newman, Illinois
Newman, Illinois is a small rural city located in east-central Illinois within Douglas County.
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C.
New Holland, Illinois
New Holland, Illinois is a small rural village in central Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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D.
Newark, Illinois
Newark, Illinois is a small rural village in northern Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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E.
Cordova, Illinois
Cordova, Illinois is a small village along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois, known for its rural character and proximity to the Quad Cities region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.