Golconda, Illinois
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Golconda, Illinois is a small historic city along the Ohio River in southern Illinois known for its riverfront, outdoor recreation, and role as a gateway to the Shawnee National Forest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Golconda, Illinois canonical | 3 |
| Golconda, Illinois, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20122336 — 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: Golconda, Illinois Context triple: [Pope County, Illinois, countySeat, Golconda, Illinois]
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A.
Eldorado, Illinois
Eldorado, Illinois is a small city in southeastern Illinois known historically as a coal mining and railroad community within the state's Saline County region.
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B.
Galt, Illinois
Galt, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in Whiteside County that is part of the Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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C.
Gillespie, Illinois
Gillespie, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois known historically for its coal mining roots and tight-knit community.
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D.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
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E.
De Soto, Illinois
De Soto, Illinois is a small village in southern Illinois known for its rural community character and proximity to the city of Carbondale.
- 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: Golconda, Illinois Target entity description: Golconda, Illinois is a small historic city along the Ohio River in southern Illinois known for its riverfront, outdoor recreation, and role as a gateway to the Shawnee National Forest.
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A.
Eldorado, Illinois
Eldorado, Illinois is a small city in southeastern Illinois known historically as a coal mining and railroad community within the state's Saline County region.
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B.
Galt, Illinois
Galt, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in Whiteside County that is part of the Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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C.
Gillespie, Illinois
Gillespie, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois known historically for its coal mining roots and tight-knit community.
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D.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
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E.
De Soto, Illinois
De Soto, Illinois is a small village in southern Illinois known for its rural community character and proximity to the city of Carbondale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Golconda, Illinois