Norfolk, Nebraska
E151915
Norfolk, Nebraska is a small city in northeastern Nebraska known as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and education in the surrounding rural area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Norfolk, Nebraska canonical | 2 |
| Norfolk, Nebraska, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T856003 — 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: Norfolk, Nebraska Context triple: [Nebraska, hasCity, Norfolk, Nebraska]
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A.
Ralston, Nebraska
Ralston, Nebraska is a small suburban city in Douglas County that functions as an enclave within Omaha and is part of the greater Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
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B.
Jackson, Nebraska
Jackson, Nebraska is a small rural village located in northeastern Nebraska within the Sioux City metropolitan area.
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C.
Fremont, Nebraska
Fremont, Nebraska is a small city in eastern Nebraska known for its agricultural roots, manufacturing industries, and proximity to the Omaha metropolitan area.
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D.
La Vista, Nebraska
La Vista, Nebraska is a suburban city in Sarpy County that forms part of the greater Omaha metropolitan area.
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E.
North Platte, Nebraska
North Platte, Nebraska is a small city in western Nebraska known as a major rail transportation center and home to one of the world’s largest railroad classification yards.
- 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: Norfolk, Nebraska Target entity description: Norfolk, Nebraska is a small city in northeastern Nebraska known as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and education in the surrounding rural area.
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A.
Ralston, Nebraska
Ralston, Nebraska is a small suburban city in Douglas County that functions as an enclave within Omaha and is part of the greater Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
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B.
Jackson, Nebraska
Jackson, Nebraska is a small rural village located in northeastern Nebraska within the Sioux City metropolitan area.
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C.
Fremont, Nebraska
Fremont, Nebraska is a small city in eastern Nebraska known for its agricultural roots, manufacturing industries, and proximity to the Omaha metropolitan area.
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D.
La Vista, Nebraska
La Vista, Nebraska is a suburban city in Sarpy County that forms part of the greater Omaha metropolitan area.
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E.
North Platte, Nebraska
North Platte, Nebraska is a small city in western Nebraska known as a major rail transportation center and home to one of the world’s largest railroad classification yards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| areaCode |
402
ⓘ
531 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Madison County, Nebraska ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 115 miles northwest of Omaha, Nebraska
ⓘ
approximately 120 miles north of Lincoln, Nebraska ⓘ |
| economicSector |
agriculture-related services
ⓘ
education services ⓘ healthcare services ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ |
| elevation |
1552 feet
ⓘ
473 meters ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 31-35055 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Austrian settlers
ⓘ
Bohemian settlers ⓘ English settlers ⓘ German settlers ⓘ Scandinavian settlers ⓘ Swiss settlers ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0831630 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1886 ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsTown | 1881 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Madison County, Nebraska ⓘ |
| isRegionalHubFor |
commerce
ⓘ
education ⓘ healthcare ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Great Plains
ⓘ
northeastern Nebraska ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | North Fork of the Elkhorn River ⓘ |
| majorHighway |
U.S. Route 275
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ |
| notableInstitution |
Faith Regional Health Services
ⓘ
Northeast Community College ⓘ |
| partOf | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| postalCode |
68701
ⓘ
68702 ⓘ |
| regionRole |
regional education center for northeast Nebraska
ⓘ
regional medical center for northeast Nebraska ⓘ regional trade center for northeast Nebraska ⓘ |
| serves | surrounding rural area of northeastern Nebraska ⓘ |
| settled | 1860s ⓘ |
| state | Nebraska ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Norfolk, Nebraska Description of subject: Norfolk, Nebraska is a small city in northeastern Nebraska known as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and education in the surrounding rural area.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norfolk, Nebraska, United States