Storm Lake, Iowa
E317605
Storm Lake, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County known for its namesake glacial lake, diverse population, and presence of Buena Vista University.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Storm Lake, Iowa canonical | 3 |
| Storm Lake, Iowa, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3010656 — 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: Storm Lake, Iowa Context triple: [northwestern Iowa, contains, Storm Lake, Iowa]
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A.
Coralville Lake
Coralville Lake is a reservoir in Iowa known for recreational activities and for exposing significant geological features such as the nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge.
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B.
Goose Lake, Iowa
Goose Lake, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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C.
Carter Lake, Iowa
Carter Lake, Iowa is a small city uniquely situated on the west side of the Missouri River, making it an Iowa enclave surrounded by Nebraska.
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D.
Lake Wobegon
Lake Wobegon is a fictional small Midwestern town known as the setting of Garrison Keillor’s stories, especially from the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion."
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E.
Angle Lake
Angle Lake is a light rail station and surrounding neighborhood in SeaTac, Washington, serving as a southern terminus of Sound Transit’s Link light rail line near Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
- 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: Storm Lake, Iowa Target entity description: Storm Lake, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County known for its namesake glacial lake, diverse population, and presence of Buena Vista University.
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A.
Coralville Lake
Coralville Lake is a reservoir in Iowa known for recreational activities and for exposing significant geological features such as the nearby Devonian Fossil Gorge.
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B.
Goose Lake, Iowa
Goose Lake, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and agricultural surroundings.
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C.
Carter Lake, Iowa
Carter Lake, Iowa is a small city uniquely situated on the west side of the Missouri River, making it an Iowa enclave surrounded by Nebraska.
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D.
Lake Wobegon
Lake Wobegon is a fictional small Midwestern town known as the setting of Garrison Keillor’s stories, especially from the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion."
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E.
Angle Lake
Angle Lake is a light rail station and surrounding neighborhood in SeaTac, Washington, serving as a southern terminus of Sound Transit’s Link light rail line near Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| areaCode | 712 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Buena Vista County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economySector |
agriculture
ⓘ
education ⓘ meat processing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 1430 feet ⓘ |
| governedBy | Storm Lake City Council ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Buena Vista University campus
ⓘ
King’s Pointe Waterpark Resort ⓘ Storm Lake shoreline parks ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater |
Storm Lake
ⓘ
surface form:
Storm Lake (lake)
|
| hasDemographicGroup |
Asian community
ⓘ
Latino community ⓘ refugee and immigrant communities ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Buena Vista University
ⓘ
Iowa Central Community College Storm Lake Center ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Fourth of July celebrations on Storm Lake
ⓘ
local ethnic and cultural festivals ⓘ |
| hasName | Storm Lake ⓘ |
| hasNewspaper | Storm Lake Times Pilot ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Sunrise Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunset Park ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | ethnically diverse population ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Storm Lake Public Library ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
boating on Storm Lake
ⓘ
fishing on Storm Lake ⓘ lakeside trails ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | Storm Lake Community School District ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Buena Vista County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Buena Vista County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Iowa Great Lakes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Great Lakes area (broad region)
northwestern Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Storm Lake
ⓘ
surface form:
Storm Lake (lake)
|
| postalCode | 50588 ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportInfrastructure |
Iowa Highway 7
ⓘ
U.S. Highway 71 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Storm Lake, Iowa Description of subject: Storm Lake, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County known for its namesake glacial lake, diverse population, and presence of Buena Vista University.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Iowa
this entity surface form:
Storm Lake, Iowa, United States