La Fontaine, Indiana, United States
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La Fontaine, Indiana, United States is a small rural town in Wabash County best known as the birthplace of renowned ice hockey broadcaster Mike "Doc" Emrick.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Fontaine, Indiana, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4227248 — 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)
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Target entity: La Fontaine, Indiana, United States Context triple: [Mike Emrick, placeOfBirth, La Fontaine, Indiana, United States]
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A.
Fairmount, Indiana, United States
Fairmount, Indiana, United States is a small Midwestern town best known as the boyhood home of iconic actor James Dean.
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B.
Franklin, Indiana, United States
Franklin is a small city in central Indiana, United States, known as the hometown of basketball coach and former Indiana University star Steve Alford.
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C.
Fountain City, Indiana
Fountain City, Indiana is a small town in eastern Indiana known for its historic ties to the Underground Railroad and its location within Wayne County.
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D.
French Lick, Indiana, United States
French Lick, Indiana, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the hometown of basketball legend Larry Bird and for its historic resort and mineral springs.
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E.
West Baden Springs, Indiana, United States
West Baden Springs, Indiana, United States, is a small town best known as the birthplace of basketball legend Larry Bird and for its historic resort and mineral springs.
- 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: La Fontaine, Indiana, United States Target entity description: La Fontaine, Indiana, United States is a small rural town in Wabash County best known as the birthplace of renowned ice hockey broadcaster Mike "Doc" Emrick.
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A.
Fairmount, Indiana, United States
Fairmount, Indiana, United States is a small Midwestern town best known as the boyhood home of iconic actor James Dean.
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B.
Franklin, Indiana, United States
Franklin is a small city in central Indiana, United States, known as the hometown of basketball coach and former Indiana University star Steve Alford.
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C.
Fountain City, Indiana
Fountain City, Indiana is a small town in eastern Indiana known for its historic ties to the Underground Railroad and its location within Wayne County.
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D.
French Lick, Indiana, United States
French Lick, Indiana, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the hometown of basketball legend Larry Bird and for its historic resort and mineral springs.
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E.
West Baden Springs, Indiana, United States
West Baden Springs, Indiana, United States, is a small town best known as the birthplace of basketball legend Larry Bird and for its historic resort and mineral springs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice hockey broadcaster
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ town ⓘ |
| birthPlace | La Fontaine, Indiana ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision | Wabash County, Indiana ⓘ |
| county | Wabash County, Indiana ⓘ |
| elevationInFeet | 840 ⓘ |
| governingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAreaCode | 765 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
rural
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| hasFIPSCode | 18-40710 ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureID | 437539 ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | 40.6767° N ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | -85.7225° W ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson |
Mike "Doc" Emrick
ⓘ
linked to:
Mike Emrick
|
| hasPostalCode | 46940 ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | town ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indiana
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Wabash County, Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Wabash, Indiana ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
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: La Fontaine, Indiana, United States Description of subject: La Fontaine, Indiana, United States is a small rural town in Wabash County best known as the birthplace of renowned ice hockey broadcaster Mike "Doc" Emrick.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.