Swan
E424416
Swan is a small city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4255214 — 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: Swan Context triple: [Swan, Iowa, hasName, Swan]
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A.
Swan
Swan is a large, graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white or black plumage, and strong cultural associations with beauty and elegance.
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B.
Swan King
Swan King is the romantic nickname of Ludwig II of Bavaria, the 19th-century monarch famed for his fairy-tale castles and patronage of composer Richard Wagner.
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C.
Seagull
"Seagull" is a track from Bill Callahan’s 2013 album *Dream River*, known for its atmospheric, introspective folk sound and poetic lyricism.
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D.
Swan of Lichfield
The Swan of Lichfield is the celebrated nickname of English Romantic-era poet and letter-writer Anna Seward, renowned for her eloquent verse and influential literary salon in Lichfield.
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E.
Swallow
Swallow is the Allied reporting name for the Japanese World War II fighter aircraft Kawasaki Ki-61, known for its inline engine and resemblance to contemporary European fighters.
- 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: Swan Target entity description: Swan is a small city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
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A.
Swan
Swan is a large, graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white or black plumage, and strong cultural associations with beauty and elegance.
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B.
Swan King
Swan King is the romantic nickname of Ludwig II of Bavaria, the 19th-century monarch famed for his fairy-tale castles and patronage of composer Richard Wagner.
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C.
Seagull
"Seagull" is a track from Bill Callahan’s 2013 album *Dream River*, known for its atmospheric, introspective folk sound and poetic lyricism.
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D.
Swan of Lichfield
The Swan of Lichfield is the celebrated nickname of English Romantic-era poet and letter-writer Anna Seward, renowned for her eloquent verse and influential literary salon in Lichfield.
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E.
Swallow
Swallow is the Allied reporting name for the Japanese World War II fighter aircraft Kawasaki Ki-61, known for its inline engine and resemblance to contemporary European fighters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision |
State of Iowa
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa
|
| county | Marion County, Iowa ⓘ |
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| drivesOnSide | right ⓘ |
| governingBodyCountry |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| governingBodyState | Government of Iowa ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | city ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2Subdivision |
US-IA
ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa
|
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Marion County, Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInFederalEntity |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| postalCodeCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| telephoneCallingCodeCountry | +1 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| usesMeasurementSystem | U.S. customary units ⓘ |
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: Swan Description of subject: Swan is a small city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.