New Buffalo, Michigan
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New Buffalo, Michigan is a small Lake Michigan resort town in the southwest corner of the state, known for its beaches, harbor, and role as a popular getaway from nearby Chicago.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Buffalo, Michigan canonical | 10 |
| New Buffalo Township, Michigan | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3942386 — 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: New Buffalo, Michigan Context triple: [Amtrak Wolverine service, routeThrough, New Buffalo, Michigan]
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A.
Newberry, Michigan
Newberry, Michigan is a small village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a gateway to nearby forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas.
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B.
Burton, Michigan
Burton, Michigan is a suburban city in the Flint metropolitan area known for its residential communities and proximity to major transportation routes in southeastern Michigan.
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C.
Westland, Michigan
Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
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D.
Belleville, Michigan
Belleville, Michigan is a small city in southeastern Michigan known for its lakeside setting on Belleville Lake and its proximity to the Detroit metropolitan area.
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E.
Bergland, Michigan
Bergland, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its location near Lake Gogebic and along major regional travel routes.
- 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: New Buffalo, Michigan Target entity description: New Buffalo, Michigan is a small Lake Michigan resort town in the southwest corner of the state, known for its beaches, harbor, and role as a popular getaway from nearby Chicago.
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A.
Newberry, Michigan
Newberry, Michigan is a small village in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a gateway to nearby forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation areas.
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B.
Burton, Michigan
Burton, Michigan is a suburban city in the Flint metropolitan area known for its residential communities and proximity to major transportation routes in southeastern Michigan.
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C.
Westland, Michigan
Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
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D.
Belleville, Michigan
Belleville, Michigan is a small city in southeastern Michigan known for its lakeside setting on Belleville Lake and its proximity to the Detroit metropolitan area.
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E.
Bergland, Michigan
Bergland, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its location near Lake Gogebic and along major regional travel routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
New Buffalo Township, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
New Buffalo, Michigan
|
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Berrien County, Michigan ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | approximately 70 miles from Chicago, Illinois ⓘ |
| governingBody | New Buffalo city government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 269 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Galien River harbor
ⓘ
boat launch facilities ⓘ downtown commercial district ⓘ harbor mouth breakwaters ⓘ lakefront parks ⓘ marina ⓘ public beach on Lake Michigan ⓘ railroad station ⓘ |
| hasMayor | mayor of New Buffalo, Michigan ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Four Winds Casino Resort (New Buffalo)
ⓘ
Indiana Dunes National Park ⓘ
linked to:
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Warren Dunes State Park ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 49117 ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
Interstate 94
ⓘ
U.S. Route 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ rail service to Chicago ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chicago-area weekend getaways
ⓘ
Lake Michigan resort tourism ⓘ beaches ⓘ harbor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
southwestern Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Indiana–Michigan state line ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Michiana
ⓘ
Southwest Michigan ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Michigan region
|
| popularFor |
beachgoing
ⓘ
boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ summer vacations ⓘ |
| popularWith | Chicago residents ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
hospitality industry
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| region |
Lake Michigan shore
ⓘ
linked to:
Lake Michigan shoreline
|
| servedBy |
Amtrak Blue Water service
ⓘ
linked to:
Amtrak Blue Water
Amtrak Wolverine service ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
|
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| waterBody | Galien River ⓘ |
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: New Buffalo, Michigan Description of subject: New Buffalo, Michigan is a small Lake Michigan resort town in the southwest corner of the state, known for its beaches, harbor, and role as a popular getaway from nearby Chicago.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: New Buffalo, Michigan
linked to: New Buffalo, Michigan
linked to: New Buffalo, Michigan