Cairo, Illinois
E444928
Cairo, Illinois is a historic river town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that played a significant role in regional trade, transportation, and Civil War history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cairo, Illinois canonical | 20 |
| Cairo, Illinois, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3283563 — 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: Cairo, Illinois Context triple: [Mississippi River culture, associatedWith, Cairo, Illinois]
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A.
Pekin, Illinois
Pekin, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois along the Illinois River, historically known for its manufacturing base and as the hometown of longtime U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen.
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B.
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa, Illinois is a historic city in northern Illinois known for its location at the confluence of the Fox and Illinois Rivers and as the site of the first Lincoln–Douglas debate.
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C.
Washington, Illinois
Washington, Illinois is a small city in Tazewell County known as a residential community within the Peoria metropolitan area in central Illinois.
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D.
Richmond, Illinois
Richmond, Illinois is a small village in northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border, known for its historic downtown and rural character.
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E.
Newark, Illinois
Newark, Illinois is a small rural village in northern Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
- 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: Cairo, Illinois Target entity description: Cairo, Illinois is a historic river town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that played a significant role in regional trade, transportation, and Civil War history.
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A.
Pekin, Illinois
Pekin, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois along the Illinois River, historically known for its manufacturing base and as the hometown of longtime U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen.
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B.
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa, Illinois is a historic city in northern Illinois known for its location at the confluence of the Fox and Illinois Rivers and as the site of the first Lincoln–Douglas debate.
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C.
Washington, Illinois
Washington, Illinois is a small city in Tazewell County known as a residential community within the Peoria metropolitan area in central Illinois.
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D.
Richmond, Illinois
Richmond, Illinois is a small village in northern Illinois near the Wisconsin border, known for its historic downtown and rural character.
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E.
Newark, Illinois
Newark, Illinois is a small rural village in northern Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kentucky
ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
Illinois Central Railroad
ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ U.S. Route 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Alexander County, Illinois ⓘ |
| elevation | low-lying river floodplain ⓘ |
| experienced | economic decline in the 20th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | city government of Cairo, Illinois ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFeature |
Cairo Point
ⓘ
confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Cairo Historic District ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
floodwall
ⓘ
levee system ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
Civil War logistics center
ⓘ
Union Army supply base during the American Civil War ⓘ Union naval base during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Civil War-era sites
ⓘ
historic downtown architecture ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Alexander County, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Illinois Delta
ⓘ
Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Mississippi River valley
Ohio River Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio Valley region
Southern Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
southern Illinois
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Birds Point–New Madrid Floodway ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cairo, Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Cairo
|
| partOf |
United States inland waterway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Inland Waterway System of the United States
|
| role |
river port
ⓘ
trade center ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ |
| servedAs | staging area for Civil War campaigns in the Western Theater ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Union Army
ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ |
| wasImportantFor |
rail–river intermodal transport
ⓘ
river commerce ⓘ steamboat traffic ⓘ |
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: Cairo, Illinois Description of subject: Cairo, Illinois is a historic river town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers that played a significant role in regional trade, transportation, and Civil War history.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
southern Illinois
linked to: Cairo, Illinois
subject linked to:
Illinois’s 12th congressional district