Sherman, Illinois
E445370
Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherman, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2251470 — 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: Sherman, Illinois Context triple: [Sangamon County, Illinois, contains, Sherman, Illinois]
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A.
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in western Illinois known as part of the Quad Cities and for its long-standing industrial and transportation significance.
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B.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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C.
Sheridan, Illinois
Sheridan, Illinois is a small village in LaSalle County known for its scenic location along the Fox River in north-central Illinois.
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D.
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
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E.
Morris, Illinois
Morris, Illinois is a small city in northeastern Illinois that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grundy County.
- 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: Sherman, Illinois Target entity description: Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
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A.
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in western Illinois known as part of the Quad Cities and for its long-standing industrial and transportation significance.
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B.
Winfield, Illinois
Winfield, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential character and proximity to major medical and forest preserve facilities.
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C.
Sheridan, Illinois
Sheridan, Illinois is a small village in LaSalle County known for its scenic location along the Fox River in north-central Illinois.
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D.
Montgomery, Illinois
Montgomery, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area spanning Kane and Kendall counties along the Fox River.
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E.
Morris, Illinois
Morris, Illinois is a small city in northeastern Illinois that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grundy County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Springfield, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode | 217 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Sangamon County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 17-69388 ⓘ |
| function | residential suburb of Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 2399853 ⓘ |
| governmentType | village board ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasLandUseCharacteristic | primarily residential ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | Village of Sherman government ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicRole | bedroom community for Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| isSuburbOf | Springfield, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sangamon County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneDSTUTCOffset | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZoneUTCOffset | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Sangamon River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanArea | Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Midwest
|
| partOfStatisticalArea | Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 62684 ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
|
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportConnection |
near Illinois Route 4
ⓘ
near Interstate 55 ⓘ |
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: Sherman, Illinois Description of subject: Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.