Auburn, Illinois
E451367
Auburn, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois that functions as a residential community within the Springfield metropolitan area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Auburn, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2251468 — 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: Auburn, Illinois Context triple: [Sangamon County, Illinois, contains, Auburn, Illinois]
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A.
Utica, Illinois
Utica, Illinois is a small village in north-central Illinois known as the gateway to Starved Rock State Park, a popular natural and recreational destination.
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B.
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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C.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
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D.
Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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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: Auburn, Illinois Target entity description: Auburn, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois that functions as a residential community within the Springfield metropolitan area.
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A.
Utica, Illinois
Utica, Illinois is a small village in north-central Illinois known as the gateway to Starved Rock State Park, a popular natural and recreational destination.
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B.
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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C.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
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D.
Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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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 (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 217 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | State of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| county | Sangamon County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council ⓘ |
| hasFunction | residential community ⓘ |
| hasMetropolitanLink | Springfield, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Auburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStateAbbreviation | IL ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isResidentialCommunityOf | Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Sangamon County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ central Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 62615 ⓘ |
| settlementType | city ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
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| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
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: Auburn, Illinois Description of subject: Auburn, Illinois is a small city in central Illinois that functions as a residential community within the Springfield metropolitan area.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.