village of Cortland, Illinois
E462812
The village of Cortland, Illinois is a small residential community in northern Illinois situated between the cities of DeKalb and Sycamore.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| village of Cortland, Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4702185 — 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: village of Cortland, Illinois Context triple: [DeKalb County, Illinois, contains, village of Cortland, Illinois]
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A.
Village of Ellicottville, New York
The Village of Ellicottville, New York, is a small resort community in western New York known for its ski areas, outdoor recreation, and vibrant tourism-centered downtown.
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B.
Village of Lombard
The Village of Lombard is a suburban community in DuPage County, Illinois, known for its residential neighborhoods, local parks, and annual Lilac Time festival.
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C.
Village of Yorkville, Wisconsin
The Village of Yorkville is a small rural municipality in southeastern Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to the city of Racine.
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D.
Village of Rochester, Wisconsin
The Village of Rochester is a small incorporated community in southeastern Wisconsin known for its rural character and location along the Fox River.
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E.
Village of Mattoon
The Village of Mattoon is a small rural community located in north-central Wisconsin.
- 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: village of Cortland, Illinois Target entity description: The village of Cortland, Illinois is a small residential community in northern Illinois situated between the cities of DeKalb and Sycamore.
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A.
Village of Ellicottville, New York
The Village of Ellicottville, New York, is a small resort community in western New York known for its ski areas, outdoor recreation, and vibrant tourism-centered downtown.
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B.
Village of Lombard
The Village of Lombard is a suburban community in DuPage County, Illinois, known for its residential neighborhoods, local parks, and annual Lilac Time festival.
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C.
Village of Yorkville, Wisconsin
The Village of Yorkville is a small rural municipality in southeastern Wisconsin known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to the city of Racine.
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D.
Village of Rochester, Wisconsin
The Village of Rochester is a small incorporated community in southeastern Wisconsin known for its rural character and location along the Fox River.
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E.
Village of Mattoon
The Village of Mattoon is a small rural community located in north-central Wisconsin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
DeKalb, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
DeKalb, Illinois, United States
Sycamore, Illinois ⓘ |
| areaCode |
779
ⓘ
815 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countrySubdivision | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| county | DeKalb County, Illinois ⓘ |
| governmentType | village government ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Village of Cortland ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 60112 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLandUse | residential ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | village ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | local road network in DeKalb County ⓘ |
| isResidentialCommunity | true ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
DeKalb, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
DeKalb, Illinois, United States
Sycamore, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
DeKalb micropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
DeKalb
|
| locatedInRegion |
American Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
Corn Belt ⓘ |
| partOf | DeKalb County, Illinois ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
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: village of Cortland, Illinois Description of subject: The village of Cortland, Illinois is a small residential community in northern Illinois situated between the cities of DeKalb and Sycamore.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.