Dyersville, Iowa
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Dyersville, Iowa is a small Midwestern town best known as the site of the iconic baseball field featured in the film "Field of Dreams," which has become a popular tourist destination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dyersville, Iowa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4884614 — 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: Dyersville, Iowa Context triple: [Field of Dreams, filmingLocation, Dyersville, Iowa]
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A.
Martensdale, Iowa
Martensdale, Iowa is a small rural city in south-central Iowa that serves as a local community hub within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
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B.
DeWitt, Iowa
DeWitt, Iowa is a small city in eastern Iowa known as a local commercial and residential hub within Clinton County.
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C.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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D.
Waverly, Iowa
Waverly, Iowa is a small city in northeastern Iowa known as the county seat of Bremer County and home to Wartburg College.
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E.
Ocheyedan, Iowa
Ocheyedan, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the Ocheyedan Mound, one of the state's notable natural landmarks.
- 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: Dyersville, Iowa Target entity description: Dyersville, Iowa is a small Midwestern town best known as the site of the iconic baseball field featured in the film "Field of Dreams," which has become a popular tourist destination.
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A.
Martensdale, Iowa
Martensdale, Iowa is a small rural city in south-central Iowa that serves as a local community hub within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
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B.
DeWitt, Iowa
DeWitt, Iowa is a small city in eastern Iowa known as a local commercial and residential hub within Clinton County.
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C.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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D.
Waverly, Iowa
Waverly, Iowa is a small city in northeastern Iowa known as the county seat of Bremer County and home to Wartburg College.
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E.
Ocheyedan, Iowa
Ocheyedan, Iowa is a small rural city in northwestern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to the Ocheyedan Mound, one of the state's notable natural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county |
Delaware County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dubuque County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
baseball tourism
ⓘ
being filming location of the movie "Field of Dreams" ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 563 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | farm toy shows ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | German-American heritage ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
retail trade
ⓘ
service industry ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rural surroundings
ⓘ
small-town character ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasHistoricBuilding | Basilica of St. Francis Xavier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
agriculture
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernmentJurisdiction |
Delaware County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dubuque County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCompany |
Ertl Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Farm Toy Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Farm Toy Capital of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAttraction |
Field of Dreams baseball field
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Field of Dreams movie site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 52040 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRegionCode | FIPS code for Dyersville, Iowa ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuildingType | basilica ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite | Basilica of St. Francis Xavier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | city ⓘ |
| hasTimeZoneDST | Central Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTouristActivity |
baseball-related tourism
ⓘ
farm toy collecting events ⓘ visiting Field of Dreams site ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | U.S. Route 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOfMetropolitanArea | Dubuque metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | North Fork Maquoketa River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Midwest
|
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
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: Dyersville, Iowa Description of subject: Dyersville, Iowa is a small Midwestern town best known as the site of the iconic baseball field featured in the film "Field of Dreams," which has become a popular tourist destination.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.