Kokomo, Indiana
E523908
Kokomo, Indiana is a mid-sized industrial city in central Indiana known historically for its automotive manufacturing and technological innovation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kokomo, Indiana canonical | 4 |
| IU Kokomo | 1 |
| Kokomo | 1 |
| Kokomo, Indiana metropolitan area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5226966 — 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: Kokomo, Indiana Context triple: [Peru, Indiana, nearestLargeCity, Kokomo, Indiana]
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A.
Kokomo
"Kokomo" is a 1988 tropical-themed pop song by the Beach Boys that became one of their late-career hits and is widely associated with the film *Cocktail*.
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B.
Carmel, Indiana
Carmel, Indiana is a rapidly growing suburban city north of Indianapolis known for its affluent communities, extensive roundabout system, and vibrant arts and business districts.
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C.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.
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D.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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E.
Boston, Indiana
Boston, Indiana is a small rural community located in Wayne County in the eastern part of the state near the Ohio border.
- 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: Kokomo, Indiana Target entity description: Kokomo, Indiana is a mid-sized industrial city in central Indiana known historically for its automotive manufacturing and technological innovation.
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A.
Kokomo
"Kokomo" is a 1988 tropical-themed pop song by the Beach Boys that became one of their late-career hits and is widely associated with the film *Cocktail*.
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B.
Carmel, Indiana
Carmel, Indiana is a rapidly growing suburban city north of Indianapolis known for its affluent communities, extensive roundabout system, and vibrant arts and business districts.
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C.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.
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D.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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E.
Boston, Indiana
Boston, Indiana is a small rural community located in Wayne County in the eastern part of the state near the Ohio border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode | 765 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county | Howard County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 50 miles north of Indianapolis ⓘ |
| economyType | manufacturing-based economy ⓘ |
| founded | 1844 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Kokomo Municipal Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Howard County Historical Society Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seiberling Mansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Indiana University Kokomo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmployer |
Chrysler (historical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delco Electronics (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ General Motors components plants (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stellantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Kokomo High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Elwood Haynes Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode |
46901
ⓘ
46902 ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransit | Kokomo City-Line Trolley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1865 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Howard County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Elwood Haynes’ early automobiles
ⓘ
automotive manufacturing ⓘ early automotive inventions ⓘ industrial innovation ⓘ technological innovation ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Kokomo metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | central Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Wildcat Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
automotive industry
ⓘ
electronics manufacturing ⓘ metal fabrication ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Miami Indian chief Kokomo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknamed | City of Firsts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | approximately 60,000 ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| transportation |
Indiana State Road 22
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana State Road 26 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Kokomo, Indiana Description of subject: Kokomo, Indiana is a mid-sized industrial city in central Indiana known historically for its automotive manufacturing and technological innovation.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Peru, Indiana
this entity surface form:
Kokomo
this entity surface form:
Kokomo, Indiana metropolitan area
this entity surface form:
IU Kokomo
subject surface form:
East-central Indiana