Meridian, Idaho
E566505
Meridian, Idaho is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Boise metropolitan area known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, schools, and parks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meridian, Idaho canonical | 2 |
| Meridian, Idaho, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6040234 — 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: Meridian, Idaho Context triple: [Ada County, Idaho, United States, contains, Meridian, Idaho]
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A.
Lewiston, Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho is a small city in north-central Idaho known as a key port on the Snake River and a regional hub for the Inland Northwest.
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B.
Ketchum, Idaho
Ketchum, Idaho is a small resort city in central Idaho best known as the gateway to the Sun Valley ski area and for its outdoor recreation and arts scene.
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C.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho is a small city in south-central Idaho known for its dramatic Snake River Canyon scenery, outdoor recreation, and role as a regional commercial hub.
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D.
Twin Falls
Twin Falls is a spectacular multi-tiered waterfall and popular natural attraction located within Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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E.
Buhl, Idaho
Buhl, Idaho is a small city in south-central Idaho known for its agricultural economy and proximity to the Snake River.
- 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: Meridian, Idaho Target entity description: Meridian, Idaho is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Boise metropolitan area known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, schools, and parks.
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A.
Lewiston, Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho is a small city in north-central Idaho known as a key port on the Snake River and a regional hub for the Inland Northwest.
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B.
Ketchum, Idaho
Ketchum, Idaho is a small resort city in central Idaho best known as the gateway to the Sun Valley ski area and for its outdoor recreation and arts scene.
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C.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho is a small city in south-central Idaho known for its dramatic Snake River Canyon scenery, outdoor recreation, and role as a regional commercial hub.
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D.
Twin Falls
Twin Falls is a spectacular multi-tiered waterfall and popular natural attraction located within Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory.
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E.
Buhl, Idaho
Buhl, Idaho is a small city in south-central Idaho known for its agricultural economy and proximity to the Snake River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Boise, Idaho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eagle, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuna, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ Nampa, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaCode |
208
ⓘ
986 ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| county | Ada County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicTrend |
one of the fastest-growing cities in Idaho
ⓘ
significant residential development ⓘ |
| foundedAs | railroad town ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Meridian City Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meridian Library District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFireService | Meridian Fire Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLawEnforcementAgency | Meridian Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Settlers Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 836 ⓘ |
| hasRecreationFacility | Roaring Springs Water Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | West Ada School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShoppingCenter | The Village at Meridian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSuburbOf | Boise, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
family-friendly neighborhoods
ⓘ
parks and recreation ⓘ public schools ⓘ rapid population growth ⓘ suburban character ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Boise metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Boise River plain ⓘ |
| namedAfter | prime meridian ⓘ |
| partOf | Treasure Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfUrbanArea | Boise–Nampa urban area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSector |
light manufacturing
ⓘ
retail ⓘ services ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Idaho ⓘ |
| state | Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Mountain Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure |
Interstate 84
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State Highway 55 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: Meridian, Idaho Description of subject: Meridian, Idaho is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Boise metropolitan area known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, schools, and parks.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Meridian, Idaho, United States