Division No. 17, Saskatchewan
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Division No. 17, Saskatchewan is a census division in western Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the Saskatchewan portion of the bi-provincial city of Lloydminster and surrounding rural areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Division No. 17, Saskatchewan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6108207 — 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: Division No. 17, Saskatchewan Context triple: [Lloydminster cross-border area, hasCensusDivision, Division No. 17, Saskatchewan]
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A.
Division No. 10, Alberta
Division No. 10, Alberta is a census division in east-central Alberta that includes the Alberta portion of the border city of Lloydminster and surrounding rural municipalities.
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B.
Division No. 3, Alberta
Division No. 3, Alberta is a census division in southern Alberta, Canada, encompassing several rural communities and towns including Fort Macleod.
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C.
Census Division No. 3, Saskatchewan
Census Division No. 3, Saskatchewan is a rural census division in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the city of Swift Current and surrounding municipalities for statistical and administrative purposes.
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D.
Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador
Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador is a census division in central Labrador, Canada, that includes communities such as the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
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E.
Census Division No. 9, Saskatchewan
Census Division No. 9, Saskatchewan is an administrative region in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the city of Yorkton and surrounding rural municipalities and communities.
- 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: Division No. 17, Saskatchewan Target entity description: Division No. 17, Saskatchewan is a census division in western Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the Saskatchewan portion of the bi-provincial city of Lloydminster and surrounding rural areas.
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A.
Division No. 10, Alberta
Division No. 10, Alberta is a census division in east-central Alberta that includes the Alberta portion of the border city of Lloydminster and surrounding rural municipalities.
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B.
Division No. 3, Alberta
Division No. 3, Alberta is a census division in southern Alberta, Canada, encompassing several rural communities and towns including Fort Macleod.
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C.
Census Division No. 3, Saskatchewan
Census Division No. 3, Saskatchewan is a rural census division in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the city of Swift Current and surrounding municipalities for statistical and administrative purposes.
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D.
Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador
Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador is a census division in central Labrador, Canada, that includes communities such as the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
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E.
Census Division No. 9, Saskatchewan
Census Division No. 9, Saskatchewan is an administrative region in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the city of Yorkton and surrounding rural municipalities and communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division
ⓘ
census division ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Government of Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Alberta ⓘ |
| contains |
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
ⓘ
linked to:
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster ⓘ hamlets ⓘ rural areas surrounding Lloydminster ⓘ rural municipalities ⓘ villages ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasBiProvincialCityPortion | Lloydminster ⓘ |
| hasCensusDivisionNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
ⓘ
linked to:
Lloydminster
|
| hasProvince | Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | census division ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada census geography
ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ western Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | false ⓘ |
| partOf |
Prairie Provinces
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Canada
|
| subdivisionType | census division ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| usedBy | Statistics Canada ⓘ |
| usedFor | statistical purposes ⓘ |
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: Division No. 17, Saskatchewan Description of subject: Division No. 17, Saskatchewan is a census division in western Saskatchewan, Canada, that includes the Saskatchewan portion of the bi-provincial city of Lloydminster and surrounding rural areas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.