Alta, Iowa
E639501
Alta, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit rural community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alta, Iowa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7047942 — 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: Alta, Iowa Context triple: [Iowa Highway 10, servesCommunity, Alta, Iowa]
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A.
Alta Vista, Iowa
Alta Vista, Iowa is a small rural city located in northeastern Iowa within Chickasaw County.
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B.
Albia, Iowa
Albia, Iowa is a small city in south-central Iowa known for its historic town square and role as the administrative and commercial center of Monroe County.
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C.
Atalissa, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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D.
Alburnett, Iowa
Alburnett, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and location within the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
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E.
Alleman, Iowa
Alleman, Iowa is a small rural city in central Iowa that lies within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
- 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: Alta, Iowa Target entity description: Alta, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit rural community.
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A.
Alta Vista, Iowa
Alta Vista, Iowa is a small rural city located in northeastern Iowa within Chickasaw County.
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B.
Albia, Iowa
Albia, Iowa is a small city in south-central Iowa known for its historic town square and role as the administrative and commercial center of Monroe County.
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C.
Atalissa, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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D.
Alburnett, Iowa
Alburnett, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its close-knit community and location within the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
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E.
Alleman, Iowa
Alleman, Iowa is a small rural city in central Iowa that lies within the Des Moines metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governingBody | Alta city government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 712 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
agricultural surroundings
ⓘ
close-knit community ⓘ rural community ⓘ small city ⓘ |
| hasCommunityType | small-town ⓘ |
| hasCountySeat | Storm Lake, Iowa ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | mayor–council ⓘ |
| hasLocalEconomySector |
agricultural services
ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 51002 ⓘ |
| hasRegionType | rural ⓘ |
| hasStateAbbreviation | IA ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionName |
Buena Vista County
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasSubdivisionType | city ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | false ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Buena Vista County, Iowa
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ Northwestern Iowa ⓘ
linked to:
northwestern Iowa
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Storm Lake, Iowa ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Buena Vista County, Iowa
ⓘ
State of Iowa ⓘ
linked to:
Iowa
|
| roadAccess |
Iowa Highway 7 vicinity
ⓘ
U.S. Highway 71 vicinity ⓘ |
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: Alta, Iowa Description of subject: Alta, Iowa is a small city in Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit rural community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.