Iroquois
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Iroquois is a small community in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated along the St. Lawrence River and known for its nearby locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iroquois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7237386 — 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: Iroquois Context triple: [Dundas County, containsSettlement, Iroquois]
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A.
Iroquoian peoples
The Iroquoian peoples are a group of Indigenous nations of North America, historically linked by related languages and cultures and including well-known groups such as the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Huron-Wendat, and Cherokee.
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B.
Haudenosaunee
The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, are a historic and influential alliance of Indigenous nations in the northeastern region of North America known for their sophisticated political system and longhouse culture.
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C.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
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D.
Onondaga nation
The Onondaga nation is one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, traditionally known as the "Keepers of the Central Fire" and located in what is now central New York.
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E.
Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk are a Native American people originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois region, known for their distinct Siouan language, rich cultural traditions, and enduring presence in the Upper Midwest.
- 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: Iroquois Target entity description: Iroquois is a small community in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated along the St. Lawrence River and known for its nearby locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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A.
Iroquoian peoples
The Iroquoian peoples are a group of Indigenous nations of North America, historically linked by related languages and cultures and including well-known groups such as the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Huron-Wendat, and Cherokee.
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B.
Haudenosaunee
The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, are a historic and influential alliance of Indigenous nations in the northeastern region of North America known for their sophisticated political system and longhouse culture.
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C.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
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D.
Onondaga nation
The Onondaga nation is one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, traditionally known as the "Keepers of the Central Fire" and located in what is now central New York.
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E.
Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk are a Native American people originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois region, known for their distinct Siouan language, rich cultural traditions, and enduring presence in the Upper Midwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place
ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| daylightSavingTimeZone |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| governingBody | Council of the Municipality of South Dundas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
canal lock system
ⓘ
waterfront along the St. Lawrence River ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | St. Lawrence Seaway shipping ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Iroquois Locks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Morrisburg, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Ontario
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMunicipality | Municipality of South Dundas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Iroquois Lock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S.–Canada border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterway | St. Lawrence Seaway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Highway 401 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Prescott, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfRegion | Seaway Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Iroquois Description of subject: Iroquois is a small community in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated along the St. Lawrence River and known for its nearby locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.