Okeechobee
E667837
Okeechobee is a small city in south-central Florida known as a gateway to Lake Okeechobee, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Okeechobee | 3 |
| Okeechobee canonical | 1 |
| Okeechobee, Florida | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7493545 — 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: Okeechobee Context triple: [U.S. Route 98 in Florida, passesThrough, Okeechobee]
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A.
Lake Okeechobee basin
The Lake Okeechobee basin is a large, low-lying drainage area in south-central Florida that collects water flowing into and out of Lake Okeechobee, playing a key role in the region’s hydrology and wetlands.
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B.
Okeechobee Plain
The Okeechobee Plain is a low-lying, marshy region surrounding Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida, historically inhabited by the Mayaimi people and characterized by its wetland ecosystems.
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C.
Florida Bay
Florida Bay is a shallow, subtropical estuarine lagoon at the southern tip of Florida, lying between the mainland and the Florida Keys and forming part of the Everglades and Florida Keys marine ecosystem.
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D.
Lake Wales, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida is a small central Florida city known for its historic Bok Tower Gardens and scenic location on the Lake Wales Ridge.
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E.
Lake Osceola
Lake Osceola is a scenic freshwater lake in Winter Park, Florida, known for its picturesque residential shoreline and role in the city’s chain of lakes used for boating and recreation.
- 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: Okeechobee Target entity description: Okeechobee is a small city in south-central Florida known as a gateway to Lake Okeechobee, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the United States.
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A.
Lake Okeechobee basin
The Lake Okeechobee basin is a large, low-lying drainage area in south-central Florida that collects water flowing into and out of Lake Okeechobee, playing a key role in the region’s hydrology and wetlands.
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B.
Okeechobee Plain
The Okeechobee Plain is a low-lying, marshy region surrounding Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida, historically inhabited by the Mayaimi people and characterized by its wetland ecosystems.
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C.
Florida Bay
Florida Bay is a shallow, subtropical estuarine lagoon at the southern tip of Florida, lying between the mainland and the Florida Keys and forming part of the Everglades and Florida Keys marine ecosystem.
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D.
Lake Wales, Florida
Lake Wales, Florida is a small central Florida city known for its historic Bok Tower Gardens and scenic location on the Lake Wales Ridge.
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E.
Lake Osceola
Lake Osceola is a scenic freshwater lake in Winter Park, Florida, known for its picturesque residential shoreline and role in the city’s chain of lakes used for boating and recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 863 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Okeechobee County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicsDataSource | United States Census Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation |
23 feet
ⓘ
7.0 metres ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 12-51125 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0287770 ⓘ |
| governingBody | City of Okeechobee government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Okeechobee High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
access to Lake Okeechobee levee trails
ⓘ
agricultural economy ⓘ cattle ranching ⓘ dairy farming ⓘ freshwater fishing tourism ⓘ proximity to Everglades ecosystem ⓘ rural character ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAirport | Okeechobee County Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea |
DuPuis Management Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode |
34972
ⓘ
34973 ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | Okeechobee County School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWaterBody | Taylor Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1915 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Okeechobee County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGatewayTo | Lake Okeechobee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to one of the largest freshwater lakes in the United States
ⓘ
bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florida
ⓘ
Okeechobee County NERFINISHED ⓘ South Florida ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lake Okeechobee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Florida Heartland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| populationCensus2020 | 5472 ⓘ |
| region | south-central Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Florida ⓘ |
| transportServedBy |
Florida State Road 70
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 441 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 98 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: Okeechobee Description of subject: Okeechobee is a small city in south-central Florida known as a gateway to Lake Okeechobee, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the United States.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State Road 80
this entity surface form:
Lake Okeechobee
this entity surface form:
Lake Okeechobee
this entity surface form:
Okeechobee, Florida
subject surface form:
State Road 70 (Florida)
this entity surface form:
Lake Okeechobee