Merrimac, Wisconsin
E705832
Merrimac, Wisconsin is a small village in south-central Wisconsin known for its scenic location along the Wisconsin River and proximity to Devil’s Lake State Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merrimac, Wisconsin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7842814 — 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: Merrimac, Wisconsin Context triple: [Wisconsin River, flowsThrough, Merrimac, Wisconsin]
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A.
Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin is a small industrial city in northeastern Wisconsin on the shore of Green Bay, known historically for shipbuilding and its location opposite Menominee, Michigan.
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B.
Rock Island, Wisconsin
Rock Island, Wisconsin is a small, remote island in Lake Michigan known for its state park, historic lighthouse, and lack of cars or modern development.
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C.
Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Elkhorn, Wisconsin is a small city in southeastern Wisconsin known as the administrative and commercial hub of Walworth County.
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D.
Darien, Wisconsin
Darien, Wisconsin is a small rural village located in southeastern Wisconsin within Walworth County.
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E.
Empire, Wisconsin
Empire, Wisconsin is a small rural town located in Fond du Lac County in the east-central region of the state.
- 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: Merrimac, Wisconsin Target entity description: Merrimac, Wisconsin is a small village in south-central Wisconsin known for its scenic location along the Wisconsin River and proximity to Devil’s Lake State Park.
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A.
Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin is a small industrial city in northeastern Wisconsin on the shore of Green Bay, known historically for shipbuilding and its location opposite Menominee, Michigan.
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B.
Rock Island, Wisconsin
Rock Island, Wisconsin is a small, remote island in Lake Michigan known for its state park, historic lighthouse, and lack of cars or modern development.
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C.
Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Elkhorn, Wisconsin is a small city in southeastern Wisconsin known as the administrative and commercial hub of Walworth County.
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D.
Darien, Wisconsin
Darien, Wisconsin is a small rural village located in southeastern Wisconsin within Walworth County.
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E.
Empire, Wisconsin
Empire, Wisconsin is a small rural town located in Fond du Lac County in the east-central region of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | village ⓘ |
| areaCode | 608 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Sauk County, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| crosses | Wisconsin River via Merrimac Ferry ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 820 feet ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 55-51075 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 1569320 ⓘ |
| governmentType | village board ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
proximity to Devil’s Lake State Park
ⓘ
scenic views of Wisconsin River ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
access to hiking near Devil’s Lake State Park
ⓘ
boating on Wisconsin River ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | Merrimac Ferry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
south-central Wisconsin
ⓘ
linked to:
South Central Wisconsin
|
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
Baraboo micropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Baraboo, Wisconsin
|
| locatedOn | Wisconsin River ⓘ |
| near |
Devil’s Lake State Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Devil's Lake State Park
|
| partOf |
United States Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| postalCode | 53561 ⓘ |
| region |
Sauk County
ⓘ
linked to:
Sauk County, Wisconsin
|
| settlementType | incorporated village ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central 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: Merrimac, Wisconsin Description of subject: Merrimac, Wisconsin is a small village in south-central Wisconsin known for its scenic location along the Wisconsin River and proximity to Devil’s Lake State Park.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.