Westville, Indiana
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Westville, Indiana is a small town in northwestern Indiana known for its rural character and proximity to larger cities like Michigan City and South Bend.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westville, Indiana canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8390405 — 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: Westville, Indiana Context triple: [LaPorte County, Indiana, contains, Westville, Indiana]
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A.
Westfield, Indiana
Westfield, Indiana is a rapidly growing suburban city in central Indiana known for its family-friendly communities and the Grand Park sports complex.
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B.
Plainfield, Indiana
Plainfield, Indiana is a growing suburban town in Hendricks County, west of Indianapolis, known for its extensive parks and trail system, strong logistics and distribution industry, and family-oriented community.
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C.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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D.
Madison, Indiana
Madison, Indiana is a historic river town on the Ohio River known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and vibrant small-town cultural life.
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E.
Richmond, Indiana
Richmond, Indiana is a small city in eastern Indiana known historically as a regional transportation hub and for its contributions to early jazz recording and manufacturing.
- 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: Westville, Indiana Target entity description: Westville, Indiana is a small town in northwestern Indiana known for its rural character and proximity to larger cities like Michigan City and South Bend.
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A.
Westfield, Indiana
Westfield, Indiana is a rapidly growing suburban city in central Indiana known for its family-friendly communities and the Grand Park sports complex.
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B.
Plainfield, Indiana
Plainfield, Indiana is a growing suburban town in Hendricks County, west of Indianapolis, known for its extensive parks and trail system, strong logistics and distribution industry, and family-oriented community.
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C.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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D.
Madison, Indiana
Madison, Indiana is a historic river town on the Ohio River known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and vibrant small-town cultural life.
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E.
Richmond, Indiana
Richmond, Indiana is a small city in eastern Indiana known historically as a regional transportation hub and for its contributions to early jazz recording and manufacturing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 219 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | LaPorte County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Westville town government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
rural
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Purdue University Northwest – Westville campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 46391 ⓘ |
| hasProximityTo | Lake Michigan region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRuralCharacter | true ⓘ |
| isInMetropolitanAreaOf |
Michigan City, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Bend, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInCounty | LaPorte County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInState | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Michigan City, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Bend, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestLargeCity |
Michigan City, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Bend, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
LaPorte County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| region | Northwestern Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadAccessVia |
Indiana State Road 2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 421 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| timeZone | America/Chicago 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: Westville, Indiana Description of subject: Westville, Indiana is a small town in northwestern Indiana known for its rural character and proximity to larger cities like Michigan City and South Bend.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.