Madison County Courthouse (Iowa)
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The Madison County Courthouse in Iowa is a historic 19th-century courthouse in Winterset, noted for its distinctive architecture and role as the center of county government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madison County Courthouse (Iowa) canonical | 2 |
| Madison County Courthouse (Winterset) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8871130 — 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: Madison County Courthouse (Iowa) Context triple: [Winterset, Iowa, countyCourthouse, Madison County Courthouse (Iowa)]
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A.
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa)
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa) is a historic government building that serves as the center of judicial and administrative functions for Washington County in the state of Iowa.
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B.
Iowa Judicial Branch Building
The Iowa Judicial Branch Building is the courthouse complex in Des Moines that houses the Iowa Supreme Court and other key components of the state’s judicial system.
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C.
Wright County Courthouse
The Wright County Courthouse is the main judicial and administrative government building serving Wright County, located in Clarion, Iowa.
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D.
Dodge County Courthouse
The Dodge County Courthouse is a historic government building in Dodge County, Nebraska, that serves as the center for the county’s judicial and administrative functions.
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E.
Webster County Courthouse
The Webster County Courthouse is the main judicial and administrative government building serving Webster County in Preston, Georgia.
- 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: Madison County Courthouse (Iowa) Target entity description: The Madison County Courthouse in Iowa is a historic 19th-century courthouse in Winterset, noted for its distinctive architecture and role as the center of county government.
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A.
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa)
Washington County Courthouse (Iowa) is a historic government building that serves as the center of judicial and administrative functions for Washington County in the state of Iowa.
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B.
Iowa Judicial Branch Building
The Iowa Judicial Branch Building is the courthouse complex in Des Moines that houses the Iowa Supreme Court and other key components of the state’s judicial system.
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C.
Wright County Courthouse
The Wright County Courthouse is the main judicial and administrative government building serving Wright County, located in Clarion, Iowa.
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D.
Dodge County Courthouse
The Dodge County Courthouse is a historic government building in Dodge County, Nebraska, that serves as the center for the county’s judicial and administrative functions.
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E.
Webster County Courthouse
The Webster County Courthouse is the main judicial and administrative government building serving Webster County in Preston, Georgia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county courthouse
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courthouse ⓘ historic building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Madison County, Iowa
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County courthouses in Iowa ⓘ Courthouses in Iowa ⓘ Government buildings in Iowa ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| floorCount | multiple stories ⓘ |
| function |
location of county courts
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seat of county government ⓘ |
| governingBody | Madison County government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAddress | Winterset town square ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central dome
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classical columns ⓘ clock tower ⓘ decorative cornice ⓘ formal entrance steps ⓘ ornamental pediments ⓘ symmetrical facade ⓘ |
| hasSurroundings | Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic courthouse ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
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Madison County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Winterset, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive 19th-century architecture
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role as county seat courthouse ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property in a historic district ⓘ |
| publicAccess | open to the public during business hours ⓘ |
| regionServed | Madison County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves | residents of Madison County, Iowa ⓘ |
| significance |
center of Madison County government
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local architectural landmark ⓘ |
| use |
county administration offices
ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ |
| usedFor |
county meetings
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legal filings ⓘ public records ⓘ |
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: Madison County Courthouse (Iowa) Description of subject: The Madison County Courthouse in Iowa is a historic 19th-century courthouse in Winterset, noted for its distinctive architecture and role as the center of county government.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Madison County, Iowa
this entity surface form:
Madison County Courthouse (Winterset)