Lebanon, Illinois
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Lebanon, Illinois is a small city in southwestern Illinois known for its historic downtown and as the home of McKendree University, the oldest college in the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lebanon, Illinois canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9091752 — 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: Lebanon, Illinois Context triple: [St. Clair County, Illinois, contains, Lebanon, Illinois]
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A.
LaPlace, Illinois
LaPlace, Illinois is a small rural village located in Piatt County in central Illinois.
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B.
Morrison, Illinois
Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
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C.
Leland, Illinois
Leland, Illinois is a small rural village located in north-central Illinois within LaSalle County.
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D.
Leonore, Illinois
Leonore, Illinois is a small village located in LaSalle County in north-central Illinois, United States.
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E.
Kenilworth, Illinois
Kenilworth, Illinois is a small, affluent North Shore suburb of Chicago known for its planned residential character and high-quality schools.
- 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: Lebanon, Illinois Target entity description: Lebanon, Illinois is a small city in southwestern Illinois known for its historic downtown and as the home of McKendree University, the oldest college in the state.
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A.
LaPlace, Illinois
LaPlace, Illinois is a small rural village located in Piatt County in central Illinois.
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B.
Morrison, Illinois
Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
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C.
Leland, Illinois
Leland, Illinois is a small rural village located in north-central Illinois within LaSalle County.
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D.
Leonore, Illinois
Leonore, Illinois is a small village located in LaSalle County in north-central Illinois, United States.
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E.
Kenilworth, Illinois
Kenilworth, Illinois is a small, affluent North Shore suburb of Chicago known for its planned residential character and high-quality schools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode | 618 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | St. Clair County, Illinois ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 535 feet ⓘ |
| FIPScode | 17-42563 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 2395662 ⓘ |
| hasDemographicCharacteristic | small-city population size ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
McKendree University
ⓘ
linked to:
McKendree College
|
| hasFeature | historic downtown ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite | Lebanon Historic District ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
college town
ⓘ
primarily residential ⓘ |
| hasLocalAttraction |
downtown brick streets
ⓘ
historic shops and restaurants ⓘ |
| hasMotto | "Where Customers and Friends Meet" ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation | Scott Air Force Base ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 19th century ⓘ |
| isHomeOf |
McKendree University
ⓘ
linked to:
McKendree College
|
| knownFor |
McKendree University
ⓘ
linked to:
McKendree College
historic downtown district ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
southwestern Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Southwestern Illinois
|
| near |
St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|
| partOf |
Greater St. Louis metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis metropolitan area
|
| population | approximately 4,000 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 62254 ⓘ |
| region |
American Bottom region of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
American Bottom region
|
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| transportation | served by U.S. Route 50 ⓘ |
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: Lebanon, Illinois Description of subject: Lebanon, Illinois is a small city in southwestern Illinois known for its historic downtown and as the home of McKendree University, the oldest college in the state.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.