Mercury, Minnesota
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Mercury, Minnesota is the fictional small Midwestern hometown featured in the film "Young Adult," to which the main character Mavis Gary returns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mercury, Minnesota canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10282968 — 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: Mercury, Minnesota Context triple: [Mavis Gary, returnsTo, Mercury, Minnesota]
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A.
Morris, Minnesota
Morris, Minnesota is a small city in west-central Minnesota known for hosting the University of Minnesota Morris and serving as a regional educational and agricultural hub.
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B.
Watertown, Minnesota
Watertown, Minnesota is a small city in Carver County known for its rural charm, proximity to the Twin Cities metro area, and access to the Crow River and regional parks.
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C.
Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater, Minnesota is a historic city on the St. Croix River known as one of the oldest towns in the state and a popular tourist destination for its preserved downtown and scenic riverfront.
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D.
St. Francis, Minnesota
St. Francis, Minnesota is a small city in Anoka County known for its suburban-rural character and location along the Rum River in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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E.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Grand Marais, Minnesota is a small harbor town on Lake Superior’s North Shore known as a gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and a hub for outdoor recreation and arts.
- 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: Mercury, Minnesota Target entity description: Mercury, Minnesota is the fictional small Midwestern hometown featured in the film "Young Adult," to which the main character Mavis Gary returns.
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A.
Morris, Minnesota
Morris, Minnesota is a small city in west-central Minnesota known for hosting the University of Minnesota Morris and serving as a regional educational and agricultural hub.
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B.
Watertown, Minnesota
Watertown, Minnesota is a small city in Carver County known for its rural charm, proximity to the Twin Cities metro area, and access to the Crow River and regional parks.
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C.
Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater, Minnesota is a historic city on the St. Croix River known as one of the oldest towns in the state and a popular tourist destination for its preserved downtown and scenic riverfront.
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D.
St. Francis, Minnesota
St. Francis, Minnesota is a small city in Anoka County known for its suburban-rural character and location along the Rum River in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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E.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Grand Marais, Minnesota is a small harbor town on Lake Superior’s North Shore known as a gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and a hub for outdoor recreation and arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Young Adult (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Mavis Gary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCreator | Diablo Cody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDirector | Jason Reitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depictedAs | small town ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Young Adult (film universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Young Adult (2011 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | dark comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hometownOf | Mavis Gary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | hometown setting ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
economically modest community
ⓘ
socially close-knit community ⓘ |
| settingFor | events of Young Adult ⓘ |
| themeRelation |
midlife crisis
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returning home ⓘ unfulfilled ambitions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
character backstory
ⓘ
critique of small-town life ⓘ exploration of nostalgia ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Mercury, Minnesota Description of subject: Mercury, Minnesota is the fictional small Midwestern hometown featured in the film "Young Adult," to which the main character Mavis Gary returns.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mavis Gary