Des Moines Register
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The Des Moines Register is a major daily newspaper based in Des Moines, Iowa, known for its comprehensive coverage of state politics, local news, and its influential role in U.S. presidential campaign reporting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Des Moines Register canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10405481 — 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: Des Moines Register Context triple: [Look, hasSisterPublication, Des Moines Register]
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A.
Sioux City Journal
The Sioux City Journal is a longstanding daily newspaper serving Sioux City, Iowa, and the surrounding Siouxland region with local news, sports, and community coverage.
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B.
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa is the capital and most populous city of Iowa, known as a major center for the U.S. insurance industry and regional finance.
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C.
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
The Minneapolis Star and Tribune was a major Minneapolis-based daily newspaper that later evolved into the Star Tribune, one of the leading newspapers in the Upper Midwest.
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D.
West Des Moines, Iowa
West Des Moines, Iowa is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its strong economy, retail and business centers, and high quality of life.
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E.
Topeka Daily Capital
The Topeka Daily Capital was a prominent Topeka, Kansas newspaper that played a significant role in regional journalism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: Des Moines Register Target entity description: The Des Moines Register is a major daily newspaper based in Des Moines, Iowa, known for its comprehensive coverage of state politics, local news, and its influential role in U.S. presidential campaign reporting.
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A.
Sioux City Journal
The Sioux City Journal is a longstanding daily newspaper serving Sioux City, Iowa, and the surrounding Siouxland region with local news, sports, and community coverage.
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B.
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa is the capital and most populous city of Iowa, known as a major center for the U.S. insurance industry and regional finance.
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C.
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
The Minneapolis Star and Tribune was a major Minneapolis-based daily newspaper that later evolved into the Star Tribune, one of the leading newspapers in the Upper Midwest.
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D.
West Des Moines, Iowa
West Des Moines, Iowa is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its strong economy, retail and business centers, and high quality of life.
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E.
Topeka Daily Capital
The Topeka Daily Capital was a prominent Topeka, Kansas newspaper that played a significant role in regional journalism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
daily newspaper
ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ |
| city | Des Moines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverageArea |
Des Moines metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home delivery
ⓘ
newsstand sales ⓘ online subscription ⓘ |
| format | broadsheet ⓘ |
| frequency | daily ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
digital edition
ⓘ
print edition ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence | yes ⓘ |
| hasSection |
business
ⓘ
features ⓘ news ⓘ opinion ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Des Moines, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | newspaper publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Iowa caucus coverage
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coverage of Iowa state politics ⓘ coverage of U.S. presidential campaigns ⓘ coverage of local news in Des Moines ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Des Moines, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
online
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
editorial board endorsements in presidential races
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statewide political reporting team ⓘ |
| owner | Gannett Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Gannett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSignificance |
important platform for presidential candidates in Iowa
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influential in U.S. presidential primary process ⓘ |
| publisher | Gannett Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| sector | news media ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
business news
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local news ⓘ opinion and editorials ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in Iowa politics
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residents of Iowa ⓘ |
| website | https://www.desmoinesregister.com 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: Des Moines Register Description of subject: The Des Moines Register is a major daily newspaper based in Des Moines, Iowa, known for its comprehensive coverage of state politics, local news, and its influential role in U.S. presidential campaign reporting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Look