McLeansboro, Illinois, United States

E908833

city

McLeansboro, Illinois, United States, is a small rural city in Hamilton County best known as the hometown of Hall of Fame NBA player and coach Jerry Sloan.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
McLeansboro, Illinois	5
McLeansboro, Illinois, United States canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11169659 — 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: McLeansboro, Illinois, United States
Context triple: [Jerry Sloan, placeOfBirth, McLeansboro, Illinois, United States]

A. Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
Murphysboro is a small city in southern Illinois known as the hometown of Civil War general and influential U.S. politician John A. Logan.
B. Monticello, Illinois
Monticello, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known as the administrative and commercial hub of Piatt County.
C. Mascoutah, Illinois
Mascoutah, Illinois is a small city in southwestern Illinois known for its historic downtown and proximity to Scott Air Force Base.
D. McCook, Illinois
McCook, Illinois is a small industrial suburb of Chicago known for its heavy manufacturing presence and rail-related industries.
E. Morrison, Illinois
Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
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: McLeansboro, Illinois, United States
Target entity description: McLeansboro, Illinois, United States, is a small rural city in Hamilton County best known as the hometown of Hall of Fame NBA player and coach Jerry Sloan.

A. Murphysboro, Illinois, United States
Murphysboro is a small city in southern Illinois known as the hometown of Civil War general and influential U.S. politician John A. Logan.
B. Monticello, Illinois
Monticello, Illinois is a small central Illinois city known as the administrative and commercial hub of Piatt County.
C. Mascoutah, Illinois
Mascoutah, Illinois is a small city in southwestern Illinois known for its historic downtown and proximity to Scott Air Force Base.
D. McCook, Illinois
McCook, Illinois is a small industrial suburb of Chicago known for its heavy manufacturing presence and rail-related industries.
E. Morrison, Illinois
Morrison, Illinois is a small city in Whiteside County that serves as the county seat and lies within northwestern Illinois.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	618 ⓘ
associatedWith	National Basketball Association history via Jerry Sloan ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryCode	US ⓘ
countrySubdivision	State of Illinois ⓘ linked to: Illinois
county	Hamilton County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic	predominantly White population ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	rural community ⓘ small city ⓘ
hasClimate	humid continental climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ local retail services ⓘ
hasFeature	residential neighborhoods ⓘ small-town downtown area ⓘ surrounding farmland ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasNearbyLandUse	livestock farming ⓘ row-crop agriculture ⓘ
hasNotableResident	Jerry Sloan ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion	Christianity ⓘ
hasService	local law enforcement ⓘ municipal government ⓘ public schools ⓘ
hasSettlementType	city ⓘ
hasSportsCulture	high school basketball tradition ⓘ
hasTransportation	local road network ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Hamilton County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	being the hometown of Jerry Sloan ⓘ
locatedIn	Hamilton County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ Southern Illinois ⓘ linked to: southern Illinois United States Midwest ⓘ linked to: Midwestern United States
namedAfter	Allan McLean ⓘ
partOf	Hamilton County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Illinois ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
postalCodeType	ZIP code ⓘ
region	Downstate Illinois ⓘ
regionalRole	local trade center for surrounding rural area ⓘ
roadAccess	Illinois state highways ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
stateAbbreviation	IL ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jerry Sloan → placeOfBirth → McLeansboro, Illinois, United States ⓘ

Hamilton County, Illinois → countySeat → McLeansboro, Illinois ⓘ

subject linked to: Hamilton County (various U.S. states)