West North Central division
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The West North Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau region comprising several Midwestern states such as Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and the Dakotas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West North Central Census Division | 1 |
| West North Central Division | 1 |
| West North Central division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11347534 — 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: West North Central division Context triple: [West South Central division, borderedBy, West North Central division]
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A.
East North Central division
The East North Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau region that includes Midwestern states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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B.
Midwest Division
The Midwest Division was a former National Basketball Association (NBA) division that grouped several teams from the central United States before league realignment in 2004.
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C.
West South Central division
The West South Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau subregion that includes states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana in the south-central part of the United States.
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D.
Central Division
The Central Division is a grouping of teams within the Ontario Hockey League that includes the Barrie Colts among its members.
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E.
Central Division
The Central Division is a grouping of teams within the American Hockey League that organizes competition among franchises based in the central region of North America.
- 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: West North Central division Target entity description: The West North Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau region comprising several Midwestern states such as Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and the Dakotas.
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A.
East North Central division
The East North Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau region that includes Midwestern states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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B.
Midwest Division
The Midwest Division was a former National Basketball Association (NBA) division that grouped several teams from the central United States before league realignment in 2004.
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C.
West South Central division
The West South Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau subregion that includes states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana in the south-central part of the United States.
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D.
Central Division
The Central Division is a grouping of teams within the Ontario Hockey League that includes the Barrie Colts among its members.
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E.
Central Division
The Central Division is a grouping of teams within the American Hockey League that organizes competition among franchises based in the central region of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Census division of the United States
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statistical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
East North Central division
NERFINISHED
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South region of the United States ⓘ West region of the United States ⓘ |
| category |
Census divisions of the United States
ⓘ
Regions of the Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| censusRegion | Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPartOf |
Great Plains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataUsedFor |
demographic reporting
ⓘ
economic reporting ⓘ statistical analysis ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| numberOfStates | 7 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Midwest region of the United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | division ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | United States Census Bureau statistical system ⓘ |
| timeZoneIncludes |
Central Time Zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mountain Time Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Census Bureau 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: West North Central division Description of subject: The West North Central division is a U.S. Census Bureau region comprising several Midwestern states such as Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and the Dakotas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Midwest Region
this entity surface form:
West North Central Division
United States Census Bureau’s West North Central division
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alsoKnownAs
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West North Central division
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this entity surface form:
West North Central Census Division