Decatur, Indiana
E935129
Decatur, Indiana is a small Midwestern city in northeastern Indiana known for its manufacturing base and historic downtown.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Decatur, Indiana canonical | 4 |
| Decatur, Indiana, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10943511 — 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: Decatur, Indiana Context triple: [Adams County, Indiana, countySeat, Decatur, Indiana]
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A.
Atlanta, Indiana
Atlanta, Indiana is a small rural town in central Indiana known for its close-knit community and annual New Earth Festival.
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B.
Plainfield, Indiana
Plainfield, Indiana is a growing suburban town in Hendricks County, west of Indianapolis, known for its extensive parks and trail system, strong logistics and distribution industry, and family-oriented community.
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C.
Westville, Indiana
Westville, Indiana is a small town in northwestern Indiana known for its rural character and proximity to larger cities like Michigan City and South Bend.
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D.
Danville, Indiana
Danville, Indiana is a small Midwestern town in central Indiana known for its historic courthouse square and role as an administrative and community hub in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
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E.
Madison, Indiana
Madison, Indiana is a historic river town on the Ohio River known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and vibrant small-town cultural life.
- 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: Decatur, Indiana Target entity description: Decatur, Indiana is a small Midwestern city in northeastern Indiana known for its manufacturing base and historic downtown.
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A.
Atlanta, Indiana
Atlanta, Indiana is a small rural town in central Indiana known for its close-knit community and annual New Earth Festival.
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B.
Plainfield, Indiana
Plainfield, Indiana is a growing suburban town in Hendricks County, west of Indianapolis, known for its extensive parks and trail system, strong logistics and distribution industry, and family-oriented community.
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C.
Westville, Indiana
Westville, Indiana is a small town in northwestern Indiana known for its rural character and proximity to larger cities like Michigan City and South Bend.
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D.
Danville, Indiana
Danville, Indiana is a small Midwestern town in central Indiana known for its historic courthouse square and role as an administrative and community hub in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
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E.
Madison, Indiana
Madison, Indiana is a historic river town on the Ohio River known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and vibrant small-town cultural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| areaCode | 260 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Adams County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToFortWayne | approximately 20 miles south GENERATED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 247 meters ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 18-17126 ⓘ |
| founded | 1836 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0433565 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Decatur Hi-Way Airport (general aviation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent |
Adams County 4-H Fair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Decatur Sculpture Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricFeature | historic downtown ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
agriculture-related services
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Adams County Courthouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Decatur Downtown Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Adams Public Library System – Decatur branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalNewspaper | The Decatur Daily Democrat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Hanna Nuttman Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riverside Center and Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicSchoolDistrict | North Adams Community Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1861 ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Adams County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | manufacturing base ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Northeastern Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | St. Marys River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorHighway |
Indiana State Road 101
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indiana State Road 124 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 27 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 33 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Stephen Decatur Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | Fort Wayne metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 46733 ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Decatur, Indiana Description of subject: Decatur, Indiana is a small Midwestern city in northeastern Indiana known for its manufacturing base and historic downtown.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Decatur, Indiana, United States