Grand Detour, Illinois
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Grand Detour, Illinois is a small historic village best known as the place where blacksmith John Deere developed his pioneering steel plow in the 1830s.
All labels observed (1)
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| Grand Detour, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12189076 — 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: Grand Detour, Illinois Context triple: [John Deere, foundedIn, Grand Detour, Illinois]
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A.
El Dara, Illinois
El Dara, Illinois is a small rural village located in Pike County in western Illinois.
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B.
Laona, Illinois
Laona, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in Illinois, United States, known as the birthplace of social reformer and Hull House co-founder Ellen Gates Starr.
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C.
Grand Ridge, Illinois
Grand Ridge, Illinois is a small village located in LaSalle County in north-central Illinois, known for its rural character and agricultural surroundings.
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D.
Fairmont, Illinois
Fairmont, Illinois is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Will County in the northeastern part of the state.
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E.
Shabbona, Illinois
Shabbona, Illinois is a small rural village in DeKalb County known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to Shabbona Lake State Park.
- 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: Grand Detour, Illinois Target entity description: Grand Detour, Illinois is a small historic village best known as the place where blacksmith John Deere developed his pioneering steel plow in the 1830s.
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A.
El Dara, Illinois
El Dara, Illinois is a small rural village located in Pike County in western Illinois.
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B.
Laona, Illinois
Laona, Illinois is a small unincorporated community in Illinois, United States, known as the birthplace of social reformer and Hull House co-founder Ellen Gates Starr.
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C.
Grand Ridge, Illinois
Grand Ridge, Illinois is a small village located in LaSalle County in north-central Illinois, known for its rural character and agricultural surroundings.
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D.
Fairmont, Illinois
Fairmont, Illinois is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Will County in the northeastern part of the state.
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E.
Shabbona, Illinois
Shabbona, Illinois is a small rural village in DeKalb County known for its agricultural surroundings and proximity to Shabbona Lake State Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.