Cahokia
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Cahokia was a Native American tribe of the Illiniwek (Illinois) Confederation historically located in the Mississippi River valley region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cahokia canonical | 8 |
| Cahokia tribe | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12162680 — 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: Cahokia Context triple: [Illiniwek, memberTribe, Cahokia]
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A.
Cahokia Mounds region
The Cahokia Mounds region is a major pre-Columbian archaeological area in the Mississippi River valley, known for its large earthen mounds and as the center of one of North America’s most complex ancient Indigenous urban societies.
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B.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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C.
Cahokia Heights, Illinois
Cahokia Heights, Illinois is a small city in St. Clair County, part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.
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D.
Mound City Group
Mound City Group is a major Hopewell culture archaeological site in Ohio, known for its large concentration of geometric earthworks and burial mounds.
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E.
Big Mound City
Big Mound City is a major prehistoric earthwork complex in South Florida, notable for its large mounds and geometric layout associated with the Belle Glade culture.
- 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: Cahokia Target entity description: Cahokia was a Native American tribe of the Illiniwek (Illinois) Confederation historically located in the Mississippi River valley region.
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A.
Cahokia Mounds region
The Cahokia Mounds region is a major pre-Columbian archaeological area in the Mississippi River valley, known for its large earthen mounds and as the center of one of North America’s most complex ancient Indigenous urban societies.
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B.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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C.
Cahokia Heights, Illinois
Cahokia Heights, Illinois is a small city in St. Clair County, part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.
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D.
Mound City Group
Mound City Group is a major Hopewell culture archaeological site in Ohio, known for its large concentration of geometric earthworks and burial mounds.
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E.
Big Mound City
Big Mound City is a major prehistoric earthwork complex in South Florida, notable for its large mounds and geometric layout associated with the Belle Glade culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cahokia
subject linked to:
Pays d’en haut (in some French colonial usage)
linked to: Cahokia
linked to: Cahokia
linked to: Cahokia