Keokuk, Iowa
E1020657
Keokuk, Iowa is a historic city in southeastern Iowa located along the Mississippi River, known for its river commerce heritage and role as an early regional center.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keokuk, Iowa canonical | 3 |
| Keokuk, Iowa, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12219143 — 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: Keokuk, Iowa Context triple: [Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, foundingLocation, Keokuk, Iowa]
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A.
Keokuk
Keokuk was a prominent 19th-century Sauk chief known for his diplomatic leadership and efforts to maintain peace with the United States during periods of intense conflict and displacement.
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B.
Washington, Iowa
Washington, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, agricultural surroundings, and role as a local commercial and cultural hub.
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C.
Lansing, Iowa
Lansing, Iowa is a small Mississippi River town in northeastern Iowa known for its scenic river views, historic Black Hawk Bridge, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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D.
Kalona, Iowa
Kalona, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its large Amish and Mennonite communities and rich agricultural heritage.
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E.
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, rich coal-mining heritage, and role as a regional commercial and cultural center.
- 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: Keokuk, Iowa Target entity description: Keokuk, Iowa is a historic city in southeastern Iowa located along the Mississippi River, known for its river commerce heritage and role as an early regional center.
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A.
Keokuk
Keokuk was a prominent 19th-century Sauk chief known for his diplomatic leadership and efforts to maintain peace with the United States during periods of intense conflict and displacement.
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B.
Washington, Iowa
Washington, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, agricultural surroundings, and role as a local commercial and cultural hub.
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C.
Lansing, Iowa
Lansing, Iowa is a small Mississippi River town in northeastern Iowa known for its scenic river views, historic Black Hawk Bridge, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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D.
Kalona, Iowa
Kalona, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its large Amish and Mennonite communities and rich agricultural heritage.
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E.
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa, Iowa is a small city in southeastern Iowa known for its historic downtown, rich coal-mining heritage, and role as a regional commercial and cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| areaCode | 319 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateClassification | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| coordinates | 40.3970°N 91.3843°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevationInFeet | 548 ⓘ |
| elevationInMeters | 167 ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 19-40665 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0457883 ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Keokuk Municipal Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent |
Keokuk Civil War Reenactment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keokuk Geode Fest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Keokuk Community School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | river commerce ⓘ |
| hasHigherEducationInstitution | Southeastern Community College Keokuk campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Keokuk National Register Historic Districts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHospital | Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Keokuk campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | George M. Verity Riverboat Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPowerFacility | Keokuk Hydroelectric Power Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Keokuk Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | early regional center ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Keokuk Lock and Dam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lock and Dam No. 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
Mississippi River trade center
ⓘ
transportation hub in 19th century ⓘ |
| incorporatedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Lee County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Lee County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Lee County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southeastern Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorHighway |
Iowa Highway 218
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 136 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Chief Keokuk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keokuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearGeologicalFeature | Keokuk geode beds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Heartland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States Midwest
|
| population | 10460 ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 52632 ⓘ |
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: Keokuk, Iowa Description of subject: Keokuk, Iowa is a historic city in southeastern Iowa located along the Mississippi River, known for its river commerce heritage and role as an early regional center.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Keokuk, Iowa, United States