Tupper’s Plains, Ohio
E158133
Tupper’s Plains, Ohio is a small unincorporated community in Meigs County, known as the birthplace of astronomer and telescope maker George Willis Ritchey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tupper’s Plains, Ohio canonical | 4 |
| The Plains, Ohio, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1373723 — 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: Tupper’s Plains, Ohio Context triple: [George Willis Ritchey, placeOfBirth, Tupper’s Plains, Ohio]
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A.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Bellefontaine, Ohio is a small city in Logan County known historically as a regional railroad hub and for having one of the first concrete-paved streets in the United States.
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B.
Pleasant Plains
Pleasant Plains is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its suburban character and access to the Staten Island Railway.
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C.
Alpine Valley (Ohio)
Alpine Valley (Ohio) is a ski and snowboard resort in northeastern Ohio known for its winter sports terrain and facilities.
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D.
Springfield Plateau
The Springfield Plateau is a geologic region within the Ozarks characterized by gently rolling terrain, extensive karst features, and thick layers of Mississippian limestone and chert.
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E.
Reisterstown
Reisterstown is a historic unincorporated community and suburb northwest of Baltimore, Maryland, known for its residential neighborhoods and local commercial centers.
- 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: Tupper’s Plains, Ohio Target entity description: Tupper’s Plains, Ohio is a small unincorporated community in Meigs County, known as the birthplace of astronomer and telescope maker George Willis Ritchey.
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A.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Bellefontaine, Ohio is a small city in Logan County known historically as a regional railroad hub and for having one of the first concrete-paved streets in the United States.
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B.
Pleasant Plains
Pleasant Plains is a residential neighborhood on Staten Island’s South Shore known for its suburban character and access to the Staten Island Railway.
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C.
Alpine Valley (Ohio)
Alpine Valley (Ohio) is a ski and snowboard resort in northeastern Ohio known for its winter sports terrain and facilities.
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D.
Springfield Plateau
The Springfield Plateau is a geologic region within the Ozarks characterized by gently rolling terrain, extensive karst features, and thick layers of Mississippian limestone and chert.
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E.
Reisterstown
Reisterstown is a historic unincorporated community and suburb northwest of Baltimore, Maryland, known for its residential neighborhoods and local commercial centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomer
ⓘ
telescope maker ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Tupper’s Plains, Ohio self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| county | Meigs County, Ohio ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
220
ⓘ
740 ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Eastern Local School District ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureID | 1065410 ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Eastern High School (Meigs County, Ohio) ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | rural ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | George Willis Ritchey ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 45783 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity | agriculture ⓘ |
| isIncorporated | no ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachia
ⓘ
Meigs County, Ohio ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Tupper’s Plains, Ohio self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ohio River
ⓘ
Reedsville, Ohio ⓘ |
| locatedOn | U.S. Route 33 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Tupper family (local settlers) ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Olive Township, Meigs County, Ohio ⓘ |
| serves | Tupper’s Plains, Ohio self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| 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: Tupper’s Plains, Ohio Description of subject: Tupper’s Plains, Ohio is a small unincorporated community in Meigs County, known as the birthplace of astronomer and telescope maker George Willis Ritchey.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
George Willis Ritchey
subject surface form:
Eastern Local School District
subject surface form:
Eastern High School (Meigs County, Ohio)
this entity surface form:
The Plains, Ohio, United States