Des Moines Independent Community School District
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Des Moines Independent Community School District is a public school district in Des Moines, Iowa, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court student free speech case Tinker v. Des Moines.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Des Moines Public Schools | 3 |
| Des Moines Independent Community School District canonical | 2 |
| Des Moines Independent Community School District officials | 1 |
| Des Moines public schools | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1567705 — 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)
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Target entity: Des Moines Independent Community School District Context triple: [Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, respondent, Des Moines Independent Community School District]
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A.
West Des Moines Community School District
West Des Moines Community School District is a public school district serving students in West Des Moines, Iowa, and surrounding communities through a network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
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B.
Cedar Falls Community School District
Cedar Falls Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around Cedar Falls, Iowa, providing K–12 education through multiple elementary, junior high, and high schools.
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C.
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around Howard County in northeastern Iowa.
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D.
West Des Moines, Iowa
West Des Moines, Iowa is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its strong economy, retail and business centers, and high quality of life.
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E.
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln Public Schools is the public school district serving students in the town of Lincoln, Massachusetts.
- 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: Des Moines Independent Community School District Target entity description: Des Moines Independent Community School District is a public school district in Des Moines, Iowa, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court student free speech case Tinker v. Des Moines.
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A.
West Des Moines Community School District
West Des Moines Community School District is a public school district serving students in West Des Moines, Iowa, and surrounding communities through a network of elementary, middle, and high schools.
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B.
Cedar Falls Community School District
Cedar Falls Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around Cedar Falls, Iowa, providing K–12 education through multiple elementary, junior high, and high schools.
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C.
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District is a public school district serving students in and around Howard County in northeastern Iowa.
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D.
West Des Moines, Iowa
West Des Moines, Iowa is a rapidly growing suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its strong economy, retail and business centers, and high quality of life.
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E.
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln Public Schools is the public school district serving students in the town of Lincoln, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public school district
ⓘ
school district in the United States ⓘ |
| abbreviation | DMPS ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Des Moines Independent Community School District
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surface form:
Des Moines Public Schools
|
| associatedCourtCase | Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| educationLevel |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ |
| employs |
administrators
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support staff ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| fundingType | publicly funded ⓘ |
| governedBy | elected school board ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | largest public school district in Iowa by enrollment ⓘ |
| hasMotto | “The Des Moines Public Schools offer the widest variety of educational choices in Iowa” ⓘ |
| hasPolicyArea |
curriculum and instruction
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discipline and student conduct ⓘ equity and inclusion ⓘ school safety ⓘ student speech and expression ⓘ |
| hasSchoolBoardType | locally controlled school board ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfBoard | at-large elected board members ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | K–12 public education ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | central party in landmark U.S. Supreme Court student free speech case ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Des Moines, Iowa
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surface form:
Des Moines
Iowa ⓘ Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | involvement in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
English language learner programs
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advanced placement courses ⓘ career and technical education programs ⓘ special education services ⓘ |
| operates |
alternative schools
ⓘ
elementary schools ⓘ high schools ⓘ middle schools ⓘ specialty schools ⓘ |
| partyTo | Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
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surface form:
Greater Des Moines metropolitan area
|
| sector | public education ⓘ |
| serves |
Des Moines, Iowa
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surface form:
City of Des Moines, Iowa
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| stateEducationAuthority | Iowa Department of Education ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
First Amendment jurisprudence discussions
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education policy debates in Iowa ⓘ student rights in schools scholarship ⓘ |
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: Des Moines Independent Community School District Description of subject: Des Moines Independent Community School District is a public school district in Des Moines, Iowa, best known nationally for its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court student free speech case Tinker v. Des Moines.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
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respondent
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Des Moines Independent Community School District
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this entity surface form:
Des Moines Public Schools
Des Moines Independent Community School District
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alsoKnownAs
→
Des Moines Independent Community School District
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this entity surface form:
Des Moines Public Schools
Christopher Eckhardt
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educationInstitutionAttended
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Des Moines Independent Community School District
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this entity surface form:
Des Moines public schools
this entity surface form:
Des Moines Independent Community School District officials
this entity surface form:
Des Moines Public Schools