Urbandale, Iowa
E186036
Urbandale, Iowa is a suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and family-friendly community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urbandale, Iowa canonical | 5 |
| Urbandale | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1532769 — 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: Urbandale, Iowa Context triple: [West Des Moines, Iowa, borderedBy, Urbandale, Iowa]
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A.
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa is a major city along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known as part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area and a regional hub for commerce and culture.
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B.
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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C.
Coralville, Iowa
Coralville, Iowa is a growing suburban city in eastern Iowa, located near Iowa City and known for its shopping centers, recreational amenities, and proximity to the University of Iowa.
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D.
Oakland, Iowa
Oakland, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and location along the West Nishnabotna River.
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E.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa is a city in northeastern Iowa known for being home to the University of Northern Iowa and a regional center for education and 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: Urbandale, Iowa Target entity description: Urbandale, Iowa is a suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and family-friendly community.
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A.
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa is a major city along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, known as part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area and a regional hub for commerce and culture.
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B.
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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C.
Coralville, Iowa
Coralville, Iowa is a growing suburban city in eastern Iowa, located near Iowa City and known for its shopping centers, recreational amenities, and proximity to the University of Iowa.
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D.
Oakland, Iowa
Oakland, Iowa is a small rural city in southwestern Iowa known for its agricultural community and location along the West Nishnabotna River.
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E.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa is a city in northeastern Iowa known for being home to the University of Northern Iowa and a regional center for education and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 515 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Clive, Iowa
ⓘ
Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ Johnston, Iowa ⓘ West Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision |
Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Iowa
|
| elevation | approximately 945 feet above sea level ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 19-79935 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0462555 ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| hasAttraction | Living History Farms (nearby in Urbandale area) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
family-friendly community
ⓘ
residential ⓘ suburban ⓘ |
| hasPark |
Lions Park
ⓘ
Murphy Park ⓘ Walker Johnston Park ⓘ |
| hasSchoolDistrict | Urbandale Community School District ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCity | 1917 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
parks and green spaces
ⓘ
residential neighborhoods ⓘ trail system ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dallas County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Clive, Iowa
ⓘ
Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ Johnston, Iowa ⓘ West Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| mayor | Bob Andeweg ⓘ |
| namedFor | urban and dale (suggesting a town in a valley) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dallas County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Des Moines metropolitan area
Midwestern United States ⓘ Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 45,000 ⓘ |
| postalCode |
50322
ⓘ
50323 ⓘ |
| settled | early 20th century ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportInfrastructure |
Interstate 235 (nearby access)
ⓘ
Interstate 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 80 ⓘ |
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: Urbandale, Iowa Description of subject: Urbandale, Iowa is a suburban city in the Des Moines metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and family-friendly community.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Urbandale
subject surface form:
Central Iowa
this entity surface form:
Urbandale
this entity surface form:
Urbandale
this entity surface form:
Urbandale