Fort Atkinson, Iowa
E271206
Fort Atkinson, Iowa is a small historic city in northeastern Iowa known for the 19th-century Fort Atkinson State Preserve, a restored frontier military outpost.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Atkinson | 3 |
| Fort Atkinson, Iowa canonical | 2 |
| Fort Atkinson (historic military fortification) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2486564 — 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: Fort Atkinson, Iowa Context triple: [Winneshiek County, Iowa, contains, Fort Atkinson, Iowa]
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A.
Attica, Iowa
Attica, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Marion County in the U.S. state of Iowa.
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B.
Farragut, Iowa
Farragut, Iowa is a small city in Fremont County named in honor of U.S. Civil War Admiral David Farragut.
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C.
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States is a small city in Jefferson County known in part as the place where Rosemary Kennedy, sister of President John F. Kennedy, spent her later years and died at a local care facility.
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D.
Winterset, Iowa
Winterset, Iowa is a small city best known as the county seat of Madison County and the birthplace of actor John Wayne, as well as for its historic covered bridges.
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E.
Atalissa, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
- 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: Fort Atkinson, Iowa Target entity description: Fort Atkinson, Iowa is a small historic city in northeastern Iowa known for the 19th-century Fort Atkinson State Preserve, a restored frontier military outpost.
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A.
Attica, Iowa
Attica, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in Marion County in the U.S. state of Iowa.
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B.
Farragut, Iowa
Farragut, Iowa is a small city in Fremont County named in honor of U.S. Civil War Admiral David Farragut.
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C.
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States is a small city in Jefferson County known in part as the place where Rosemary Kennedy, sister of President John F. Kennedy, spent her later years and died at a local care facility.
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D.
Winterset, Iowa
Winterset, Iowa is a small city best known as the county seat of Madison County and the birthplace of actor John Wayne, as well as for its historic covered bridges.
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E.
Atalissa, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ human settlement ⓘ municipality ⓘ state preserve ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| county | Winneshiek County ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| hasAttraction | Fort Atkinson State Preserve ⓘ |
| hasFeature | restored frontier military outpost ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
19th-century U.S. Army fort
ⓘ
U.S. military history ⓘ frontier-era history ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite | 19th-century frontier fort ⓘ |
| hasPreserve | Fort Atkinson State Preserve ⓘ |
| isHistoricCity | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Fort Atkinson State Preserve
ⓘ
restored frontier military outpost ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fort Atkinson, Iowa
self-linksurface differs
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northeastern Iowa ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Fort Atkinson, Iowa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Fort Atkinson
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| operatedBy |
Iowa
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surface form:
State of Iowa
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| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
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
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Input
Subject: Fort Atkinson, Iowa Description of subject: Fort Atkinson, Iowa is a small historic city in northeastern Iowa known for the 19th-century Fort Atkinson State Preserve, a restored frontier military outpost.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
this entity surface form:
Fort Atkinson (historic military fortification)
this entity surface form:
Fort Atkinson
this entity surface form:
Fort Atkinson
subject surface form:
Fort Atkinson State Preserve
this entity surface form:
Fort Atkinson