Lake Wobegon
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Lake Wobegon is a fictional small Midwestern town known as the setting of Garrison Keillor’s stories, especially from the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Wobegon canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2949871 — 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: Lake Wobegon Context triple: [Garrison Keillor, fictionalUniverseCreated, Lake Wobegon]
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A.
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods is a large, island-dotted freshwater lake in northwestern Ontario that extends into Manitoba and Minnesota and is known for its fishing, boating, and scenic wilderness.
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B.
Rice Lake
Rice Lake is a large, shallow lake in south-central Ontario, Canada, known for its recreational boating and fishing and its role as a key link in the Trent–Severn Waterway.
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C.
O.S.A. Lake
O.S.A. Lake is a scenic wilderness lake in Ontario, Canada, known for its clear waters and rugged Canadian Shield landscape within Killarney Provincial Park.
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D.
Forest Lake
Forest Lake is a nearby recreational lake in the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area, known for outdoor activities such as fishing and boating.
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E.
Angle Lake
Angle Lake is a light rail station and surrounding neighborhood in SeaTac, Washington, serving as a southern terminus of Sound Transit’s Link light rail line near Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
- 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: Lake Wobegon Target entity description: Lake Wobegon is a fictional small Midwestern town known as the setting of Garrison Keillor’s stories, especially from the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion."
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A.
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods is a large, island-dotted freshwater lake in northwestern Ontario that extends into Manitoba and Minnesota and is known for its fishing, boating, and scenic wilderness.
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B.
Rice Lake
Rice Lake is a large, shallow lake in south-central Ontario, Canada, known for its recreational boating and fishing and its role as a key link in the Trent–Severn Waterway.
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C.
O.S.A. Lake
O.S.A. Lake is a scenic wilderness lake in Ontario, Canada, known for its clear waters and rugged Canadian Shield landscape within Killarney Provincial Park.
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D.
Forest Lake
Forest Lake is a nearby recreational lake in the Grand Rapids, Minnesota area, known for outdoor activities such as fishing and boating.
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E.
Angle Lake
Angle Lake is a light rail station and surrounding neighborhood in SeaTac, Washington, serving as a southern terminus of Sound Transit’s Link light rail line near Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
novels
ⓘ
radio monologues ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Public Media
ⓘ
Minnesota Public Radio ⓘ public radio ⓘ |
| country | United States (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| creator | Garrison Keillor ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| fictionalCounty |
Lake Wobegon Days
ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Wobegon County (sometimes implied)
|
| fictionalState | Minnesota ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | A Prairie Home Companion ⓘ |
| genre |
American fiction
ⓘ
humor ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
a Catholic parish
ⓘ
a Lutheran church ⓘ a lake ⓘ a local bar ⓘ a local school ⓘ a small-town main street ⓘ churches ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic |
predominantly German-American (fictional)
ⓘ
predominantly Scandinavian-American (fictional) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community
ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ gentle satire of small-town culture ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | small towns in Minnesota ⓘ |
| knownFor |
monologues by Garrison Keillor
ⓘ
A Prairie Home Companion ⓘ
surface form:
“News from Lake Wobegon” segment
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Midwestern United States (fictional setting)
Minnesota ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesota (fictional setting)
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| mediumOfOrigin | radio ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Prairie Home Companion
ⓘ
Lake Wobegon Days ⓘ Leaving Home ⓘ Liberty ⓘ Pontoon ⓘ The Book of Guys ⓘ WLT: A Radio Romance ⓘ Wobegon Boy ⓘ |
| partOf | the fictional universe of Garrison Keillor ⓘ |
| settingFor | stories about Midwestern small-town life ⓘ |
| slogan | Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average ⓘ |
| timeOfCreation | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lake Wobegon Description of subject: Lake Wobegon is a fictional small Midwestern town known as the setting of Garrison Keillor’s stories, especially from the radio show "A Prairie Home Companion."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.