Runnells, Iowa
E400206
Runnells, Iowa is a small rural city located in central Iowa that forms part of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Runnells, Iowa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3922256 — 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: Runnells, Iowa Context triple: [Polk County, Iowa, contains, Runnells, Iowa]
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A.
Irwin, Iowa
Irwin, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa that is part of Shelby County.
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B.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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C.
Mineola, Iowa
Mineola, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in southwestern Iowa.
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D.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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E.
Riverside, Iowa
Riverside, Iowa is a small city best known as the self-proclaimed future birthplace of Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk.
- 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: Runnells, Iowa Target entity description: Runnells, Iowa is a small rural city located in central Iowa that forms part of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
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A.
Irwin, Iowa
Irwin, Iowa is a small rural city located in western Iowa that is part of Shelby County.
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B.
McClelland, Iowa
McClelland, Iowa is a small rural community located in Pottawattamie County in the western part of the state.
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C.
Mineola, Iowa
Mineola, Iowa is a small unincorporated rural community located in southwestern Iowa.
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D.
Lowden, Iowa
Lowden, Iowa is a small rural city in eastern Iowa known for its agricultural surroundings and tight-knit community.
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E.
Riverside, Iowa
Riverside, Iowa is a small city best known as the self-proclaimed future birthplace of Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCodeType | telephone area code ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Polk County local governments ⓘ |
| climateRegion | humid continental climate region ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision |
Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Iowa
|
| economicCharacter | agricultural surroundings ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
primarily rural land use
ⓘ
small population ⓘ |
| hasFeature | rural community ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural
ⓘ
residential ⓘ small-scale commercial ⓘ |
| isInMetropolitanStatisticalArea |
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan statistical area
|
| isPartOf | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
United States Census data
ⓘ
local government records of Polk County, Iowa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
central Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Iowa
|
| partOf |
Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Des Moines metropolitan area
|
| postalCodeType | ZIP code ⓘ |
| regionType | rural city ⓘ |
| roadAccess | local roads connecting to Des Moines metropolitan area ⓘ |
| stateCapitalNearest |
Des Moines, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Des Moines
|
| timezone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
|
| timezoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportationModeCommon | automobile ⓘ |
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: Runnells, Iowa Description of subject: Runnells, Iowa is a small rural city located in central Iowa that forms part of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.