Streator, Illinois, United States of America
E481616
Streator, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Streator, Illinois, United States of America canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943055 — 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: Streator, Illinois, United States of America Context triple: [Clyde Tombaugh, placeOfBirth, Streator, Illinois, United States of America]
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A.
Steger, Illinois
Steger, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area that spans both Will and Cook counties.
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B.
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in western Illinois known as part of the Quad Cities and for its long-standing industrial and transportation significance.
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C.
Sterling, Illinois
Sterling, Illinois is a small city in northwestern Illinois known historically for its manufacturing industry and location along the Rock River.
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D.
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
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E.
Sherman, Illinois
Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
- 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: Streator, Illinois, United States of America Target entity description: Streator, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
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A.
Steger, Illinois
Steger, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area that spans both Will and Cook counties.
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B.
Rock Island, Illinois
Rock Island, Illinois is a historic Mississippi River city in western Illinois known as part of the Quad Cities and for its long-standing industrial and transportation significance.
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C.
Sterling, Illinois
Sterling, Illinois is a small city in northwestern Illinois known historically for its manufacturing industry and location along the Rock River.
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D.
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Peoria, Illinois, United States is a mid-sized city along the Illinois River known historically as a manufacturing and transportation hub and often cited as a barometer of mainstream American tastes.
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E.
Sherman, Illinois
Sherman, Illinois is a small village in central Illinois that functions as a residential suburb of the nearby state capital, Springfield.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomer
ⓘ
city ⓘ municipality ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| demographicRegion | small Midwestern city ⓘ |
| foundedAs | coal mining town ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
779
ⓘ
815 ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | public schools ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
downtown business district
ⓘ
residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| hasFIPSCode | 17-72963 ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureID | 2396042 ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Streator Township High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalEconomySector |
manufacturing
ⓘ
retail ⓘ services ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | City of Streator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | (motto not specified here) ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | Clyde Tombaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark | city parks system ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 61364 ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary | Streator Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
highways
ⓘ
rail connections ⓘ |
| historicalIndustry |
coal mining
ⓘ
glass manufacturing ⓘ railroad ⓘ |
| isBirthplaceOf | Clyde Tombaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | discovery of Pluto ⓘ |
| locatedIn | LaSalle County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Illinois River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Vermilion River (Illinois) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Worthington Streator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyLocatedIn | Livingston County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Streator, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | true ⓘ |
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: Streator, Illinois, United States of America Description of subject: Streator, Illinois, United States of America, is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.