Corydon, Indiana
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Corydon, Indiana is a historic town best known as Indiana’s first state capital and the site of the only Civil War battle fought in the state.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corydon, Indiana canonical | 5 |
| Corydon | 1 |
| Corydon, Indiana, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6123162 — 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: Corydon, Indiana Context triple: [Southern Indiana, contains, Corydon, Indiana]
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A.
Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo, Indiana is a mid-sized industrial city in central Indiana known historically for its automotive manufacturing and technological innovation.
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B.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.
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C.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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D.
Madison, Indiana
Madison, Indiana is a historic river town on the Ohio River known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and vibrant small-town cultural life.
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E.
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes, Indiana is a historic city in southwestern Indiana known as the state’s oldest city and an early frontier settlement along the Wabash River.
- 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: Corydon, Indiana Target entity description: Corydon, Indiana is a historic town best known as Indiana’s first state capital and the site of the only Civil War battle fought in the state.
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A.
Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo, Indiana is a mid-sized industrial city in central Indiana known historically for its automotive manufacturing and technological innovation.
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B.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana is a mid-sized city in western Indiana known historically as a regional industrial and transportation hub along major rail and river routes.
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C.
Mishawaka, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana is a city in northern Indiana near South Bend, known for its manufacturing history and as the longtime base of vehicle maker AM General.
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D.
Madison, Indiana
Madison, Indiana is a historic river town on the Ohio River known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture and vibrant small-town cultural life.
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E.
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes, Indiana is a historic city in southwestern Indiana known as the state’s oldest city and an early frontier settlement along the Wabash River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ town ⓘ |
| capitalFrom | 1816 ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalUntil | 1825 ⓘ |
| CivilWarBattleStatus | only pitched Civil War battle in Indiana ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Constitution Elm site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First State Capitol building of Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Harrison County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | July 9, 1863 ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 738 feet ⓘ |
| event | Battle of Corydon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 18-15102 ⓘ |
| founded | early 19th century ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0432760 ⓘ |
| governmentType | town government ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Corydon Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismAttraction |
Constitution Elm Memorial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corydon Battle Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana’s First State Capitol historic site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismFocus | heritage tourism ⓘ |
| historicDistrictStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Harrison County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being Indiana’s first state capital
ⓘ
site of the only Civil War battle fought in Indiana ⓘ |
| legislativeEvent | Indiana constitutional convention of 1816 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Corydon, Indiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corydon, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanArea | Louisville metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | the song “The Pastoral Elegy” (featuring the shepherd Corydon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Morgan’s Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 3,000–3,500 (early 21st century) ⓘ |
| predecessorCapitalOfIndiana | Vincennes, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southern Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | first state capital of Indiana ⓘ |
| state | Indiana ⓘ |
| successorCapitalOfIndiana | Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportation |
served by Indiana State Road 62
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served by Interstate 64 (nearby) ⓘ |
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: Corydon, Indiana Description of subject: Corydon, Indiana is a historic town best known as Indiana’s first state capital and the site of the only Civil War battle fought in the state.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corydon
this entity surface form:
Corydon, Indiana, United States