DuBois, Pennsylvania
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DuBois, Pennsylvania is a small city in Clearfield County known historically for its coal and lumber industries and as a regional commercial center in north-central Pennsylvania.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DuBois, Pennsylvania canonical | 2 |
| DuBois, Pennsylvania (depending on cycle) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8090675 — 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: DuBois, Pennsylvania Context triple: [U.S. Route 119, passesThrough, DuBois, Pennsylvania]
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A.
Columbia, Pennsylvania
Columbia, Pennsylvania is a historic borough along the Susquehanna River known for its role in early American transportation, industry, and the Underground Railroad.
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B.
Butler, Pennsylvania
Butler, Pennsylvania is a small city in western Pennsylvania known for its industrial history and role as a regional commercial and cultural center.
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C.
Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Jefferson, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in rural southwestern Pennsylvania within Greene County.
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D.
Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Bessemer, Pennsylvania is a small borough in western Pennsylvania known historically for its steel and industrial heritage.
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E.
Springfield, Pennsylvania
Springfield, Pennsylvania is a township in Delaware County best known as the birthplace of renowned 18th-century painter Benjamin West.
- 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: DuBois, Pennsylvania Target entity description: DuBois, Pennsylvania is a small city in Clearfield County known historically for its coal and lumber industries and as a regional commercial center in north-central Pennsylvania.
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A.
Columbia, Pennsylvania
Columbia, Pennsylvania is a historic borough along the Susquehanna River known for its role in early American transportation, industry, and the Underground Railroad.
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B.
Butler, Pennsylvania
Butler, Pennsylvania is a small city in western Pennsylvania known for its industrial history and role as a regional commercial and cultural center.
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C.
Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Jefferson, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in rural southwestern Pennsylvania within Greene County.
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D.
Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Bessemer, Pennsylvania is a small borough in western Pennsylvania known historically for its steel and industrial heritage.
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E.
Springfield, Pennsylvania
Springfield, Pennsylvania is a township in Delaware County best known as the birthplace of renowned 18th-century painter Benjamin West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Clearfield County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | city government ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
582
ⓘ
814 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
education services
ⓘ
healthcare services ⓘ light manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
DuBois Area School District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penn State DuBois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
DuBois Mall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
commercial shopping centers ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalActivity |
coal mining
ⓘ
lumber milling ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity |
Brookville, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clearfield, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCommunity | Sandy Township, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea | Moshannon State Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRecreationArea |
Parker Dam State Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treasure Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 15801 ⓘ |
| hasTransportation |
DuBois Regional Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
general aviation services at DuBois Regional Airport ⓘ regional bus services ⓘ |
| historicalIndustry |
coal
ⓘ
lumber ⓘ |
| isRegionalCenterFor |
healthcare
ⓘ
services ⓘ shopping ⓘ |
| knownFor | regional commercial center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachian Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Census Bureau-designated DuBois micropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | north-central Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedInWatershed | Susquehanna River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John DuBois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Interstate 80
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 219 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: DuBois, Pennsylvania Description of subject: DuBois, Pennsylvania is a small city in Clearfield County known historically for its coal and lumber industries and as a regional commercial center in north-central Pennsylvania.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DuBois, Pennsylvania (depending on cycle)