Illinois–Wisconsin border
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The Illinois–Wisconsin border is the state line separating Illinois and Wisconsin in the Midwestern United States, running east–west from Lake Michigan across rural and suburban landscapes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois–Wisconsin border canonical | 4 |
| Wisconsin–Illinois border | 2 |
| Illinois–Wisconsin state line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8761256 — 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: Illinois–Wisconsin border Context triple: [Des Plaines River, crosses, Illinois–Wisconsin border]
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A.
Illinois–Indiana state line
The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
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B.
Iowa–Illinois state line
The Iowa–Illinois state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois, running largely along the Mississippi River and defining part of the border between the Midwest states.
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C.
Iowa–Minnesota border
The Iowa–Minnesota border is the state line separating Iowa and Minnesota in the Midwestern United States, largely following straight survey lines with some sections defined by rivers.
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D.
Nebraska–Iowa border
The Nebraska–Iowa border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Iowa to the east.
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E.
Indiana–Ohio border
The Indiana–Ohio border is the state line separating Indiana and Ohio in the Midwestern United States, running north–south and passing just east of cities such as Richmond, Indiana.
- 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: Illinois–Wisconsin border Target entity description: The Illinois–Wisconsin border is the state line separating Illinois and Wisconsin in the Midwestern United States, running east–west from Lake Michigan across rural and suburban landscapes.
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A.
Illinois–Indiana state line
The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
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B.
Iowa–Illinois state line
The Iowa–Illinois state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois, running largely along the Mississippi River and defining part of the border between the Midwest states.
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C.
Iowa–Minnesota border
The Iowa–Minnesota border is the state line separating Iowa and Minnesota in the Midwestern United States, largely following straight survey lines with some sections defined by rivers.
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D.
Nebraska–Iowa border
The Nebraska–Iowa border is the state line in the central United States that largely follows the course of the Missouri River, separating Nebraska to the west from Iowa to the east.
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E.
Indiana–Ohio border
The Indiana–Ohio border is the state line separating Indiana and Ohio in the Midwestern United States, running north–south and passing just east of cities such as Richmond, Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political boundary
ⓘ
state border ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossedBy |
railways
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ roads ⓘ |
| definedBy | federal legislation of the United States ⓘ |
| easternTerminusBodyOfWater | Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentStateToNorth | Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentStateToSouth | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | latitude–longitude ⓘ |
| legalStatus | recognized state boundary ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
borders of Illinois
ⓘ
borders of Wisconsin ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
rural areas
ⓘ
suburban areas ⓘ |
| separatesState |
Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
electoral district delimitation
ⓘ
jurisdictional delimitation ⓘ law enforcement jurisdiction delimitation ⓘ tax jurisdiction delimitation ⓘ |
| westernTerminusState | Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Illinois–Wisconsin border Description of subject: The Illinois–Wisconsin border is the state line separating Illinois and Wisconsin in the Midwestern United States, running east–west from Lake Michigan across rural and suburban landscapes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Illinois–Wisconsin state line
this entity surface form:
Wisconsin–Illinois border
this entity surface form:
Wisconsin–Illinois border