Perry
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Perry is a small city in central Iowa known historically as a railroad and agricultural community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8750750 — 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: Perry Context triple: [Central Iowa, hasCity, Perry]
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A.
Perry
Perry is the central character in the film "Makers," around whom the story’s main events and themes revolve.
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B.
Perry
Perry is a small rural town located in Dane County, Wisconsin, known for its agricultural landscape and quiet residential character.
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C.
Perry
Perry is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, situated near Kimbolton and close to Grafham Water.
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D.
Perry
Perry is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
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E.
Perry
Perry is a small city in northern Utah, United States, known for its rural character and proximity to the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake.
- 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: Perry Target entity description: Perry is a small city in central Iowa known historically as a railroad and agricultural community.
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A.
Perry
Perry is a small rural town located in Dane County, Wisconsin, known for its agricultural landscape and quiet residential character.
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B.
Perry
Perry is a small city in northern Utah, United States, known for its rural character and proximity to the Wasatch Mountains and Great Salt Lake.
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C.
Perry
Perry is a small city in central Georgia known as the county seat of Houston County and for hosting the Georgia National Fair at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter.
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D.
Perry
Perry is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, situated near Kimbolton and close to Grafham Water.
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E.
Perry
Perry is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| areaCode | 515 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| connectedByTrail | Raccoon River Valley Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| county | Dallas County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicCharacteristic | small city population size ⓘ |
| economicHistory |
railroad hub for freight and passenger service
ⓘ
support center for surrounding farms ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | annual festivals and community events ⓘ |
| hasElementarySchool | Perry Elementary School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFireDepartment | Perry Fire Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool | Perry High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricBuilding | Hotel Pattee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Perry Downtown Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | City of Perry government ⓘ |
| hasMiddleSchool | Perry Middle School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasName | Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPark | city parks and recreational areas ⓘ |
| hasPoliceDepartment | Perry Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 50220 ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrary |
Carnegie Library Museum (Perry, Iowa)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perry Public Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublicSchoolDistrict | Perry Community School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
agricultural community
ⓘ
railroad community ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Central Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNearRiver | North Raccoon River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | Des Moines–West Des Moines metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicSectors |
agriculture
ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ |
| regionallyKnownFor |
agricultural surroundings
ⓘ
railroad heritage ⓘ |
| roadAccess |
Iowa Highway 141
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iowa Highway 144 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByRailwayHistorically |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
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| transportationModeHistoricallyImportant | rail transport ⓘ |
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: Perry Description of subject: Perry is a small city in central Iowa known historically as a railroad and agricultural community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Iowa