Hartford, Illinois
E849356
Hartford, Illinois is a small village in Madison County known historically for its proximity to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and its association with early American exploration and industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hartford, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9212115 — 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: Hartford, Illinois Context triple: [Madison County, Illinois, hasCity, Hartford, Illinois]
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A.
Newark, Illinois
Newark, Illinois is a small rural village in northern Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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B.
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa, Illinois is a historic city in northern Illinois known for its location at the confluence of the Fox and Illinois Rivers and as the site of the first Lincoln–Douglas debate.
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C.
Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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D.
Wilmington, Illinois
Wilmington, Illinois is a small city in Will County known for its historic downtown along the Kankakee River and its proximity to the Illinois Route 66 scenic corridor.
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E.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
- 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: Hartford, Illinois Target entity description: Hartford, Illinois is a small village in Madison County known historically for its proximity to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and its association with early American exploration and industry.
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A.
Newark, Illinois
Newark, Illinois is a small rural village in northern Illinois known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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B.
Ottawa, Illinois
Ottawa, Illinois is a historic city in northern Illinois known for its location at the confluence of the Fox and Illinois Rivers and as the site of the first Lincoln–Douglas debate.
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C.
Lansing, Illinois
Lansing, Illinois is a suburban village in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes.
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D.
Wilmington, Illinois
Wilmington, Illinois is a small city in Will County known for its historic downtown along the Kankakee River and its proximity to the Illinois Route 66 scenic corridor.
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E.
Elwood, Illinois
Elwood, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois known for its rural character and proximity to major transportation and logistics hubs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| areaCode | 618 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Madison County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 430 feet ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 17-33110 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 2398393 ⓘ |
| governmentType | village board ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
industrial facilities
ⓘ
residential neighborhoods ⓘ river-related infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | Lewis and Clark Expedition region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
manufacturing
ⓘ
petroleum refining ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | mixed residential and industrial ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | village president and trustees ⓘ |
| hasRiverProximity |
Mississippi River floodplain
ⓘ
Missouri River floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | village ⓘ |
| isInRegion | Metro East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedNorthOf | St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNamedAfter | Hartford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | United States Census Bureau defined places in Illinois ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with early American exploration
ⓘ
association with early American industry ⓘ proximity to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Madison County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
East Alton, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ Wood River, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers ⓘ |
| locatedOn | American Bottom floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Lewis and Clark State Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater St. Louis metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 62048 ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
| transportationAccess |
Illinois Route 111
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois Route 3 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: Hartford, Illinois Description of subject: Hartford, Illinois is a small village in Madison County known historically for its proximity to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and its association with early American exploration and industry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Roxana, Illinois