Sparta, Illinois
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Sparta, Illinois is a small city in Randolph County known for serving as the real-life filming location that stood in for the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi, in the television series "In the Heat of the Night."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sparta, Illinois canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10719826 — 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: Sparta, Illinois Context triple: [Sparta, Mississippi, portrayedByRealLocation, Sparta, Illinois]
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A.
Seneca, Illinois
Seneca, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois situated along the Illinois River, known historically for its role in World War II shipbuilding.
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B.
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.
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C.
Palatine, Illinois
Palatine, Illinois is a suburban village northwest of Chicago known for its residential communities, schools, and access to regional transportation.
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D.
Athens, Illinois
Athens, Illinois is a small city in Menard County that functions as part of the greater Springfield, Illinois region.
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E.
Homer, Illinois
Homer, Illinois is a small rural village located in eastern Illinois within the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.
- 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: Sparta, Illinois Target entity description: Sparta, Illinois is a small city in Randolph County known for serving as the real-life filming location that stood in for the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi, in the television series "In the Heat of the Night."
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A.
Seneca, Illinois
Seneca, Illinois is a small village in northeastern Illinois situated along the Illinois River, known historically for its role in World War II shipbuilding.
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B.
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.
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C.
Palatine, Illinois
Palatine, Illinois is a suburban village northwest of Chicago known for its residential communities, schools, and access to regional transportation.
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D.
Athens, Illinois
Athens, Illinois is a small city in Menard County that functions as part of the greater Springfield, Illinois region.
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E.
Homer, Illinois
Homer, Illinois is a small rural village located in eastern Illinois within the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | State of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| county | Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 618 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasDemographicCharacteristic | small population size ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture in surrounding area
ⓘ
light industry ⓘ local retail and services ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic downtown area
ⓘ
local businesses ⓘ residential neighborhoods ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCounterpart | Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasLatitudeApprox | 38.1° N ⓘ |
| hasLongitudeApprox | 89.7° W ⓘ |
| hasMediaAssociation | "In the Heat of the Night" television series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | City of Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 4,000–5,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 62286 ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Southern Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | city ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionName | Randolph County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionName1 | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionType | county ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionType1 | state ⓘ |
| isAccessibleVia | Illinois state highways ⓘ |
| isFilmingLocationOf | In the Heat of the Night (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
serving as filming location for the television series "In the Heat of the Night"
ⓘ
small-city character in rural southern Illinois ⓘ |
| isLocatedInRegion | United States Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLocatedNear | Mississippi River region of southern Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Randolph County, Illinois micropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | articles about filming locations of "In the Heat of the Night" ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalLocation | Sparta, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
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surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sparta, Illinois Description of subject: Sparta, Illinois is a small city in Randolph County known for serving as the real-life filming location that stood in for the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi, in the television series "In the Heat of the Night."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sparta, Mississippi