Haddonfield, Illinois
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Haddonfield, Illinois is a fictional Midwestern town best known as the primary setting of John Carpenter’s Halloween horror film franchise and the home of serial killer Michael Myers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haddonfield, Illinois canonical | 5 |
| Haddonfield, Illinois (fictional) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10973578 — 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: Haddonfield, Illinois Context triple: [Michael Myers, fictionalBirthplace, Haddonfield, Illinois]
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A.
Haddonfield
Haddonfield is a historic suburban borough in Camden County, New Jersey, known for its charming downtown, colonial-era architecture, and strong community character.
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B.
Downers Grove, Illinois
Downers Grove, Illinois is a suburban village west of Chicago known for its commuter-friendly location, strong schools, and mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial districts.
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C.
Northfield, Illinois
Northfield, Illinois is a small, affluent suburban village on Chicago’s North Shore known for its residential character and high quality of life.
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D.
Hinsdale, Illinois
Hinsdale, Illinois is an affluent suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic homes, highly rated schools, and picturesque downtown.
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E.
Plainfield, Illinois
Plainfield, Illinois is a rapidly growing suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and family-oriented residential communities.
- 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: Haddonfield, Illinois Target entity description: Haddonfield, Illinois is a fictional Midwestern town best known as the primary setting of John Carpenter’s Halloween horror film franchise and the home of serial killer Michael Myers.
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A.
Haddonfield
Haddonfield is a historic suburban borough in Camden County, New Jersey, known for its charming downtown, colonial-era architecture, and strong community character.
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B.
Downers Grove, Illinois
Downers Grove, Illinois is a suburban village west of Chicago known for its commuter-friendly location, strong schools, and mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial districts.
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C.
Northfield, Illinois
Northfield, Illinois is a small, affluent suburban village on Chicago’s North Shore known for its residential character and high quality of life.
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D.
Hinsdale, Illinois
Hinsdale, Illinois is an affluent suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic homes, highly rated schools, and picturesque downtown.
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E.
Plainfield, Illinois
Plainfield, Illinois is a rapidly growing suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and family-oriented residential communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Halloween (1978 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halloween (2007 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween (2018 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween Ends NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween H20: 20 Years Later NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween II (1981 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween II (2009 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween Kills NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween: Resurrection NERFINISHED ⓘ Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Dr. Samuel Loomis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurie Strode NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Halloween (1978 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Halloween NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasFictionalHolidayEvent | Halloween night murders ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInstitution |
Haddonfield High School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haddonfield Memorial Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ Smith's Grove Sanitarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLandmark |
Myers house
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strode residence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLawEnforcement | Haddonfield Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStreet | Lampkin Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme | suburban horror ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Haddonfield, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfSetting | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| medium |
comic books
ⓘ
film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being home of Michael Myers
ⓘ
serial killings by Michael Myers ⓘ |
| partOf | Halloween franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | Halloween franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | American suburb ⓘ |
| timeOfPrimaryEvents | Halloween night ⓘ |
| usedAsSettingFor | slasher films ⓘ |
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: Haddonfield, Illinois Description of subject: Haddonfield, Illinois is a fictional Midwestern town best known as the primary setting of John Carpenter’s Halloween horror film franchise and the home of serial killer Michael Myers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Haddonfield, Illinois (fictional)
subject surface form:
Halloween (2007 film)