Maroa, Illinois, United States
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Maroa, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of notorious Chicago mobster and bootlegger Dean O’Banion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maroa, Illinois, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12439737 — 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: Maroa, Illinois, United States Context triple: [Dean O’Banion, placeOfBirth, Maroa, Illinois, United States]
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A.
Morrison, Illinois, United States
Morrison, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Robert A. Millikan.
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B.
Mokena, Illinois
Mokena, Illinois is a suburban village southwest of Chicago known for its residential communities, good schools, and location within Will County’s growing metropolitan area.
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C.
Ursa, Illinois
Ursa, Illinois is a small rural village in western Illinois situated along the Mississippi River in Adams County.
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D.
Mazon, Illinois
Mazon, Illinois is a small village in Grundy County known for its rural character and proximity to fossil-rich geological formations.
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E.
McLeansboro, Illinois, United States
McLeansboro, Illinois, United States, is a small rural city in Hamilton County best known as the hometown of Hall of Fame NBA player and coach Jerry Sloan.
- 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: Maroa, Illinois, United States Target entity description: Maroa, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern town best known as the birthplace of notorious Chicago mobster and bootlegger Dean O’Banion.
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A.
Morrison, Illinois, United States
Morrison, Illinois, United States is a small Midwestern city best known as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Robert A. Millikan.
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B.
Mokena, Illinois
Mokena, Illinois is a suburban village southwest of Chicago known for its residential communities, good schools, and location within Will County’s growing metropolitan area.
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C.
Ursa, Illinois
Ursa, Illinois is a small rural village in western Illinois situated along the Mississippi River in Adams County.
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D.
Mazon, Illinois
Mazon, Illinois is a small village in Grundy County known for its rural character and proximity to fossil-rich geological formations.
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E.
McLeansboro, Illinois, United States
McLeansboro, Illinois, United States, is a small rural city in Hamilton County best known as the hometown of Hall of Fame NBA player and coach Jerry Sloan.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.