Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
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Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States, is a small town in the Mississippi Delta best known as the birthplace of legendary blues musician B.B. King.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Itta Bena, Mississippi | 5 |
| Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States canonical | 2 |
| City government of Itta Bena | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T209850 — 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: Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States Context triple: [B. B. King, placeOfBirth, Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States]
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A.
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi is the capital and largest city of Mississippi, historically significant as a major center of activism and conflict during the American civil rights movement.
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B.
Hueytown, Alabama
Hueytown, Alabama is a suburban city in Jefferson County known for its ties to the Birmingham area and its rich stock car racing heritage.
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C.
Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Monroe, Louisiana, United States, is a city in northeastern Louisiana known as a regional hub for commerce, education, and culture along the Ouachita River.
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D.
Helena, Alabama
Helena, Alabama is a suburban city in central Alabama known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, strong schools, and proximity to Birmingham.
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E.
Fairfield, Alabama
Fairfield, Alabama is a small city in Jefferson County that functions as a residential and industrial suburb of Birmingham within central Alabama.
- 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: Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States Target entity description: Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States, is a small town in the Mississippi Delta best known as the birthplace of legendary blues musician B.B. King.
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A.
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi is the capital and largest city of Mississippi, historically significant as a major center of activism and conflict during the American civil rights movement.
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B.
Hueytown, Alabama
Hueytown, Alabama is a suburban city in Jefferson County known for its ties to the Birmingham area and its rich stock car racing heritage.
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C.
Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Monroe, Louisiana, United States, is a city in northeastern Louisiana known as a regional hub for commerce, education, and culture along the Ouachita River.
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D.
Helena, Alabama
Helena, Alabama is a suburban city in central Alabama known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, strong schools, and proximity to Birmingham.
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E.
Fairfield, Alabama
Fairfield, Alabama is a small city in Jefferson County that functions as a residential and industrial suburb of Birmingham within central Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
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town ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countrySubdivision | Southern United States ⓘ |
| county | Leflore County ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 128 feet ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
City government of Itta Bena
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| hasArea | approximately 1.6 square miles ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode | 662 ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | Delta blues tradition ⓘ |
| hasDemographics | predominantly African American population ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | agriculture-related economy ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Mississippi Valley State University (nearby, at Itta Bena address) ⓘ |
| hasFIPSCode | 28-35260 ⓘ |
| hasGNISFeatureID | 692552 ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | Mayor–board of aldermen ⓘ |
| hasLandUse | primarily residential and agricultural surroundings ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | approximately 33.495° N ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | approximately 90.322° W ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson |
B. B. King
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surface form:
B.B. King
|
| hasPopulation | small population ⓘ |
| hasPostalCode | 38941 ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | city ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | local roads connecting to Greenwood and Indianola ⓘ |
| inFederalCongressionalDistrict | Mississippi's 2nd congressional district ⓘ |
| isInCountySeatOf | Leflore County (county seat is Greenwood, not Itta Bena) ⓘ |
| isInRegion | Deep South ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn | northwestern Mississippi ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Leflore County
ⓘ
surface form:
Leflore County, Mississippi
|
| isServedBy |
U.S. Route 82
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surface form:
U.S. Highway 82
|
| knownFor | being the birthplace of B.B. King ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mississippi River Delta region
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Delta
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| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
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surface form:
Greenwood, Mississippi
Yazoo River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | U.S. Route 82 ⓘ |
| namedFor | Choctaw phrase meaning "forest camp" or "home in the woods" ⓘ |
| partOf | Greenwood micropolitan area ⓘ |
| region |
Mississippi River Delta region
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surface form:
Mississippi Delta
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| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central Daylight Time ⓘ |
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: Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States Description of subject: Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States, is a small town in the Mississippi Delta best known as the birthplace of legendary blues musician B.B. King.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
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birthPlace
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Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
B.B. King
this entity surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi
Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
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governingBody
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Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi
this entity surface form:
City government of Itta Bena
Mississippi Valley State University (nearby, at Itta Bena address)
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locatedIn
→
Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
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subject surface form:
Mississippi Valley State University
this entity surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi
this entity surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi
Leflore County, Mississippi, United States
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hasJurisdiction
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Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
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subject surface form:
Leflore County, Mississippi
this entity surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils and Devilettes
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city
→
Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
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this entity surface form:
Itta Bena, Mississippi