Broad Street, Selma, Alabama
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Broad Street in Selma, Alabama is a historic thoroughfare in the city’s downtown, closely associated with the civil rights movement and key sites such as the Selma Interpretive Center and the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Broad Street, Selma, Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2664011 — 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: Broad Street, Selma, Alabama Context triple: [Selma Interpretive Center, locatedIn, Broad Street, Selma, Alabama]
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Southern Boulevard
Southern Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, known for running alongside landmarks such as the Bronx Zoo.
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B.
Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.
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C.
Beale Street
Beale Street is a historic entertainment district in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, famed for its live blues music, nightlife, and central role in the city’s cultural and musical heritage.
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D.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a historic steel-arch bridge in Selma, Alabama, best known as the site of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” attack on civil rights marchers, a pivotal moment in the American civil rights movement.
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E.
Bull Street
Bull Street is a historic north–south thoroughfare in Savannah, Georgia, known for running through the city's central squares and forming part of its iconic urban layout.
- 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: Broad Street, Selma, Alabama Target entity description: Broad Street in Selma, Alabama is a historic thoroughfare in the city’s downtown, closely associated with the civil rights movement and key sites such as the Selma Interpretive Center and the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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A.
Southern Boulevard
Southern Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, known for running alongside landmarks such as the Bronx Zoo.
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B.
Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.
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C.
Beale Street
Beale Street is a historic entertainment district in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, famed for its live blues music, nightlife, and central role in the city’s cultural and musical heritage.
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D.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a historic steel-arch bridge in Selma, Alabama, best known as the site of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” attack on civil rights marchers, a pivotal moment in the American civil rights movement.
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E.
Bull Street
Bull Street is a historic north–south thoroughfare in Savannah, Georgia, known for running through the city's central squares and forming part of its iconic urban layout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic thoroughfare
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street ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American civil rights movement
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Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ voting rights movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
annual civil rights memorial events in Selma
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commemorations of Bloody Sunday ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ |
| formsAxisOf |
Selma Historic District
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surface form:
Selma downtown business district
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| governedBy |
Selma City Council
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surface form:
City of Selma government
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| hasCharacteristic |
historic
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urban ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
commercial corridor
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transportation corridor ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
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surface form:
Brown Chapel AME Church
Dallas County Courthouse ⓘ Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ Selma Interpretive Center ⓘ Selma Riverfront Park ⓘ historic commercial buildings ⓘ historic storefronts ⓘ interpretive markers related to civil rights history ⓘ parking areas serving Edmund Pettus Bridge visitors ⓘ restaurants and local businesses ⓘ visitor services for Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail ⓘ |
| isAccessRouteTo |
Edmund Pettus Bridge
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Selma Interpretive Center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Dallas County, Alabama ⓘ Selma, Alabama ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| notableFor |
proximity to key civil rights landmarks
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role in civil rights tourism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Selma Historic District
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surface form:
Selma historic core
downtown Selma ⓘ |
| terminatesNear | Alabama River ⓘ |
| tourismFocus | civil rights heritage tourism ⓘ |
| transportationType | urban arterial road ⓘ |
| usedFor |
parades and public demonstrations
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pedestrian access to downtown Selma ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Broad Street, Selma, Alabama Description of subject: Broad Street in Selma, Alabama is a historic thoroughfare in the city’s downtown, closely associated with the civil rights movement and key sites such as the Selma Interpretive Center and the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Referenced by (1)
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