Notasulga, Alabama
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Notasulga, Alabama is a small rural town in Macon and Lee counties best known as the birthplace of renowned author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Notasulga, Alabama canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2624030 — 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: Notasulga, Alabama Context triple: [Zora Neale Hurston, birthPlace, Notasulga, Alabama]
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A.
Waugh, Alabama
Waugh, Alabama is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County known for its rural character and location along U.S. Route 80 east of Montgomery.
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B.
Ragland, Alabama
Ragland, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama known for its rural character and location within the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
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C.
Westover, Alabama
Westover, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama that forms part of the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
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D.
Rosa, Alabama
Rosa, Alabama is a small town located in Blount County in the northern part of the state.
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E.
Steele, Alabama
Steele, Alabama is a small town in northeastern Alabama known for its rural character and location within St. Clair County.
- 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: Notasulga, Alabama Target entity description: Notasulga, Alabama is a small rural town in Macon and Lee counties best known as the birthplace of renowned author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
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A.
Waugh, Alabama
Waugh, Alabama is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County known for its rural character and location along U.S. Route 80 east of Montgomery.
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B.
Ragland, Alabama
Ragland, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama known for its rural character and location within the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
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C.
Westover, Alabama
Westover, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama that forms part of the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
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D.
Rosa, Alabama
Rosa, Alabama is a small town located in Blount County in the northern part of the state.
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E.
Steele, Alabama
Steele, Alabama is a small town in northeastern Alabama known for its rural character and location within St. Clair County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
person ⓘ town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 334 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Notasulga, Alabama self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Lee County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Macon County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 01-55232 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0153160 ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasLatitude | approximately 32.553° N ⓘ |
| hasLongitude | approximately 85.667° W ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | town ⓘ |
| isRural | true ⓘ |
| knownFor | birthplace of Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Lee County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Macon County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInRegion | eastern Alabama ⓘ |
| namedFor | local Native American term (likely Creek origin) ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
ⓘ
author ⓘ |
| partOf | Auburn-Opelika metropolitan area ⓘ |
| populationCensusYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| postalCode | 36866 ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Notasulga, Alabama Description of subject: Notasulga, Alabama is a small rural town in Macon and Lee counties best known as the birthplace of renowned author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zora Neale Hurston
subject surface form:
Macon County, Alabama
subject surface form:
Zora Neale Hurston