Corinth, Mississippi
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Corinth, Mississippi is a historic city in northeastern Mississippi known for its strategic railroad junction and pivotal role in several American Civil War campaigns.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corinth, Mississippi canonical | 4 |
| Corinth, Mississippi, United States | 1 |
| Corinth, Mississippi, rail junction | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5720776 — 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: Corinth, Mississippi Context triple: [Corinth campaign, location, Corinth, Mississippi]
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A.
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Mississippi is a historic city in eastern Mississippi known for its well-preserved antebellum architecture and role as a regional educational and cultural center.
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B.
Cleveland, Mississippi
Cleveland, Mississippi is a small city in the Mississippi Delta region known for its educational institutions, including Delta State University, and its rich blues and cultural heritage.
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C.
Pearlington, Mississippi
Pearlington, Mississippi is a small unincorporated community in Hancock County near the Louisiana border, known for its proximity to NASA’s Stennis Space Center and the Pearl River.
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D.
Canton, Mississippi
Canton, Mississippi is a small historic city in central Mississippi known for its preserved courthouse square, role as a regional filming location, and annual cultural festivals.
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E.
Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi is a historic city in eastern Mississippi known as a regional transportation hub and cultural center.
- 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: Corinth, Mississippi Target entity description: Corinth, Mississippi is a historic city in northeastern Mississippi known for its strategic railroad junction and pivotal role in several American Civil War campaigns.
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A.
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Mississippi is a historic city in eastern Mississippi known for its well-preserved antebellum architecture and role as a regional educational and cultural center.
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B.
Cleveland, Mississippi
Cleveland, Mississippi is a small city in the Mississippi Delta region known for its educational institutions, including Delta State University, and its rich blues and cultural heritage.
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C.
Pearlington, Mississippi
Pearlington, Mississippi is a small unincorporated community in Hancock County near the Louisiana border, known for its proximity to NASA’s Stennis Space Center and the Pearl River.
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D.
Canton, Mississippi
Canton, Mississippi is a small historic city in central Mississippi known for its preserved courthouse square, role as a regional filming location, and annual cultural festivals.
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E.
Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi is a historic city in eastern Mississippi known as a regional transportation hub and cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality in Mississippi ⓘ populated place ⓘ |
| areaCode | 662 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | World Geodetic System 1984 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | United States South ⓘ |
| county | Alcorn County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAttraction |
Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corinth National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ historic downtown Corinth ⓘ |
| hasCulturalEvent | Crossroads Museum events ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Alcorn School District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corinth School District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | historic city ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Downtown Corinth Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
healthcare services
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Crossroads Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Corinth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siege of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ role in the American Civil War ⓘ strategic railroad junction ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Alcorn County, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
American South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Mississippi ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Shiloh National Military Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tennessee state line ⓘ |
| namedAfter | ancient city of Corinth in Greece ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alcorn County micropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American Civil War Western Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 38834 ⓘ |
| railroadJunctionOf |
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | county seat of Alcorn County, Mississippi ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Corinth (1862)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siege of Corinth (1862) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| state | Mississippi ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
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surface form:
Central Daylight Time
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| transportInfrastructure |
U.S. Route 45
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 72 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Corinth, Mississippi Description of subject: Corinth, Mississippi is a historic city in northeastern Mississippi known for its strategic railroad junction and pivotal role in several American Civil War campaigns.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corinth, Mississippi, rail junction
this entity surface form:
Corinth, Mississippi, United States