McAlester

E63403

city human settlement

McAlester is a regional hub city in southeastern Oklahoma known for its role as a commercial center and for housing the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
McAlester, Oklahoma	5
McAlester canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T497778 — 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: McAlester
Context triple: [eastern Oklahoma, hasMajorCity, McAlester]

A. Lawton
Lawton is a mid-sized city in southwestern Oklahoma known as a regional economic and cultural center near Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains.
B. Shattuck, Oklahoma
Shattuck, Oklahoma is a small town in northwestern Oklahoma known for its rural character and historic windmill park.
C. Muskogee
Muskogee is a city in eastern Oklahoma known historically as a regional center for Native American culture, rail transport, and river commerce along the Arkansas River.
D. Enid
Enid is a feminine given name of Welsh origin, traditionally associated with meanings like "soul" or "life."
E. Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas, historically significant as the community at the center of the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
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: McAlester
Target entity description: McAlester is a regional hub city in southeastern Oklahoma known for its role as a commercial center and for housing the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

A. Lawton
Lawton is a mid-sized city in southwestern Oklahoma known as a regional economic and cultural center near Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains.
B. Shattuck, Oklahoma
Shattuck, Oklahoma is a small town in northwestern Oklahoma known for its rural character and historic windmill park.
C. Muskogee
Muskogee is a city in eastern Oklahoma known historically as a regional center for Native American culture, rail transport, and river commerce along the Arkansas River.
D. Enid
Enid is a feminine given name of Welsh origin, traditionally associated with meanings like "soul" or "life."
E. Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas, historically significant as the community at the center of the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Oklahoma State Penitentiary ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countrySubdivision	U.S. state of Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: State of Oklahoma
governmentJurisdiction	Pittsburg County government ⓘ
hasFunction	regional trade center ⓘ service center for surrounding rural areas ⓘ
hasIndustry	corrections-related employment ⓘ energy-related activities ⓘ retail trade ⓘ services ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	lakes and reservoirs in southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
hasPostalCodeType	ZIP code ⓘ
knownFor	Oklahoma State Penitentiary ⓘ
locatedIn	Oklahoma ⓘ Pittsburg County, Oklahoma ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ surface form: U.S. Great Plains region United States Midwest-South transition zone ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: United States South
partOf	southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
roadAccess	served by U.S. highways ⓘ
role	commercial center ⓘ regional hub city ⓘ
state	Oklahoma ⓘ
timeZone	America/Chicago ⓘ Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportationRole	regional transportation hub ⓘ

How these facts were elicited