Scottsboro

E108521

city

Scottsboro is a small city in northeastern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and as the site of the historic Scottsboro Boys trials.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Scottsboro, Alabama	9
Scottsboro canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T820577 — 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: Scottsboro
Context triple: [Alabama, containsCity, Scottsboro]

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.
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.
C. Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer, Alabama is an industrial city in Jefferson County that forms part of the greater Birmingham region in central Alabama.
D. Vincent, Alabama
Vincent, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama known for its rural character and location within the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
E. Gadsden, Alabama
Gadsden, Alabama is a small industrial city in northeastern Alabama known historically for its manufacturing plants and labor history.
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: Scottsboro
Target entity description: Scottsboro is a small city in northeastern Alabama known for its location along the Tennessee River and as the site of the historic Scottsboro Boys trials.

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.
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.
C. Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer, Alabama is an industrial city in Jefferson County that forms part of the greater Birmingham region in central Alabama.
D. Kingston, Alabama
Kingston, Alabama is an unincorporated rural community located in Shelby County in the central part of the state.
E. Vincent, Alabama
Vincent, Alabama is a small town in central Alabama known for its rural character and location within the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	256 ⓘ 938 ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama ⓘ Powell v. Alabama ⓘ surface form: U.S. Supreme Court cases Powell v. Alabama civil rights history in the United States ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demographicsCharacteristic	small city population size ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 200 meters ⓘ approximately 650 feet ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent	Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Scottsboro City Schools ⓘ
hasLandmark	Jackson County Courthouse ⓘ Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center ⓘ Unclaimed Baggage Center ⓘ
hasRecreation	boating on Tennessee River ⓘ fishing on Tennessee River ⓘ outdoor activities at nearby Lake Guntersville ⓘ
knownFor	Powell v. Alabama ⓘ surface form: Scottsboro Boys trials historic courthouse associated with Scottsboro Boys cases ⓘ proximity to Tennessee River ⓘ
locatedIn	Alabama ⓘ Jackson County, Alabama ⓘ
locatedInPhysiographicRegion	Appalachian foothills ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern Alabama ⓘ
locatedInWatershed	Tennessee Valley ⓘ surface form: Tennessee River basin
locatedNear	Guntersville Lake ⓘ Lake Guntersville State Park ⓘ
locatedOn	Tennessee River ⓘ
namedAfter	Robert Scott ⓘ
partOf	Jackson County, Alabama ⓘ Alabama ⓘ surface form: State of Alabama United States South ⓘ
postalCode	35768 ⓘ 35769 ⓘ
regionCode	Alabama ⓘ surface form: US-AL
role	county seat of Jackson County, Alabama ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time
transportInfrastructure	Alabama State Route 35 ⓘ U.S. Route 72 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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