Lester, WV
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Lester, WV is a small town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, known for its roots in the region’s coal-mining and Appalachian heritage.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lester, WV canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14595858 — 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: Lester, WV Context triple: [Lester, hasAbbreviation, Lester, WV]
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A.
Lerona, West Virginia
Lerona, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in southern West Virginia.
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B.
Vance, West Virginia
Vance, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in rural Hampshire County in the Eastern Panhandle region of the state.
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C.
Sylvester, West Virginia
Sylvester, West Virginia is a small town located in the coal-mining region of southern West Virginia.
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D.
Lehew, West Virginia
Lehew, West Virginia is an unincorporated rural community located in Hampshire County in the eastern part of the state.
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E.
Talcott, West Virginia
Talcott, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Summers County best known for its association with the John Henry folk legend and its historic railroad tunnels.
- 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: Lester, WV Target entity description: Lester, WV is a small town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, known for its roots in the region’s coal-mining and Appalachian heritage.
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A.
Lerona, West Virginia
Lerona, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in southern West Virginia.
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B.
Vance, West Virginia
Vance, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community located in rural Hampshire County in the Eastern Panhandle region of the state.
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C.
Sylvester, West Virginia
Sylvester, West Virginia is a small town located in the coal-mining region of southern West Virginia.
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D.
Lehew, West Virginia
Lehew, West Virginia is an unincorporated rural community located in Hampshire County in the eastern part of the state.
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E.
Talcott, West Virginia
Talcott, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Summers County best known for its association with the John Henry folk legend and its historic railroad tunnels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.