Yorktown, Texas, United States
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Yorktown, Texas, United States is a small rural town in DeWitt County best known as the birthplace of Harlon Block, one of the U.S. Marines who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yorktown, Texas, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20176657 — 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: Yorktown, Texas, United States Context triple: [Harlon Block, placeOfBirth, Yorktown, Texas, United States]
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Mount Vernon, Texas, United States
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States is a small East Texas town best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
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Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States, is a historic Hill Country town known for its German heritage, wineries, and as the birthplace of World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
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C.
Roanoke, Texas, United States
Roanoke, Texas, United States, is a small city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and vibrant restaurant scene.
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D.
Bonham, Texas, United States
Bonham is a small city in northeastern Texas that serves as the county seat of Fannin County and is historically associated with longtime U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
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E.
Mount Vernon, Texas
Mount Vernon, Texas is a small town in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
- 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: Yorktown, Texas, United States Target entity description: Yorktown, Texas, United States is a small rural town in DeWitt County best known as the birthplace of Harlon Block, one of the U.S. Marines who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II.
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A.
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States
Mount Vernon, Texas, United States is a small East Texas town best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
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B.
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States, is a historic Hill Country town known for its German heritage, wineries, and as the birthplace of World War II Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
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C.
Roanoke, Texas, United States
Roanoke, Texas, United States, is a small city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area known for its historic downtown and vibrant restaurant scene.
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D.
Bonham, Texas, United States
Bonham is a small city in northeastern Texas that serves as the county seat of Fannin County and is historically associated with longtime U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
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E.
Mount Vernon, Texas
Mount Vernon, Texas is a small town in Franklin County best known as the birthplace of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and broadcaster Don Meredith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.