Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States
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Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States, is a small unincorporated coal-mining community in Raleigh County best known as the birthplace of soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21438450 — 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: Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States Context triple: [Bill Withers, placeOfBirth, Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States]
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Sandstone, West Virginia
Sandstone, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Summers County known for its proximity to the New River and the Sandstone Falls area of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
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Crab Orchard, West Virginia
Crab Orchard, West Virginia is an unincorporated community in southern West Virginia known historically for its coal mining and proximity to the city of Beckley.
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C.
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States, is a small city in north-central West Virginia known as the birthplace of Olympic gold medal–winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton.
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D.
Knob Fork, West Virginia
Knob Fork, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in Wetzel County in the northern part of the state.
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E.
Gap Mills, West Virginia
Gap Mills, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in Monroe County in the southeastern part of the state.
- 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: Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States Target entity description: Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States, is a small unincorporated coal-mining community in Raleigh County best known as the birthplace of soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers.
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A.
Sandstone, West Virginia
Sandstone, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community in Summers County known for its proximity to the New River and the Sandstone Falls area of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
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B.
Crab Orchard, West Virginia
Crab Orchard, West Virginia is an unincorporated community in southern West Virginia known historically for its coal mining and proximity to the city of Beckley.
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C.
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States, is a small city in north-central West Virginia known as the birthplace of Olympic gold medal–winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton.
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D.
Knob Fork, West Virginia
Knob Fork, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in Wetzel County in the northern part of the state.
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E.
Gap Mills, West Virginia
Gap Mills, West Virginia is a small unincorporated rural community located in Monroe County in the southeastern part of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.