Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States
E405950
Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States is a small town best known as the birthplace of rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4019683 — 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: Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States Context triple: [Carl Perkins, placeOfBirth, Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States]
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A.
Townsend, Tennessee
Townsend, Tennessee is a small gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for its quiet, scenic atmosphere and outdoor recreation.
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B.
McMinnville, Tennessee, United States
McMinnville, Tennessee, United States, is a small city in Warren County known as the "Nursery Capital of the World" for its extensive plant nurseries and agricultural industry.
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C.
Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge, Tennessee is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grainger County.
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D.
Crossville, Tennessee, United States
Crossville is a small city on the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Tennessee, known as the "Golf Capital of Tennessee" and serving as a regional hub between Nashville and Knoxville.
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E.
Norris, Tennessee
Norris, Tennessee is a small planned city in eastern Tennessee originally built in the 1930s to house workers constructing the Norris Dam for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 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: Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States Target entity description: Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States is a small town best known as the birthplace of rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins.
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A.
Townsend, Tennessee
Townsend, Tennessee is a small gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for its quiet, scenic atmosphere and outdoor recreation.
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B.
McMinnville, Tennessee, United States
McMinnville, Tennessee, United States, is a small city in Warren County known as the "Nursery Capital of the World" for its extensive plant nurseries and agricultural industry.
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C.
Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge, Tennessee is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grainger County.
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D.
Crossville, Tennessee, United States
Crossville is a small city on the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Tennessee, known as the "Golf Capital of Tennessee" and serving as a regional hub between Nashville and Knoxville.
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E.
Norris, Tennessee
Norris, Tennessee is a small planned city in eastern Tennessee originally built in the 1930s to house workers constructing the Norris Dam for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 731 ⓘ |
| birthplaceOf | Carl Perkins ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision | Southern United States ⓘ |
| county | Lake County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy | local services and tourism related to Reelfoot Lake ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureClass | populated place ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–alderman government ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rural setting
ⓘ
small-town character ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | Carl Perkins ⓘ |
| is | county seat of Lake County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the birthplace of rockabilly musician Carl Perkins
ⓘ
proximity to Reelfoot Lake ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lake County, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
Tennessee ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Reelfoot Lake ⓘ |
| namedFor | Tipton family ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Tennessee
|
| postalCode | 38079 ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| timezone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timezoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States Description of subject: Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States is a small town best known as the birthplace of rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.