New Martinsville, West Virginia
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New Martinsville, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River that serves as the county seat of Wetzel County and a local hub for commerce and industry in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Martinsville, West Virginia canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4253382 — 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: New Martinsville, West Virginia Context triple: [West Virginia Route 20, northernTerminusNear, New Martinsville, West Virginia]
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A.
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Martinsburg, West Virginia is a small historic city in the eastern panhandle of the state, known as a regional hub for transportation, commerce, and access to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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B.
Maysville, West Virginia
Maysville, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community that serves as the county seat of Grant County in the eastern part of the state.
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C.
Hinton, West Virginia
Hinton, West Virginia is a small historic city in Summers County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the New River Gorge region, including the nearby Bluestone National Scenic River.
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D.
Marlinton, West Virginia
Marlinton, West Virginia is a small town in Pocahontas County known as a gateway to the Monongahela National Forest and the outdoor recreation of the Allegheny Mountains.
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E.
Williamson, West Virginia
Williamson, West Virginia is a small city in the Appalachian region known historically as a coal-mining community and commercial hub along the Tug Fork River.
- 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: New Martinsville, West Virginia Target entity description: New Martinsville, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River that serves as the county seat of Wetzel County and a local hub for commerce and industry in the region.
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A.
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Martinsburg, West Virginia is a small historic city in the eastern panhandle of the state, known as a regional hub for transportation, commerce, and access to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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B.
Maysville, West Virginia
Maysville, West Virginia is a small unincorporated community that serves as the county seat of Grant County in the eastern part of the state.
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C.
Hinton, West Virginia
Hinton, West Virginia is a small historic city in Summers County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the New River Gorge region, including the nearby Bluestone National Scenic River.
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D.
Marlinton, West Virginia
Marlinton, West Virginia is a small town in Pocahontas County known as a gateway to the Monongahela National Forest and the outdoor recreation of the Allegheny Mountains.
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E.
Williamson, West Virginia
Williamson, West Virginia is a small city in the Appalachian region known historically as a coal-mining community and commercial hub along the Tug Fork River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
county seat ⓘ |
| areaCode |
304
ⓘ
681 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ohio (across the Ohio River)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Wetzel County ⓘ |
| daylightSavingTimeZone |
Eastern Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Time Zone
|
| geographicFeature | riverfront community ⓘ |
| governmentType | municipal government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | small city ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
industry ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administrative center of Wetzel County
ⓘ
local commercial hub ⓘ local industrial hub ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Wetzel County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Appalachian region of the United States
ⓘ
Ohio River Valley ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio River basin
United States Census Bureau definition of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (historically associated regionally) ⓘ Wetzel County, West Virginia ⓘ northern West Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Ohio River ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian region ⓘ |
| postalCode | 26155 ⓘ |
| region | Ohio River Valley industrial corridor ⓘ |
| riverBank | east bank of the Ohio River ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| transportRole | regional trade center along the Ohio River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Martinsville, West Virginia Description of subject: New Martinsville, West Virginia is a small city along the Ohio River that serves as the county seat of Wetzel County and a local hub for commerce and industry in the region.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.