Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States

E498033

city

Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States, is a small city in northwestern Pennsylvania known as the birthplace of actress Sharon Stone and as the home of Allegheny College.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Meadville, Pennsylvania	2
Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5142652 — 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: Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States
Context triple: [Sharon Stone, placeOfBirth, Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States]

A. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Wilkes-Barre is a small industrial city in northeastern Pennsylvania known historically for its coal mining heritage and location in the Wyoming Valley along the Susquehanna River.
B. St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Marys is a small city in north-central Pennsylvania known for its industrial roots, particularly in powdered metal manufacturing, and its location within the state’s forested Elk County region.
C. McMurray, Pennsylvania
McMurray, Pennsylvania is a suburban community in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods and location within Peters Township.
D. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States is a small industrial city in western Pennsylvania known for its steel-making history and as the hometown of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath.
E. Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States
Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States, is a small borough in Dauphin County best known as the oldest incorporated community in the county and for its proximity to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station.
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: Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States
Target entity description: Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States, is a small city in northwestern Pennsylvania known as the birthplace of actress Sharon Stone and as the home of Allegheny College.

A. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Wilkes-Barre is a small industrial city in northeastern Pennsylvania known historically for its coal mining heritage and location in the Wyoming Valley along the Susquehanna River.
B. St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Marys is a small city in north-central Pennsylvania known for its industrial roots, particularly in powdered metal manufacturing, and its location within the state’s forested Elk County region.
C. McMurray, Pennsylvania
McMurray, Pennsylvania is a suburban community in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods and location within Peters Township.
D. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States is a small industrial city in western Pennsylvania known for its steel-making history and as the hometown of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath.
E. Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States
Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States, is a small borough in Dauphin County best known as the oldest incorporated community in the county and for its proximity to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countrySubdivision	Northeastern United States ⓘ
county	Crawford County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	David Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCode	814 ⓘ
hasCollegeOrUniversity	Allegheny College NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Allegheny College NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	Allegheny College campus NERFINISHED ⓘ historic downtown ⓘ
hasNotablePerson	Clark G. Kuebler NERFINISHED ⓘ George Washington Cullum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida M. Tarbell NERFINISHED ⓘ James W. Brown II NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. McIlhenny NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Farley NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Kephart NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Reynolds Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Reynolds Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Riddle NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Wadsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Wetzel NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Witherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Young NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Zimmerman NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Zook NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Harroun NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert L. Thoburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharon Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Todd Erdos NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernon O. Underwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernon S. Broderick NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	16335 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Crawford County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of Sharon Stone ⓘ home of Allegheny College ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	French Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor	David Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	Eastern Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Crawford County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharon Stone → placeOfBirth → Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ

Interstate 79 → passesThrough → Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meadville, Pennsylvania

Allegheny College → locatedIn → Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ