Selma, North Carolina
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Selma, North Carolina is a small town in Johnston County known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and location along major transportation routes in eastern North Carolina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selma, North Carolina canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5206887 — 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: Selma, North Carolina Context triple: [Pine Level, nearbyCity, Selma, North Carolina]
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A.
Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.
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B.
Soul City, North Carolina
Soul City, North Carolina is a planned, majority-Black community in Warren County envisioned in the late 1960s and 1970s as a model of Black economic empowerment and self-determination.
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C.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia is an independent city in central Virginia best known as the home of the University of Virginia and the historic estate of Monticello.
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D.
Macon, North Carolina
Macon, North Carolina is a small town in Warren County known primarily as the namesake for the larger city of Macon, Georgia.
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E.
Blackville, South Carolina
Blackville, South Carolina is a small rural town in the South Carolina Midlands known historically for its railroad roots and nearby healing mineral springs.
- 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: Selma, North Carolina Target entity description: Selma, North Carolina is a small town in Johnston County known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and location along major transportation routes in eastern North Carolina.
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A.
Selma, Alabama
Selma, Alabama is a historic city best known as a pivotal center of the American civil rights movement, particularly for the 1965 voting rights marches.
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B.
Soul City, North Carolina
Soul City, North Carolina is a planned, majority-Black community in Warren County envisioned in the late 1960s and 1970s as a model of Black economic empowerment and self-determination.
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C.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia is an independent city in central Virginia best known as the home of the University of Virginia and the historic estate of Monticello.
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D.
Macon, North Carolina
Macon, North Carolina is a small town in Warren County known primarily as the namesake for the larger city of Macon, Georgia.
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E.
Blackville, South Carolina
Blackville, South Carolina is a small rural town in the South Carolina Midlands known historically for its railroad roots and nearby healing mineral springs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| areaCode |
919
ⓘ
984 ⓘ |
| category |
Populated places in Johnston County, North Carolina
ⓘ
Towns in North Carolina ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countrySubdivision |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Johnston County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FIPSCode | 37-59960 ⓘ |
| GNISFeatureID | 0994470 ⓘ |
| governmentType | council–manager government ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
light manufacturing
ⓘ
retail ⓘ transportation services ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict |
Downtown Selma Historic District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Selma Union Depot and Atlantic Coast Line Freight Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyHighwayInterchange | Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 70 interchange near Selma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailroadHeritage | true ⓘ |
| hasRailStation | Selma-Smithfield Amtrak station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Inland Coastal Plain of North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States South Atlantic states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic downtown
ⓘ
location along major transportation routes ⓘ railroad heritage ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| localEconomyInfluencedBy |
proximity to Interstate 95
ⓘ
railroad junctions ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Johnston County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | eastern North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Raleigh, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smithfield, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Battle of Selma (American Civil War) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Raleigh metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Research Triangle region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 27576 ⓘ |
| region | Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy | Amtrak ⓘ |
| servedByRailLine |
CSX Transportation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norfolk Southern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Eastern Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Daylight Time
|
| transportationCorridor |
Interstate 95
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 301 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Selma, North Carolina Description of subject: Selma, North Carolina is a small town in Johnston County known for its historic downtown, railroad heritage, and location along major transportation routes in eastern North Carolina.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.