McAlester, Oklahoma, United States

E594431

city

McAlester is a small city in southeastern Oklahoma best known as the birthplace of country music star Reba McEntire and as a regional economic and cultural hub.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
McAlester, Oklahoma	5
McAlester, Oklahoma, United States canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6395217 — 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: McAlester, Oklahoma, United States
Context triple: [Reba McEntire, placeOfBirth, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States]

A. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States is a city in southwestern Oklahoma known for its proximity to Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
B. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, known for its energy industry, cowboy culture, and role as a major economic and cultural center in the region.
C. Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Tulsa is a major city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic oil industry, distinctive Art Deco architecture, and role as a cultural and economic hub of the region.
D. Vinita, Oklahoma
Vinita, Oklahoma is a small northeastern Oklahoma city known historically as a railroad and cattle town and for its location along major transportation routes including highways and rail lines.
E. Muskogee, Oklahoma
Muskogee, Oklahoma is a city in eastern Oklahoma known historically as a regional commercial and transportation hub and for its role in Native American and frontier history.
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: McAlester, Oklahoma, United States
Target entity description: McAlester is a small city in southeastern Oklahoma best known as the birthplace of country music star Reba McEntire and as a regional economic and cultural hub.

A. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States is a city in southwestern Oklahoma known for its proximity to Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
B. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, known for its energy industry, cowboy culture, and role as a major economic and cultural center in the region.
C. Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Tulsa is a major city in northeastern Oklahoma known for its historic oil industry, distinctive Art Deco architecture, and role as a cultural and economic hub of the region.
D. Vinita, Oklahoma
Vinita, Oklahoma is a small northeastern Oklahoma city known historically as a railroad and cattle town and for its location along major transportation routes including highways and rail lines.
E. Muskogee, Oklahoma
Muskogee, Oklahoma is a city in eastern Oklahoma known historically as a regional commercial and transportation hub and for its role in Native American and frontier history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countrySubdivision	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countySeatOf	Pittsburg County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	McAlester Regional Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCode	539 ⓘ 918 ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	corrections and government services ⓘ energy industry ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	McAlester Public Schools NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFacility	McAlester Army Ammunition Plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	historic downtown district ⓘ regional shopping and services center ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasHistoricRole	coal mining center in Indian Territory ⓘ railroad hub in southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
hasPopulationRange	between 15,000 and 25,000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasPostalCode	74501 ⓘ
hasTransportation	Oklahoma State Highway 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma State Highway 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 270 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 69 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf	Reba McEntire NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRegionalCenterFor	southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
isServedBy	BNSF Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of Reba McEntire ⓘ regional cultural hub in southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ regional economic hub in southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedIn	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma jurisdictional area NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburg County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Great Plains region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Eufaula NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	James Jackson McAlester NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyInstitution	Oklahoma State Penitentiary NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburg County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
region	southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
state	Oklahoma ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Daylight Time

How these facts were elicited