St. Stephens
E98090
St. Stephens is a historic former territorial capital and early 19th-century settlement in what is now Alabama, known for its role in the region’s frontier and political history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Stephens canonical | 2 |
| Old St. Stephens Historical Park | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T820520 — 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: St. Stephens Context triple: [Alabama, previousCapital, St. Stephens]
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A.
Holy Cross Cathedral
Holy Cross Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic church and religious landmark located in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its grand Gothic Revival architecture built entirely of granite.
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C.
Cathedral Park
Cathedral Park is a scenic riverside park in Portland, Oregon, known for its dramatic Gothic-style bridge supports of the St. Johns Bridge and popular for picnics, events, and waterfront views.
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D.
St Joseph’s Cathedral
St Joseph’s Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and historic landmark located in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
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E.
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist is the principal Roman Catholic cathedral of Lima, Peru, renowned for its historic architecture and role as the seat of the city's archbishop.
- 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: St. Stephens Target entity description: St. Stephens is a historic former territorial capital and early 19th-century settlement in what is now Alabama, known for its role in the region’s frontier and political history.
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A.
Holy Cross Cathedral
Holy Cross Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic church and religious landmark located in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.
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B.
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its grand Gothic Revival architecture built entirely of granite.
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C.
Cathedral Park
Cathedral Park is a scenic riverside park in Portland, Oregon, known for its dramatic Gothic-style bridge supports of the St. Johns Bridge and popular for picnics, events, and waterfront views.
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D.
St Joseph’s Cathedral
St Joseph’s Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral and historic landmark located in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
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E.
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
The Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist is the principal Roman Catholic cathedral of Lima, Peru, renowned for its historic architecture and role as the seat of the city's archbishop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early 19th-century settlement
ⓘ
former territorial capital ⓘ historic town site ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Alabama Territory ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declinePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| endTimeAsCapital | 1819 ⓘ |
| founded | early 19th century ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringPeak | territorial town government ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSignificance | yes ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse |
heritage tourism site
ⓘ
historic park area ⓘ |
| hasEconomicBasisHistorically |
frontier commerce
ⓘ
river trade ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | historic site ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
St. Stephens
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Old St. Stephens Historical Park
|
| hasSettlementType | ghost town ⓘ |
| historicalJurisdiction |
Alabama Territory
ⓘ
Mississippi Territory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
frontier history
ⓘ
political history in the Alabama region ⓘ role in early territorial government ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Washington County, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tombigbee River ⓘ |
| partOf | Mississippi Territory ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| role | territorial capital of Alabama Territory ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | frontier era of the southeastern United States ⓘ |
| startTimeAsCapital | 1817 ⓘ |
| transportationRoute | river transport on the Tombigbee River ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
| wasReplacedAsCapitalBy | Cahaba ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: St. Stephens Description of subject: St. Stephens is a historic former territorial capital and early 19th-century settlement in what is now Alabama, known for its role in the region’s frontier and political history.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old St. Stephens Historical Park