Ashton, Alabama
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Ashton, Alabama is a fictional small Southern town that serves as the primary setting in the film and novel "Big Fish," where protagonist Edward Bloom grows up.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ashton, Alabama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11984180 — 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: Ashton, Alabama Context triple: [Edward Bloom, homeTown, Ashton, Alabama]
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A.
Ashville, Alabama
Ashville, Alabama is a small historic town in central Alabama that serves as one of the two county seats of St. Clair County.
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B.
Courtland, Alabama
Courtland, Alabama is a small historic town in northern Alabama known for its 19th-century architecture and role in the region’s early transportation and cotton economy.
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C.
Ensley, Alabama
Ensley, Alabama is a historic industrial neighborhood in Birmingham that developed as a major steelmaking and manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Langston, Alabama
Langston, Alabama is a small town in Jackson County known for its location along the shores of Lake Guntersville in northeastern Alabama.
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E.
Ashford, Alabama
Ashford, Alabama is a small city in southeastern Alabama that forms part of the Dothan metropolitan area and is known for its rural character and agricultural surroundings.
- 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: Ashton, Alabama Target entity description: Ashton, Alabama is a fictional small Southern town that serves as the primary setting in the film and novel "Big Fish," where protagonist Edward Bloom grows up.
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A.
Ashville, Alabama
Ashville, Alabama is a small historic town in central Alabama that serves as one of the two county seats of St. Clair County.
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B.
Courtland, Alabama
Courtland, Alabama is a small historic town in northern Alabama known for its 19th-century architecture and role in the region’s early transportation and cotton economy.
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C.
Ensley, Alabama
Ensley, Alabama is a historic industrial neighborhood in Birmingham that developed as a major steelmaking and manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Langston, Alabama
Langston, Alabama is a small town in Jackson County known for its location along the shores of Lake Guntersville in northeastern Alabama.
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E.
Ashford, Alabama
Ashford, Alabama is a small city in southeastern Alabama that forms part of the Dothan metropolitan area and is known for its rural character and agricultural surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.