Selawik, Alaska
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Selawik, Alaska is a small Inupiat community in northwest Alaska located near the confluence of the Selawik and Kobuk rivers, serving as a gateway to the surrounding wetlands and tundra.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Selawik, Alaska canonical | 2 |
| Selawik | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19511156 — 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: Selawik, Alaska Context triple: [Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, nearestCommunity, Selawik, Alaska]
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Tatitlek, Alaska
Tatitlek, Alaska is a small Alutiiq village in Prince William Sound known for its subsistence lifestyle, rich Native culture, and coastal setting accessible primarily by boat or plane.
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B.
Atqasuk, Alaska
Atqasuk, Alaska is a small Iñupiat village in Alaska’s North Slope Borough, located inland from the Arctic coast and known for its remote tundra environment and subsistence lifestyle.
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C.
Shishmaref, Alaska
Shishmaref, Alaska is a small Inupiat village on a barrier island in the Chukchi Sea, known for severe coastal erosion and being emblematic of climate change–driven relocation challenges in Arctic communities.
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D.
Kasigluk, Alaska
Kasigluk, Alaska is a small, predominantly Yup'ik Alaska Native village in western Alaska known for its subsistence lifestyle and location along the Johnson River.
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E.
Barrow, Alaska
Barrow, Alaska is a remote Arctic town in northern Alaska known for its extreme polar night and harsh winter conditions.
- 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: Selawik, Alaska Target entity description: Selawik, Alaska is a small Inupiat community in northwest Alaska located near the confluence of the Selawik and Kobuk rivers, serving as a gateway to the surrounding wetlands and tundra.
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A.
Tatitlek, Alaska
Tatitlek, Alaska is a small Alutiiq village in Prince William Sound known for its subsistence lifestyle, rich Native culture, and coastal setting accessible primarily by boat or plane.
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B.
Atqasuk, Alaska
Atqasuk, Alaska is a small Iñupiat village in Alaska’s North Slope Borough, located inland from the Arctic coast and known for its remote tundra environment and subsistence lifestyle.
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C.
Shishmaref, Alaska
Shishmaref, Alaska is a small Inupiat village on a barrier island in the Chukchi Sea, known for severe coastal erosion and being emblematic of climate change–driven relocation challenges in Arctic communities.
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D.
Kasigluk, Alaska
Kasigluk, Alaska is a small, predominantly Yup'ik Alaska Native village in western Alaska known for its subsistence lifestyle and location along the Johnson River.
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E.
Barrow, Alaska
Barrow, Alaska is a remote Arctic town in northern Alaska known for its extreme polar night and harsh winter conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Selawik, Alaska