Decatur, Tennessee
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Decatur, Tennessee is a small town in Meigs County known for its rural character and proximity to the Tennessee River and Watts Bar Lake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Decatur, Tennessee canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3844075 — 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: Decatur, Tennessee Context triple: [Watts Bar Dam, locatedNear, Decatur, Tennessee]
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A.
Townsend, Tennessee
Townsend, Tennessee is a small gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for its quiet, scenic atmosphere and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge, Tennessee is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grainger County.
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C.
Dayton, Tennessee
Dayton, Tennessee is a small town best known as the site of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, a landmark legal case over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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D.
Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown, Tennessee is an affluent suburban city in Shelby County known for its high-performing schools, low crime rate, and role as an upscale residential community in the greater Memphis area.
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E.
Hartford, Tennessee
Hartford, Tennessee is a small unincorporated community in the eastern part of the state near the Great Smoky Mountains and the North Carolina border.
- 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: Decatur, Tennessee Target entity description: Decatur, Tennessee is a small town in Meigs County known for its rural character and proximity to the Tennessee River and Watts Bar Lake.
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A.
Townsend, Tennessee
Townsend, Tennessee is a small gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for its quiet, scenic atmosphere and outdoor recreation.
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B.
Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge, Tennessee is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the administrative and commercial hub of Grainger County.
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C.
Dayton, Tennessee
Dayton, Tennessee is a small town best known as the site of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, a landmark legal case over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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D.
Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown, Tennessee is an affluent suburban city in Shelby County known for its high-performing schools, low crime rate, and role as an upscale residential community in the greater Memphis area.
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E.
Hartford, Tennessee
Hartford, Tennessee is a small unincorporated community in the eastern part of the state near the Great Smoky Mountains and the North Carolina border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 423 ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | rural character ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Meigs County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationInFeet | 699 ⓘ |
| elevationInMeters | 213 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
access to boating and fishing on Watts Bar Lake
ⓘ
access to outdoor recreation on Tennessee River ⓘ small-town atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | mayor–alderman government ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Meigs County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | Meigs County School District service area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
East Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
East Tennessee region
Southeastern United States ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| locatedNearLake | Watts Bar Lake ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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| locatedOnRiver | Tennessee River ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Stephen Decatur ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea |
Cleveland, Tennessee metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Cleveland, Tennessee
|
| postalCode | 37322 ⓘ |
| roadAccessVia |
Tennessee State Route 30
ⓘ
Tennessee State Route 58 ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timezoneDST |
Eastern Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Time Zone
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Decatur, Tennessee Description of subject: Decatur, Tennessee is a small town in Meigs County known for its rural character and proximity to the Tennessee River and Watts Bar Lake.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.