Madison, West Virginia
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Madison, West Virginia is a small town in the southern part of the state that serves as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding coal-mining region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madison, West Virginia canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3166070 — 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: Madison, West Virginia Context triple: [Boone County, West Virginia, countySeat, Madison, West Virginia]
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A.
Davis, West Virginia
Davis, West Virginia is a small mountain town in Tucker County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Allegheny Mountains, including nearby state parks, forests, and ski areas.
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B.
Marlinton, West Virginia
Marlinton, West Virginia is a small town in Pocahontas County known as a gateway to the Monongahela National Forest and the outdoor recreation of the Allegheny Mountains.
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C.
Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of the state.
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D.
Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.
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E.
Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia, is a small incorporated town in southern West Virginia that developed as a coal-mining community in the Appalachian region.
- 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: Madison, West Virginia Target entity description: Madison, West Virginia is a small town in the southern part of the state that serves as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding coal-mining region.
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A.
Davis, West Virginia
Davis, West Virginia is a small mountain town in Tucker County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in the Allegheny Mountains, including nearby state parks, forests, and ski areas.
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B.
Marlinton, West Virginia
Marlinton, West Virginia is a small town in Pocahontas County known as a gateway to the Monongahela National Forest and the outdoor recreation of the Allegheny Mountains.
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C.
Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia, West Virginia is a small incorporated town located in Raleigh County in the southern part of the state.
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D.
Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia is a small city in north-central West Virginia known historically for coal mining and its location amid the Appalachian foothills.
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E.
Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka, West Virginia, is a small incorporated town in southern West Virginia that developed as a coal-mining community in the Appalachian region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
county seat
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| areaCode |
304
ⓘ
681 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Boone County ⓘ |
| feature |
county courthouse
ⓘ
local government offices ⓘ local schools ⓘ small-town commercial district ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
local retail center
ⓘ
service center for nearby rural areas ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf | Boone County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boone County coalfields
ⓘ
Southern West Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Little Coal River ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Madison ⓘ |
| partOf |
Appalachian region
ⓘ
linked to:
Appalachian region of the United States
|
| postalCode | 25130 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicBase | coal industry in surrounding area ⓘ |
| regionServed |
coal-mining region of Boone County
ⓘ
surrounding coal-mining communities ⓘ |
| regionType | coal-mining region support center ⓘ |
| role |
administrative hub for surrounding region
ⓘ
commercial hub for surrounding region ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Eastern Daylight Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Time Zone
|
| transportationLink |
West Virginia Route 17
ⓘ
West Virginia Route 85 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Madison, West Virginia Description of subject: Madison, West Virginia is a small town in the southern part of the state that serves as an administrative and commercial hub for the surrounding coal-mining region.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.