The Wreck on the C&O
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is an alternate title for the traditional American folk ballad "Engine 143," which recounts a fatal early 20th-century train wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wreck of the C&O | 1 |
| The Wreck on the C&O canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19644904 — 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: The Wreck on the C&O Context triple: [Engine 143, alsoKnownAs, The Wreck on the C&O]
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A.
The Wreck of the Memphis
The Wreck of the Memphis is a non-fiction naval account by Edward L. Beach Jr. detailing the tragic 1916 destruction of the U.S. Navy armored cruiser USS Memphis in Santo Domingo harbor.
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B.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a 1959 maritime disaster thriller film, based on Hammond Innes’s novel, about a mysterious derelict ship and the salvage captain who uncovers the truth behind its apparent abandonment.
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C.
The Wreck
The Wreck is a popular surf break off Byron Bay, Australia, known for the shipwreck that shapes its waves and distinctive lineup.
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D.
The Sultana of the West
The Sultana of the West is a poetic Spanish epithet traditionally used to praise the beauty, prominence, or cultural splendor of a western city or region.
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E.
A Disaster at Sea
A Disaster at Sea is a dramatic maritime painting by J.M.W. Turner, depicting a shipwreck amid stormy seas with his characteristic use of light and atmosphere.
- 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: The Wreck on the C&O Target entity description: "The Wreck on the C&O" is an alternate title for the traditional American folk ballad "Engine 143," which recounts a fatal early 20th-century train wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
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A.
The Wreck of the Memphis
The Wreck of the Memphis is a non-fiction naval account by Edward L. Beach Jr. detailing the tragic 1916 destruction of the U.S. Navy armored cruiser USS Memphis in Santo Domingo harbor.
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B.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a 1959 maritime disaster thriller film, based on Hammond Innes’s novel, about a mysterious derelict ship and the salvage captain who uncovers the truth behind its apparent abandonment.
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C.
The Wreck
The Wreck is a popular surf break off Byron Bay, Australia, known for the shipwreck that shapes its waves and distinctive lineup.
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D.
The Sultana of the West
The Sultana of the West is a poetic Spanish epithet traditionally used to praise the beauty, prominence, or cultural splendor of a western city or region.
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E.
A Disaster at Sea
A Disaster at Sea is a dramatic maritime painting by J.M.W. Turner, depicting a shipwreck amid stormy seas with his characteristic use of light and atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Wreck on the C&O