City of New Orleans
E562726
City of New Orleans is a famous long-distance passenger train that runs between Chicago and New Orleans and was popularized by the folk song of the same name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| City of New Orleans canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5602733 — 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: City of New Orleans Context triple: [Illinois Central Railroad, notablePassengerTrain, City of New Orleans]
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A.
New Orleans
New Orleans is a historic port city in southeastern Louisiana known for its vibrant jazz music, Creole cuisine, and distinctive French and Spanish-influenced architecture.
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B.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the capital city of Louisiana, known for its role as a political, industrial, and cultural center along the Mississippi River.
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C.
New Orleans metropolitan area
The New Orleans metropolitan area is a major urban region in southeastern Louisiana centered on the historic city of New Orleans, known for its cultural diversity, port economy, and distinctive music and cuisine.
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D.
Storyville, New Orleans
Storyville, New Orleans was the city’s former red-light district that became a crucial early hub for the development and performance of New Orleans jazz.
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E.
LaPlace, Louisiana
LaPlace, Louisiana is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, known as a suburban community along the Mississippi River within the New Orleans metropolitan area.
- 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: City of New Orleans Target entity description: City of New Orleans is a famous long-distance passenger train that runs between Chicago and New Orleans and was popularized by the folk song of the same name.
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A.
New Orleans
New Orleans is a historic port city in southeastern Louisiana known for its vibrant jazz music, Creole cuisine, and distinctive French and Spanish-influenced architecture.
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B.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the capital city of Louisiana, known for its role as a political, industrial, and cultural center along the Mississippi River.
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C.
New Orleans metropolitan area
The New Orleans metropolitan area is a major urban region in southeastern Louisiana centered on the historic city of New Orleans, known for its cultural diversity, port economy, and distinctive music and cuisine.
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D.
Storyville, New Orleans
Storyville, New Orleans was the city’s former red-light district that became a crucial early hub for the development and performance of New Orleans jazz.
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E.
LaPlace, Louisiana
LaPlace, Louisiana is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, known as a suburban community along the Mississippi River within the New Orleans metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
named train
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passenger train ⓘ |
| category |
Amtrak named passenger trains
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Passenger rail transportation in the United States ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| electrification | none ⓘ |
| formerOperator | Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerRailwayOperator | Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namesakeSongPopularizedBy |
Arlo Guthrie
NERFINISHED
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Willie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onboardServices |
café service
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checked baggage ⓘ reserved coach seating ⓘ sleeping accommodations ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Amtrak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSpeed | up to about 79 mph ⓘ |
| operatorHeadquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularCultureWork | City of New Orleans (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | City of New Orleans (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTerminus |
Chicago Union Station
NERFINISHED
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New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| railNetwork | Amtrak national network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLineUsed |
Canadian National main line
NERFINISHED
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Illinois Central main line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayOperator | Amtrak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeEnd | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeStart | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeVia |
Carbondale, Illinois
NERFINISHED
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Greenwood, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Homewood, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceClass |
coach
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dining car ⓘ sightseer lounge ⓘ sleeper ⓘ |
| serviceFrequency | daily ⓘ |
| serviceType | long-distance passenger rail service ⓘ |
| songWriterOfNamesakeSong | Steve Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1,435 mm ⓘ |
| trackOwner |
Canadian National Railway
NERFINISHED
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Illinois Central Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traction | diesel ⓘ |
| usesRollingStockType | Superliner cars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: City of New Orleans Description of subject: City of New Orleans is a famous long-distance passenger train that runs between Chicago and New Orleans and was popularized by the folk song of the same name.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Municipal Auditorium (New Orleans)
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
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districtIncludes
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City of New Orleans
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