Opelousas, Louisiana
E618560
Opelousas, Louisiana is a historic city in south-central Louisiana known as a center of Creole and Zydeco culture and music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opelousas, Louisiana canonical | 4 |
| Opelousas, Louisiana, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6448358 — 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: Opelousas, Louisiana Context triple: [Clifton Chenier, placeOfBirth, Opelousas, Louisiana]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Bossier City
Bossier City is a mid-sized city in northwestern Louisiana, located across the Red River from Shreveport and known as part of a regional economic and casino-gaming hub.
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D.
Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria, Louisiana is a mid-sized city in central Louisiana that serves as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and transportation along the Red River.
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E.
Shreveport
Shreveport is a major city in northwestern Louisiana known for its role as a regional commercial, cultural, and transportation hub.
- 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: Opelousas, Louisiana Target entity description: Opelousas, Louisiana is a historic city in south-central Louisiana known as a center of Creole and Zydeco culture and music.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Bossier City
Bossier City is a mid-sized city in northwestern Louisiana, located across the Red River from Shreveport and known as part of a regional economic and casino-gaming hub.
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D.
Alexandria, Louisiana
Alexandria, Louisiana is a mid-sized city in central Louisiana that serves as a regional hub for commerce, healthcare, and transportation along the Red River.
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E.
Shreveport
Shreveport is a major city in northwestern Louisiana known for its role as a regional commercial, cultural, and transportation hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
parish seat ⓘ |
| areaCode | 337 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distanceToLafayetteInMiles | approximately 21 ⓘ |
| elevationInMeters | 21 ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1720 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Opelousas City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
African American
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Creole ⓘ French ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | South Louisiana Community College T.H. Harris Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yambilee Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHighSchool |
Opelousas Catholic School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opelousas High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDistrict | Opelousas Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite |
Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Landry Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatedAsCityIn | 1821 ⓘ |
| isParishSeatOf | St. Landry Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cajun and Creole cuisine
ⓘ
Creole culture ⓘ Zydeco music ⓘ |
| locatedAlong |
U.S. Route 167
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 190 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | St. Landry Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Acadiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
south-central Louisiana ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Interstate 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
agriculture
ⓘ
food processing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ |
| namedFor | Opelousa Native American people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Lafayette, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Zydeco Music Capital of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parish | St. Landry Parish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | Opelousas–Eunice micropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationCensus2010 | 16534 ⓘ |
| populationCensus2020 | 15994 ⓘ |
| postalCode |
70570
ⓘ
70571 ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
|
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Daylight Time
|
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: Opelousas, Louisiana Description of subject: Opelousas, Louisiana is a historic city in south-central Louisiana known as a center of Creole and Zydeco culture and music.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Clifton Chenier
this entity surface form:
Opelousas, Louisiana, United States