Riding on a Railroad
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"Riding on a Railroad" is a folk-rock song by James Taylor featured on his 1971 album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riding on a Railroad canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10956150 — 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: Riding on a Railroad Context triple: [Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, includesTrack, Riding on a Railroad]
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A.
The Railroad
The Railroad is a 19th-century American folk song, also known as "The Railway," that reflects the expansion of rail transport and its impact on society.
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B.
House by the Railroad
House by the Railroad is a 1925 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a solitary Victorian house beside railroad tracks and often interpreted as a symbol of modern isolation and alienation.
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C.
This Train
"This Train" is a traditional American gospel song popularized by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, celebrated for its driving rhythm and moralistic lyrics about a righteous journey to salvation.
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D.
This Train
"This Train" is a song by reggae artist International Herb, likely reflecting his roots-influenced style and themes.
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E.
The Big Train
The Big Train was the famous nickname of Walter Johnson, one of Major League Baseball’s greatest pitchers, renowned for his overpowering fastball and long career with the Washington Senators.
- 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: Riding on a Railroad Target entity description: "Riding on a Railroad" is a folk-rock song by James Taylor featured on his 1971 album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon."
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A.
The Railroad
The Railroad is a 19th-century American folk song, also known as "The Railway," that reflects the expansion of rail transport and its impact on society.
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B.
House by the Railroad
House by the Railroad is a 1925 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a solitary Victorian house beside railroad tracks and often interpreted as a symbol of modern isolation and alienation.
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C.
This Train
"This Train" is a traditional American gospel song popularized by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, celebrated for its driving rhythm and moralistic lyrics about a righteous journey to salvation.
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D.
This Train
"This Train" is a song by reggae artist International Herb, likely reflecting his roots-influenced style and themes.
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E.
The Big Train
The Big Train was the famous nickname of Walter Johnson, one of Major League Baseball’s greatest pitchers, renowned for his overpowering fastball and long career with the Washington Senators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist |
James Taylor
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James Taylor ⓘ |
| associatedAct | James Taylor ⓘ |
| composer | James Taylor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | folk rock ⓘ |
| hasPerformer | James Taylor ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon ⓘ |
| isPartOfDiscographyOf | James Taylor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | James Taylor ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| musicGenre | folk rock ⓘ |
| partOf | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon ⓘ |
| performer | James Taylor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | James Taylor ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Warner Bros. Records
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Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1971
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1971 ⓘ |
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: Riding on a Railroad Description of subject: "Riding on a Railroad" is a folk-rock song by James Taylor featured on his 1971 album "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.