Monroe, Louisiana
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Monroe, Louisiana is a city in northeastern Louisiana that serves as a regional hub for commerce, education, and culture along the Ouachita River.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monroe, Louisiana canonical | 47 |
| Monroe, Louisiana, United States | 2 |
| City of Monroe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2068794 — 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: Monroe, Louisiana Context triple: [Monroe metropolitan area, principalCity, Monroe, Louisiana]
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A.
West Monroe, Louisiana
West Monroe, Louisiana is a small city in northeastern Louisiana, located across the Ouachita River from Monroe and known for its shared regional economy and community with its larger twin city.
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B.
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana is a historic small city in northwestern Louisiana known as the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory and famed for its preserved French Creole architecture and annual Christmas festival.
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C.
Minden, Louisiana
Minden, Louisiana is a small historic city in northwestern Louisiana that serves as part of the Ark-La-Tex regional hub near Shreveport.
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D.
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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E.
Calhoun, Louisiana
Calhoun, Louisiana is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Louisiana known for its rural character and proximity to the city of West Monroe.
- 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: Monroe, Louisiana Target entity description: Monroe, Louisiana is a city in northeastern Louisiana that serves as a regional hub for commerce, education, and culture along the Ouachita River.
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A.
West Monroe, Louisiana
West Monroe, Louisiana is a small city in northeastern Louisiana, located across the Ouachita River from Monroe and known for its shared regional economy and community with its larger twin city.
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B.
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana is a historic small city in northwestern Louisiana known as the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory and famed for its preserved French Creole architecture and annual Christmas festival.
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C.
Minden, Louisiana
Minden, Louisiana is a small historic city in northwestern Louisiana that serves as part of the Ark-La-Tex regional hub near Shreveport.
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D.
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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E.
Calhoun, Louisiana
Calhoun, Louisiana is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Louisiana known for its rural character and proximity to the city of West Monroe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| areaCode | 318 ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Southern United States ⓘ |
| economicSector |
education services
ⓘ
healthcare services ⓘ retail trade ⓘ transportation and logistics ⓘ |
| governingBody | Monroe City Council ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Monroe Regional Airport ⓘ |
| hasCollege |
Louisiana Delta Community College
ⓘ
surface form:
Louisiana Delta Community College (Monroe campus)
|
| hasMuseum |
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens
ⓘ
Chennault Aviation and Military Museum ⓘ |
| hasProfessionalSportsTeam | Monroe professional and semi-professional minor league teams (historically in baseball and other sports) ⓘ |
| hasPublicLibrarySystem | Ouachita Parish Public Library ⓘ |
| hasPublicSchoolSystem | Ouachita Parish School System ⓘ |
| hasRiverPort | Ouachita River port facilities ⓘ |
| hasSisterCity | Monroe, West Monroe metropolitan area (twin cities relationship with West Monroe) ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | University of Louisiana at Monroe ⓘ |
| hasZoo | Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early commercial center on the Ouachita River ⓘ |
| isCountySeatOf |
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Ouachita Parish
|
| isPartOf | Ark-La-Miss region ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
northeastern Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern Louisiana
|
| locatedOnRiver | Ouachita River ⓘ |
| majorHighway |
Interstate 20
ⓘ
U.S. Route 165 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 80 ⓘ |
| mediaMarket | Monroe–El Dorado media market ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Monroe ⓘ |
| parish |
Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Ouachita Parish
|
| partOf |
Monroe metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
| postalCodePrefix | 712 ⓘ |
| regionalFunction |
higher education center for northeastern Louisiana
ⓘ
medical services center for northeastern Louisiana ⓘ shopping center for surrounding rural parishes ⓘ |
| role |
regional hub for commerce
ⓘ
regional hub for culture ⓘ regional hub for education ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST |
Central Time Zone
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surface form:
Central Daylight Time
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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: Monroe, Louisiana Description of subject: Monroe, Louisiana is a city in northeastern Louisiana that serves as a regional hub for commerce, education, and culture along the Ouachita River.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rayville, Louisiana
this entity surface form:
City of Monroe
subject surface form:
Northeastern Louisiana
subject surface form:
Northeastern Louisiana
subject surface form:
College of Health Sciences (University of Louisiana at Monroe)
this entity surface form:
Monroe, Louisiana, United States
this entity surface form:
Monroe, Louisiana, United States
subject surface form:
Monroe Regional Airport