Mobile and Ohio Railroad
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The Mobile and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American rail line that connected the Gulf Coast to the Midwest, playing a key role in regional commerce and the growth of towns along its route.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mobile and Ohio Railroad canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3791351 — 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: Mobile and Ohio Railroad Context triple: [Tupelo, Mississippi, developedAround, Mobile and Ohio Railroad]
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A.
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland Railway was a major early 20th-century streetcar and public transit company serving the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
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B.
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Covington and Ohio Railroad
The Covington and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway through consolidation.
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D.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was a major Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic rail system that formed a key part of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s network, linking important industrial cities across the region.
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E.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
- 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: Mobile and Ohio Railroad Target entity description: The Mobile and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American rail line that connected the Gulf Coast to the Midwest, playing a key role in regional commerce and the growth of towns along its route.
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A.
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland Railway was a major early 20th-century streetcar and public transit company serving the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
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B.
Wabash Railroad
Wabash Railroad was a major Midwestern American railroad company that operated an extensive network connecting key cities such as Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Buffalo during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Covington and Ohio Railroad
The Covington and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American railway company that became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway through consolidation.
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D.
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad was a major Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic rail system that formed a key part of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s network, linking important industrial cities across the region.
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E.
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad was a major American Class I railroad that operated across the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, playing a key role in regional freight and passenger transportation before its merger into the Union Pacific system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct railroad
ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ |
| connectedWith |
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad ⓘ Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Railway
|
| connectsTo |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfDissolution | 1940 ⓘ |
| endPoint | Cairo, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hadTerminus |
Cairo, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mobile, Alabama ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Mobile, Alabama ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1848 ⓘ |
| industry | rail transport ⓘ |
| locale |
Alabama
ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ |
| militarySignificance | Confederate supply line ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mobile, Alabama
ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ |
| notableFor | north–south trunk line from Gulf Coast to Ohio River ⓘ |
| operatedFrom | 1848 ⓘ |
| operatedUntil | 1940 ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
growth of towns along its route
ⓘ
regional commerce along Gulf Coast–Midwest corridor ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
freight transportation
ⓘ
passenger transportation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Gulf Coast of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf Coast
Midwest ⓘ Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Valley
|
| significantEvent | American Civil War operations ⓘ |
| startPoint | Mobile, Alabama ⓘ |
| trackType | steam railroad ⓘ |
| transportationMode | rail ⓘ |
| transportedCommodity |
agricultural products
ⓘ
cotton ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| usedDuring | American Civil War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mobile and Ohio Railroad Description of subject: The Mobile and Ohio Railroad was a 19th-century American rail line that connected the Gulf Coast to the Midwest, playing a key role in regional commerce and the growth of towns along its route.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.