Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
E193052
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is a protected historic route in the United States that preserves and interprets the paths taken during the forced relocation of Native American tribes in the 1830s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trail of Tears National Historic Trail canonical | 6 |
| Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (commemorative network) | 1 |
| Trail of Tears route | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742154 — 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: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Context triple: [Trail of Tears, commemoratedBy, Trail of Tears National Historic Trail]
-
A.
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is a long-distance U.S. National Historic Trail that follows the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition across multiple states from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast.
-
B.
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is a commemorative route in Alabama that traces the path of the 1965 civil rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for voting rights.
-
C.
Katy Trail
Katy Trail is a popular urban hike-and-bike trail in Dallas, Texas, converted from an old railroad line and known for jogging, cycling, and connecting several city neighborhoods.
-
D.
Pinhoti National Recreation Trail
The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail is a long-distance hiking route in the southeastern United States that traverses rugged Appalachian foothills and connects with the Appalachian Trail via the Benton MacKaye Trail.
-
E.
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of historically significant sites across the United States that commemorate key events, locations, and figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
- 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: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Target entity description: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is a protected historic route in the United States that preserves and interprets the paths taken during the forced relocation of Native American tribes in the 1830s.
-
A.
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is a long-distance U.S. National Historic Trail that follows the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition across multiple states from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast.
-
B.
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is a commemorative route in Alabama that traces the path of the 1965 civil rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for voting rights.
-
C.
Katy Trail
Katy Trail is a popular urban hike-and-bike trail in Dallas, Texas, converted from an old railroad line and known for jogging, cycling, and connecting several city neighborhoods.
-
D.
Pinhoti National Recreation Trail
The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail is a long-distance hiking route in the southeastern United States that traverses rugged Appalachian foothills and connects with the Appalachian Trail via the Benton MacKaye Trail.
-
E.
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of historically significant sites across the United States that commemorate key events, locations, and figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Trail
ⓘ
historic route ⓘ protected area ⓘ |
| administeredBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Cherokee Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Cherokee Nation (historical)
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ Choctaw Nation ⓘ Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
linked to:
Creek (Muscogee) Nation
Seminole Tribe of Florida ⓘ
linked to:
Seminole
|
| category |
Historic trails in the United States
ⓘ
Native American trails ⓘ Protected areas of the United States ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Trail of Tears
ⓘ
forced relocation of Native Americans ⓘ removal of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ removal of the Chickasaw Nation ⓘ removal of the Choctaw Nation ⓘ removal of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ removal of the Seminole people ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| established | 1987 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| governingBody |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| hasHeritageDesignation | National Historic Trail ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveSites |
historic landmarks
ⓘ
visitor centers ⓘ wayside exhibits ⓘ |
| hasRouteType |
land route
ⓘ
water route ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nps.gov/trte/index.htm ⓘ |
| heritageTheme |
Native American history
ⓘ
U.S. federal Indian policy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1830s ⓘ |
| legalBasis | National Trails System Act ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Missouri ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| managingAgency |
National Park Service National Trails office
ⓘ
linked to:
National Park Service
|
| partOf |
National Trails System
ⓘ
linked to:
National Trails System units
|
| purpose |
interpretation of Native American removal
ⓘ
preservation of historic routes ⓘ public education ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Indian Removal
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Removal policy of the United States
|
| relatedLegislation |
Indian Removal Act of 1830
ⓘ
linked to:
Indian Removal policy of the United States
|
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: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Description of subject: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is a protected historic route in the United States that preserves and interprets the paths taken during the forced relocation of Native American tribes in the 1830s.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
linked to: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail