U.S. Route 70 in Durham
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U.S. Route 70 in Durham is a major east–west highway corridor that passes through Durham, North Carolina, connecting the city to other key urban centers in the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 70 in Durham canonical | 1 |
| U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13102377 — 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: U.S. Route 70 in Durham Context triple: [U.S. Route 501 in North Carolina, hasJunctionWith, U.S. Route 70 in Durham]
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U.S. Route 701 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 701 in North Carolina is a north–south U.S. Highway that connects several communities in the southeastern part of the state, serving as a regional corridor between South Carolina and central North Carolina.
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B.
U.S. Route 76 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 76 in North Carolina is a major east–west U.S. Highway that connects inland communities with the southeastern coast, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina is a major east–west U.S. Highway that spans the state, connecting the mountains to the Outer Banks and serving as an important corridor for regional travel and commerce.
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D.
U.S. Route 78 in South Carolina
U.S. Route 78 in South Carolina is a major east–west federal highway that connects inland communities with the Charleston area, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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E.
U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina is a major east–west U.S. Highway that connects the western mountains to the southeastern coast, serving as an important corridor for regional travel and commerce.
- 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: U.S. Route 70 in Durham Target entity description: U.S. Route 70 in Durham is a major east–west highway corridor that passes through Durham, North Carolina, connecting the city to other key urban centers in the state.
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A.
U.S. Route 701 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 701 in North Carolina is a north–south U.S. Highway that connects several communities in the southeastern part of the state, serving as a regional corridor between South Carolina and central North Carolina.
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B.
U.S. Route 76 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 76 in North Carolina is a major east–west U.S. Highway that connects inland communities with the southeastern coast, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina is a major east–west U.S. Highway that spans the state, connecting the mountains to the Outer Banks and serving as an important corridor for regional travel and commerce.
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D.
U.S. Route 78 in South Carolina
U.S. Route 78 in South Carolina is a major east–west federal highway that connects inland communities with the Charleston area, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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E.
U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina is a major east–west U.S. Highway that connects the western mountains to the southeastern coast, serving as an important corridor for regional travel and commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
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highway segment ⓘ |
| category |
Transportation in Durham, North Carolina
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U.S. Highways in North Carolina ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Hillsborough, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miami Boulevard in Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Roxboro Road in Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 in Orange County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 in Wake County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| function |
connects Durham to other key urban centers in North Carolina
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major east–west corridor through Durham ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 85 in Durham
NERFINISHED
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Interstate 885 in Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina Highway 147 NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina Highway 98 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 15 in Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 501 in Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | multi-lane divided highway (in many segments) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Durham County, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Durham, North Carolina ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | North Carolina Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | United States Numbered Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Duke Park area of Durham
NERFINISHED
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Durham Freeway (NC 147) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northgate area of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Research Triangle Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | City of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ |
| roadType | principal arterial ⓘ |
| serves |
intercity traffic
ⓘ
regional commuter traffic ⓘ |
| speedLimitType | posted state highway speed limits ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanArea | Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial truck traffic
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passenger vehicle travel ⓘ |
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: U.S. Route 70 in Durham Description of subject: U.S. Route 70 in Durham is a major east–west highway corridor that passes through Durham, North Carolina, connecting the city to other key urban centers in the state.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
subject
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina