U.S. Route 71
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U.S. Route 71 is a major north–south United States highway running from Louisiana through several Midwestern states to the Canadian border in Minnesota.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 71 canonical | 10 |
| U.S. Highway 71 (nearby) | 1 |
| U.S. Route 71 near Sioux Rapids, Iowa | 1 |
| U.S. Route 71 vicinity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T196829 — 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 71 Context triple: [Barton County, Missouri, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 71]
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A.
U.S. Route 61
U.S. Route 61 is a major north–south United States highway, often called the "Blues Highway," that runs along the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Minnesota–Canada border.
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B.
U.S. Route 69
U.S. Route 69 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Texas through several central states, connecting numerous cities and regional transportation networks.
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C.
U.S. Route 34
U.S. Route 34 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Colorado through the Midwest to Illinois, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
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E.
U.S. Route 70
U.S. Route 70 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Arizona to North Carolina, serving as an important transportation corridor across the southern part of the country.
- 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 71 Target entity description: U.S. Route 71 is a major north–south United States highway running from Louisiana through several Midwestern states to the Canadian border in Minnesota.
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A.
U.S. Route 61
U.S. Route 61 is a major north–south United States highway, often called the "Blues Highway," that runs along the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Minnesota–Canada border.
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B.
U.S. Route 69
U.S. Route 69 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Texas through several central states, connecting numerous cities and regional transportation networks.
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C.
U.S. Route 34
U.S. Route 34 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Colorado through the Midwest to Illinois, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
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E.
U.S. Route 70
U.S. Route 70 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Arizona to North Carolina, serving as an important transportation corridor across the southern part of the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Numbered Highway ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. Highways in Arkansas
ⓘ
U.S. Highways in Iowa ⓘ U.S. Highways in Louisiana ⓘ U.S. Highways in Minnesota ⓘ U.S. Highways in Missouri ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Canadian border region in Minnesota
ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf Coast region
|
| connectsTo | Ontario Highway 71 at the Canadian border ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesBorderAt | International Falls–Fort Frances border crossing ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| established | 1926 ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 20
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 20 in Shreveport, Louisiana
Interstate 30 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 30 in Texarkana, Arkansas
Interstate 40 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 40 in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Interstate 44 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 44 near Joplin, Missouri
Interstate 70 in the Kansas City area ⓘ Interstate 80 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 80 near Sioux City, Iowa
U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 71 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | U.S. Highway numbering convention, not a person ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Interstate 49
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 49 in Arkansas
Interstate 49 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 49 in Louisiana
U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota ⓘ U.S. Route 59 in Iowa ⓘ U.S. Route 59 in Missouri ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shreveport, Louisiana
|
| passesThrough |
Arkansas
ⓘ
Bemidji ⓘ
surface form:
Bemidji, Minnesota
Fort Smith, Arkansas ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Joplin, Missouri ⓘ Kansas City metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri
Louisiana ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ Texarkana, Arkansas ⓘ Willmar, Minnesota ⓘ |
| region |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ |
| routeType | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| terminusNorth |
Canada–United States border
ⓘ
surface form:
Canada–United States border at International Falls, Minnesota
|
| terminusSouth | U.S. Route 190 in Krotz Springs, Louisiana ⓘ |
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: U.S. Route 71 Description of subject: U.S. Route 71 is a major north–south United States highway running from Louisiana through several Midwestern states to the Canadian border in Minnesota.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maryville, Missouri
subject surface form:
Cloutierville, Louisiana
this entity surface form:
U.S. Highway 71 (nearby)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 71 near Sioux Rapids, Iowa
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 71 vicinity