ME 173
E1031191
ME 173 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route between local communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ME 173 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13265241 — 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: ME 173 Context triple: [Maine State Route 173, abbreviation, ME 173]
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A.
ME 177
ME 177 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route between communities in the region.
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B.
ME 176
ME 176 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route through Hancock County’s coastal communities.
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C.
ME 170
ME 170 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route through rural parts of the state.
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D.
ME 167
ME 167 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route within the state's road network.
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E.
ME 139
ME 139 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route between several central Maine communities.
- 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: ME 173 Target entity description: ME 173 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route between local communities.
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A.
ME 177
ME 177 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route between communities in the region.
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B.
ME 176
ME 176 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route through Hancock County’s coastal communities.
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C.
ME 170
ME 170 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route through rural parts of the state.
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D.
ME 167
ME 167 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route within the state's road network.
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E.
ME 139
ME 139 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route between several central Maine communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| connects | local communities in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAccessControl | uncontrolled access ⓘ |
| hasFunction | regional connector route ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | public highway ⓘ |
| isNumberedWithin | Maine state highway network ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| openTo | public traffic ⓘ |
| partOf | Maine State Route system ⓘ |
| regulates | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| roadClassification | secondary highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 173 ⓘ |
| routeType | state route ⓘ |
| signageStandard | Maine state route markers ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| surfaceType | paved road ⓘ |
| transportationMode | road ⓘ |
| usedFor |
motor vehicle traffic
ⓘ
regional travel ⓘ |
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: ME 173 Description of subject: ME 173 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route between local communities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.