MapQuest
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MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MapQuest canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T109311 — 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: MapQuest Context triple: [AOL, acquired, MapQuest]
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A.
Lane
Lane is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Riverway
Riverway is a linear park and waterway in Boston that forms part of the Emerald Necklace, offering scenic green space and recreational paths near the Longwood Medical Area.
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C.
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
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D.
Interstate 395
Interstate 395 is a major auxiliary Interstate Highway in the eastern United States that connects Washington, D.C. with suburban Virginia and serves as a key commuter and regional traffic corridor.
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E.
U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New York and New Jersey, connecting numerous cities and historic 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: MapQuest Target entity description: MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
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A.
Lane
Lane is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Riverway
Riverway is a linear park and waterway in Boston that forms part of the Emerald Necklace, offering scenic green space and recreational paths near the Longwood Medical Area.
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C.
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
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D.
Interstate 395
Interstate 395 is a major auxiliary Interstate Highway in the eastern United States that connects Washington, D.C. with suburban Virginia and serves as a key commuter and regional traffic corridor.
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E.
U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New York and New Jersey, connecting numerous cities and historic communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
driving directions service
ⓘ
online mapping service ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ technology company ⓘ web mapping service ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | AOL ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| acquisitionPrice | $1.1 billion ⓘ |
| availableIn | English ⓘ |
| competitor |
Apple Maps
ⓘ
Bing Maps ⓘ Google Maps ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataSource | licensed map data providers ⓘ |
| formerParentOrganization |
AOL
ⓘ
Oath Inc. ⓘ Verizon ⓘ
surface form:
Verizon Communications
|
| foundedBy |
Barry Glick
ⓘ
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gas price search
ⓘ
live traffic updates ⓘ multiple-stop routing ⓘ points of interest search ⓘ printable maps ⓘ route optimization ⓘ satellite imagery ⓘ turn-by-turn navigation ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry |
location-based services
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navigation ⓘ web mapping ⓘ |
| launchDateOfWebsite | 1996 ⓘ |
| logoImageDescription | stylized green and white "MQ" or wordmark "MapQuest" depending on era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early provider of online driving directions
ⓘ
being one of the first widely used web-based mapping services ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| originalName |
Cartographic Services
ⓘ
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company ⓘ
surface form:
RR Donnelley Cartographic Services
|
| parentOrganization | System1 ⓘ |
| providesService |
driving directions
ⓘ
local business search ⓘ mobile navigation ⓘ online maps ⓘ route planning ⓘ traffic information ⓘ |
| serviceType | freemium ⓘ |
| supports |
driving routes
ⓘ
walking routes ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mapquest.com ⓘ |
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: MapQuest Description of subject: MapQuest is an early online mapping and driving directions service that became one of the first widely used web-based navigation tools.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.