Northern Silk Road
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The Northern Silk Road was an ancient overland trade route across the northern edge of the Tarim Basin in Central Asia that linked China with the West, facilitating extensive cultural and commercial exchange.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silk Road | 3 |
| Northern Silk Road canonical | 2 |
| northern Silk Road | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21136798 — 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: Northern Silk Road Context triple: [Kucha, locatedOn, Northern Silk Road]
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A.
Great Central Road
Great Central Road is a remote outback highway in Western Australia and the Northern Territory that forms a key part of the route between Laverton and Uluru via the central desert.
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B.
Trans-Siberian Highway
The Trans-Siberian Highway is a vast network of federal roads that spans the breadth of Russia, linking its western regions to the Far East across thousands of kilometers.
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C.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
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D.
Pamir Highway
Pamir Highway is a high-altitude road in Central Asia, famed as one of the world’s most remote and scenic driving routes through the Pamir Mountains.
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E.
Great Northern Way
Great Northern Way is a major street in Vancouver, British Columbia, known for running through a growing cultural and technology district that includes the Great Northern Way campus.
- 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: Northern Silk Road Target entity description: The Northern Silk Road was an ancient overland trade route across the northern edge of the Tarim Basin in Central Asia that linked China with the West, facilitating extensive cultural and commercial exchange.
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A.
Great Central Road
Great Central Road is a remote outback highway in Western Australia and the Northern Territory that forms a key part of the route between Laverton and Uluru via the central desert.
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B.
Trans-Siberian Highway
The Trans-Siberian Highway is a vast network of federal roads that spans the breadth of Russia, linking its western regions to the Far East across thousands of kilometers.
-
C.
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia’s oldest and longest major highways, historically linking key cities across present-day Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as a vital trade and military route.
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D.
Pamir Highway
Pamir Highway is a high-altitude road in Central Asia, famed as one of the world’s most remote and scenic driving routes through the Pamir Mountains.
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E.
Great Northern Way
Great Northern Way is a major street in Vancouver, British Columbia, known for running through a growing cultural and technology district that includes the Great Northern Way campus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Northern Silk Road
linked to: Northern Silk Road
linked to: Northern Silk Road