U.S. Route 36 in Illinois
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U.S. Route 36 in Illinois is an east–west federal highway that crosses the central part of the state, connecting rural communities and regional centers as part of the broader U.S. Route 36 corridor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| U.S. Route 36 in Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21701566 — 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 36 in Illinois Context triple: [U.S. highways in Illinois, hasRoute, U.S. Route 36 in Illinois]
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U.S. Route 34 in Illinois
U.S. Route 34 in Illinois is a major east–west highway that connects rural western parts of the state with the Chicago metropolitan area, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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B.
U.S. Route 30 in Illinois
U.S. Route 30 in Illinois is an east–west federal highway that crosses the northern part of the state, connecting communities from the Iowa border near the Mississippi River to the Indiana state line.
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C.
U.S. Route 60 in Illinois
U.S. Route 60 in Illinois is the short segment of the cross-country U.S. Highway 60 that passes through the state, connecting it to neighboring states as part of the national highway network.
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D.
U.S. Route 50 in Illinois
U.S. Route 50 in Illinois is an east–west federal highway that traverses the southern part of the state, connecting rural communities and regional centers as part of the broader cross-country U.S. Route 50 corridor.
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E.
U.S. Route 40 in Illinois
U.S. Route 40 in Illinois is the segment of the historic east–west U.S. Highway 40 that crosses the state, connecting communities across southern Illinois and paralleling parts of Interstate 70.
- 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 36 in Illinois Target entity description: U.S. Route 36 in Illinois is an east–west federal highway that crosses the central part of the state, connecting rural communities and regional centers as part of the broader U.S. Route 36 corridor.
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A.
U.S. Route 34 in Illinois
U.S. Route 34 in Illinois is a major east–west highway that connects rural western parts of the state with the Chicago metropolitan area, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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B.
U.S. Route 30 in Illinois
U.S. Route 30 in Illinois is an east–west federal highway that crosses the northern part of the state, connecting communities from the Iowa border near the Mississippi River to the Indiana state line.
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C.
U.S. Route 60 in Illinois
U.S. Route 60 in Illinois is the short segment of the cross-country U.S. Highway 60 that passes through the state, connecting it to neighboring states as part of the national highway network.
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D.
U.S. Route 50 in Illinois
U.S. Route 50 in Illinois is an east–west federal highway that traverses the southern part of the state, connecting rural communities and regional centers as part of the broader cross-country U.S. Route 50 corridor.
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E.
U.S. Route 40 in Illinois
U.S. Route 40 in Illinois is the segment of the historic east–west U.S. Highway 40 that crosses the state, connecting communities across southern Illinois and paralleling parts of Interstate 70.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.