Spadina Expressway
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The Spadina Expressway was a controversial, partially built urban freeway project in Toronto whose cancellation in the 1970s became a landmark victory for the city’s anti-expressway and urban reform movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spadina Expressway canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23220074 — 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: Spadina Expressway Context triple: [Allen Expressway, formerName, Spadina Expressway]
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A.
Gardiner Expressway
The Gardiner Expressway is a major elevated highway running along Toronto’s waterfront, serving as a key east–west commuter route into and out of the city’s downtown core.
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B.
Ontario Highway 402
Ontario Highway 402 is a major controlled-access freeway in southwestern Ontario that connects the Blue Water Bridge at the U.S. border in Sarnia to Highway 401 near London, serving as an important trade and travel corridor.
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C.
Macdonald–Cartier Freeway
The Macdonald–Cartier Freeway is a major Canadian highway corridor in Ontario that serves as one of the busiest and most important transportation routes in the country.
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D.
Queen Elizabeth Way
Queen Elizabeth Way is a major controlled-access highway in Ontario, Canada, connecting Toronto with the Niagara Peninsula and serving as a key route along the western shore of Lake Ontario.
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E.
Ontario Highway 404
Ontario Highway 404 is a major north–south controlled-access freeway in the Greater Toronto Area that connects Toronto to communities in York Region and extends toward Georgina, Ontario.
- 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: Spadina Expressway Target entity description: The Spadina Expressway was a controversial, partially built urban freeway project in Toronto whose cancellation in the 1970s became a landmark victory for the city’s anti-expressway and urban reform movements.
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A.
Gardiner Expressway
The Gardiner Expressway is a major elevated highway running along Toronto’s waterfront, serving as a key east–west commuter route into and out of the city’s downtown core.
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B.
Ontario Highway 402
Ontario Highway 402 is a major controlled-access freeway in southwestern Ontario that connects the Blue Water Bridge at the U.S. border in Sarnia to Highway 401 near London, serving as an important trade and travel corridor.
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C.
Macdonald–Cartier Freeway
The Macdonald–Cartier Freeway is a major Canadian highway corridor in Ontario that serves as one of the busiest and most important transportation routes in the country.
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D.
Queen Elizabeth Way
Queen Elizabeth Way is a major controlled-access highway in Ontario, Canada, connecting Toronto with the Niagara Peninsula and serving as a key route along the western shore of Lake Ontario.
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E.
Ontario Highway 404
Ontario Highway 404 is a major north–south controlled-access freeway in the Greater Toronto Area that connects Toronto to communities in York Region and extends toward Georgina, Ontario.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.