Inter-American Highway
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The Inter-American Highway is a major network of roads in Central America that forms a key segment of the larger Pan-American Highway system, connecting the United States–Mexico border to Panama.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T135942 — 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: Inter-American Highway Context triple: [Pan-American Highway, hasSection, Inter-American Highway]
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A.
Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway is an extensive network of roads stretching across the Americas, connecting multiple countries from North to South.
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B.
Trans-Panama Highway
The Trans-Panama Highway is a major roadway that spans the width of Panama, linking its coasts and integrating into the broader Pan-American Highway network.
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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 80
Interstate 80 is a major transcontinental highway in the United States that runs from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, serving as a key east–west transportation corridor.
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E.
Sierra Nevada transportation corridor
The Sierra Nevada transportation corridor is a major east–west route across California’s Sierra Nevada mountains that carries key highway and rail lines linking the state’s Central Valley with Nevada and the broader interior West.
- 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: Inter-American Highway Target entity description: The Inter-American Highway is a major network of roads in Central America that forms a key segment of the larger Pan-American Highway system, connecting the United States–Mexico border to Panama.
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A.
Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway is an extensive network of roads stretching across the Americas, connecting multiple countries from North to South.
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B.
Trans-Panama Highway
The Trans-Panama Highway is a major roadway that spans the width of Panama, linking its coasts and integrating into the broader Pan-American Highway network.
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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 80
Interstate 80 is a major transcontinental highway in the United States that runs from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, serving as a key east–west transportation corridor.
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E.
Sierra Nevada transportation corridor
The Sierra Nevada transportation corridor is a major east–west route across California’s Sierra Nevada mountains that carries key highway and rail lines linking the state’s Central Valley with Nevada and the broader interior West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway system
ⓘ
road network ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Pan-American Highway segments in South America
ⓘ
United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
surface form:
United States highway network
|
| continent |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| country |
Costa Rica
ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ |
| followsRoute |
Costa Rican Route 1
ⓘ
Guatemalan Highway CA-1 ⓘ Honduran Highway CA-5 ⓘ Mexican Federal Highway 190 ⓘ Mexican Federal Highway 45 ⓘ Nicaraguan Highway CA-1 ⓘ Pan-American Highway ⓘ
surface form:
Pan-American Highway in Panama
Salvadoran Highway CA-1 ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Central American Integration System
ⓘ
surface form:
Central American governments
United States government ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Inter-American Highway
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Carretera Interamericana
|
| hasPart |
bridges
ⓘ
mountain passes ⓘ tunnels ⓘ |
| inception | 1930s ⓘ |
| languageOfAlternateName | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
national governments of Costa Rica
ⓘ
national governments of El Salvador ⓘ national governments of Guatemala ⓘ national governments of Honduras ⓘ national governments of Mexico ⓘ national governments of Nicaragua ⓘ national governments of Panama ⓘ |
| partOf | Pan-American Highway ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate economic integration in the Americas
ⓘ
improve transportation infrastructure in Central America ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| terminusA |
U.S.–Mexico border
ⓘ
surface form:
United States–Mexico border
|
| terminusB | Panama ⓘ |
| traverses |
Central American highlands
ⓘ
Pacific coastal plains ⓘ Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Madre mountain ranges
|
| use |
international road transport
ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Inter-American Highway Description of subject: The Inter-American Highway is a major network of roads in Central America that forms a key segment of the larger Pan-American Highway system, connecting the United States–Mexico border to Panama.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carretera Interamericana
this entity surface form:
Central American highway network
this entity surface form:
Central American Highway System
this entity surface form:
Central American Highway network
this entity surface form:
Central American regional road network
this entity surface form:
Central American highway network
this entity surface form:
Central American Highway (CA) system
this entity surface form:
Interamericana Norte
this entity surface form:
Central American Highway Network
this entity surface form:
Central American road corridor
this entity surface form:
Carretera Interamericana Norte
this entity surface form:
Interamericana Norte
subject surface form:
Route 1 (Costa Rica)
this entity surface form:
Carretera Interamericana Norte
subject surface form:
Route 1 (Costa Rica)
this entity surface form:
Interamericana Norte
this entity surface form:
Carretera Interamericana Norte
this entity surface form:
Interamericana Norte
subject surface form:
Liberia, Costa Rica