U.S. Route 9
E1689
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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 9 canonical | 55 |
| U.S. Route 9 in New York | 6 |
| US 9 | 2 |
| U.S. 9 | 1 |
| U.S. Route 9 (in many segments) | 1 |
| U.S. Route 9 (numbering lineage) | 1 |
| U.S. Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson | 1 |
| U.S. Route 9 in Wappingers Falls | 1 |
| U.S. Route 9A | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6315 — 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 9 Context triple: [Hyde Park, New York, United States, transportation, U.S. Route 9]
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A.
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south United States highway running along the East Coast from Key West, Florida, to Fort Kent, Maine.
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B.
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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C.
Georgia State Route 85
Georgia State Route 85 is a primary north–south state highway in western Georgia that connects several communities, including Warm Springs, to the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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D.
Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway)
Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway) is a major urban arterial roadway in the Greater Boston area that connects several North Shore communities and provides key access to Revere Beach and surrounding neighborhoods.
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E.
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Manhattan renowned as one of the world’s premier shopping streets and a symbol of New York City’s luxury and culture.
- 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 9 Target entity description: 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.
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A.
U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 is a major north–south United States highway running along the East Coast from Key West, Florida, to Fort Kent, Maine.
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B.
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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C.
U.S. Route 2 in Maine
U.S. Route 2 in Maine is a major east–west highway crossing the state’s interior, connecting rural communities and regional centers between New Hampshire and the Bangor area.
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D.
U.S. Route 90 in Florida
U.S. Route 90 in Florida is a major east–west highway that parallels Interstate 10 across the Florida Panhandle and northern Florida, connecting cities such as Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville.
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E.
Georgia State Route 85
Georgia State Route 85 is a primary north–south state highway in western Georgia that connects several communities, including Warm Springs, to the Atlanta metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
ⓘ
north–south highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
U.S. Route 9
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. 9
U.S. Route 9 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
US 9
|
| connects |
Capital District of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany metropolitan area
Hudson Valley communities ⓘ New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
New York City metropolitan area
historic communities in New Jersey ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| followsValley |
Hudson Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Hudson River Valley
|
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate highways in New Jersey
ⓘ
Interstate highways in New York ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuous north–south corridor along the East Coast
ⓘ
serving numerous historic communities ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesNear |
historic shore communities in New Jersey
ⓘ
historic sites in the Hudson Valley ⓘ |
| passesThroughCity |
Albany
ⓘ
surface form:
Albany, New York
Cape May, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Cape May, New Jersey
New York City ⓘ Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ Saratoga Springs, New York ⓘ Toms River, New Jersey ⓘ |
| passesThroughState |
Province of Delaware
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware
Maine ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York ⓘ Vermont ⓘ |
| primaryStates |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| roadType | numbered federal highway ⓘ |
| runsAlong | East Coast of the United States ⓘ |
| servesAs | major regional arterial highway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
intercity travel ⓘ tourist travel ⓘ |
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: U.S. Route 9 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
US 9
this entity surface form:
U.S. 9
subject surface form:
Hyde Park, New York
subject surface form:
Red Hook, New York
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in Wappingers Falls
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in New York
this entity surface form:
US 9
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9A
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in New York
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 (in many segments)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in New York
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 (numbering lineage)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in New York
subject surface form:
New York State Route 9D
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in New York
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 in New York
subject surface form:
Downtown Albany