Maine State Route 16
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Maine State Route 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs generally east–west across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine State Route 16 canonical | 8 |
| State Route 16 (Maine) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1526997 — 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: Maine State Route 16 Context triple: [Maine State Route system, hasComponent, Maine State Route 16]
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A.
Maine State Route 17
Maine State Route 17 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that connects the Augusta area with several central and coastal communities.
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B.
Maine State Route 15
Maine State Route 15 is a major north–south state highway in Maine that connects coastal and inland communities, including Bangor and the Moosehead Lake region.
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C.
Maine State Route 11
Maine State Route 11 is a long north–south state highway in Maine that traverses much of the state’s interior, connecting numerous rural communities and serving as a key regional transportation corridor.
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D.
Maine State Route 161
Maine State Route 161 is a state highway in northern Maine that runs through Aroostook County, connecting communities such as Fort Kent with other towns near the Canadian border.
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E.
Maine State Route 152
Maine State Route 152 is a state highway in Maine that runs through central communities including Palmyra, providing a regional north–south transportation corridor.
- 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: Maine State Route 16 Target entity description: Maine State Route 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs generally east–west across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
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A.
Maine State Route 17
Maine State Route 17 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that connects the Augusta area with several central and coastal communities.
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B.
Maine State Route 15
Maine State Route 15 is a major north–south state highway in Maine that connects coastal and inland communities, including Bangor and the Moosehead Lake region.
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C.
Maine State Route 11
Maine State Route 11 is a long north–south state highway in Maine that traverses much of the state’s interior, connecting numerous rural communities and serving as a key regional transportation corridor.
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D.
Maine State Route 161
Maine State Route 161 is a state highway in northern Maine that runs through Aroostook County, connecting communities such as Fort Kent with other towns near the Canadian border.
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E.
Maine State Route 152
Maine State Route 152 is a state highway in Maine that runs through central communities including Palmyra, providing a regional north–south transportation corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SR 16
ⓘ
State Route 16 ⓘ |
| category |
Roads in Maine
ⓘ
State highways in Maine ⓘ |
| connects |
major routes in Maine
ⓘ
rural communities in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasJurisdiction |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| highwaySystem |
Maine State Route System
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| locatedIn |
central Maine region
ⓘ
western Maine region ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maine state highway network
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| region |
central Maine
ⓘ
western Maine ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved road ⓘ |
| roadType | two-lane highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 16 ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| transportationMode | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local access
ⓘ
regional 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: Maine State Route 16 Description of subject: Maine State Route 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs generally east–west across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maine State Route 16