American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan standards-setting and policy organization representing state departments of transportation across the United States.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials canonical | 26 |
| AASHTO | 8 |
| AASHO | 1 |
| AASHTO Board of Directors | 1 |
| AASHTO Materials Standards | 1 |
| American Association of State Highway Officials | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173870 — 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.
Target entity: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Context triple: [United States Numbered Highway System, coordinatedBy, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]
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A.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
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B.
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional organization in the United States that represents civil engineers and promotes the advancement of civil engineering practice, education, and infrastructure.
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C.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for improving road safety by setting and enforcing vehicle performance standards, investigating defects, and promoting traffic safety initiatives.
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D.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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E.
Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and adjudicates economic regulation of the nation’s railroads and certain other surface transportation carriers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Target entity description: The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan standards-setting and policy organization representing state departments of transportation across the United States.
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A.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
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B.
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional organization in the United States that represents civil engineers and promotes the advancement of civil engineering practice, education, and infrastructure.
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C.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is a U.S. federal agency responsible for improving road safety by setting and enforcing vehicle performance standards, investigating defects, and promoting traffic safety initiatives.
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D.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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E.
Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that oversees and adjudicates economic regulation of the nation’s railroads and certain other surface transportation carriers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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professional association ⓘ standards organization ⓘ transportation organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AASHTO
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| alsoKnownAs |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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surface form:
AASHO
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| coordinatesWith |
Federal Highway Administration
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Federal Transit Administration ⓘ National Cooperative Highway Research Program ⓘ United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developsStandard |
bridge design standards
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highway design standards ⓘ materials specifications ⓘ pavement design standards ⓘ roadway geometric design criteria ⓘ traffic engineering guidelines ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
policy advocacy
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professional development ⓘ research coordination ⓘ technical standardization ⓘ |
| field |
infrastructure standards
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transportation engineering ⓘ transportation policy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
active transportation
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aviation ⓘ highway transportation ⓘ public transportation ⓘ rail transportation ⓘ water transportation ⓘ |
| formerName |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
American Association of State Highway Officials
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| founded | 1914 ⓘ |
| fullName | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| legalStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| memberType | state transportation agency ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | nonpartisan ⓘ |
| publishes |
A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets
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AASHTO Green Book ⓘ AASHTO Highway Safety Manual ⓘ AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications ⓘ American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
AASHTO Materials Standards
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| represents |
District of Columbia Department of Transportation
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Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form:
Puerto Rico highway and transportation agency
state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| sector |
highways
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transportation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.transportation.org/ ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Description of subject: The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan standards-setting and policy organization representing state departments of transportation across the United States.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.