A8 motorway (Germany)
E238665
The A8 motorway in Germany is a major east–west autobahn connecting the Luxembourg and French borders through cities like Saarbrücken, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich to the Austrian border near Salzburg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A8 motorway (Germany) canonical | 2 |
| A6 motorway (Germany) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2047592 — 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: A8 motorway (Germany) Context triple: [A7 motorway, hasJunctionWith, A8 motorway (Germany)]
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A.
A1 motorway (Germany)
The A1 motorway in Germany is a major north–south autobahn connecting the Baltic Sea port of Heiligenhafen with the Saarland region near the French border, serving key cities such as Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen, and Cologne.
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B.
A5 motorway (Germany)
The A5 motorway in Germany is a major north–south autobahn running from the Hattenbach triangle in central Germany to the Swiss border near Basel, serving as a key route through the Rhine-Main and Upper Rhine regions.
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C.
A3 motorway (Germany)
The A3 motorway in Germany is a major east–west autobahn that runs from the Dutch border near Arnhem through cities like Oberhausen, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Nuremberg to the Austrian border near Passau.
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D.
Autobahn A
Autobahn A refers to a category of high-speed, controlled-access highways in Germany that form part of the national Autobahn network.
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E.
A1(M) motorway
The A1(M) motorway is a series of motorway-standard sections along the A1 route in England, providing a high-speed link between London and the North and connecting with major routes such as the M25.
- 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: A8 motorway (Germany) Target entity description: The A8 motorway in Germany is a major east–west autobahn connecting the Luxembourg and French borders through cities like Saarbrücken, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich to the Austrian border near Salzburg.
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A.
A1 motorway (Germany)
The A1 motorway in Germany is a major north–south autobahn connecting the Baltic Sea port of Heiligenhafen with the Saarland region near the French border, serving key cities such as Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen, and Cologne.
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B.
A5 motorway (Germany)
The A5 motorway in Germany is a major north–south autobahn running from the Hattenbach triangle in central Germany to the Swiss border near Basel, serving as a key route through the Rhine-Main and Upper Rhine regions.
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C.
A3 motorway (Germany)
The A3 motorway in Germany is a major east–west autobahn that runs from the Dutch border near Arnhem through cities like Oberhausen, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Nuremberg to the Austrian border near Passau.
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D.
Autobahn A
Autobahn A refers to a category of high-speed, controlled-access highways in Germany that form part of the national Autobahn network.
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E.
A1(M) motorway
The A1(M) motorway is a series of motorway-standard sections along the A1 route in England, providing a high-speed link between London and the North and connecting with major routes such as the M25.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A8 motorway (Germany) Description of subject: The A8 motorway in Germany is a major east–west autobahn connecting the Luxembourg and French borders through cities like Saarbrücken, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich to the Austrian border near Salzburg.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A6 motorway (Germany)