Pennsylvania Route 228
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Pennsylvania Route 228 is a state highway in western Pennsylvania that serves as a major east–west corridor connecting suburban communities, commercial areas, and regional routes north of Pittsburgh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pennsylvania Route 228 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1860436 — 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: Pennsylvania Route 228 Context triple: [Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, transportationAccess, Pennsylvania Route 228]
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A.
Pennsylvania Route 252
Pennsylvania Route 252 is a state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania that runs north–south through Delaware and Montgomery counties, connecting several suburbs and local communities.
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B.
Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 309 is a major north–south state highway in eastern Pennsylvania that connects several key cities and suburbs, serving as an important commuter and regional travel corridor.
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C.
Pennsylvania Route 21
Pennsylvania Route 21 is a state highway in southwestern Pennsylvania that runs east–west, connecting communities such as Uniontown to the West Virginia state line and serving as a key regional corridor.
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D.
Pennsylvania Route 356
Pennsylvania Route 356 is a state highway in western Pennsylvania that connects several communities, including Saxonburg, to larger regional routes and urban centers.
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E.
Pennsylvania Route 982
Pennsylvania Route 982 is a state highway in southwestern Pennsylvania that serves as a local connector route through Westmoreland County, including the Latrobe area.
- 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: Pennsylvania Route 228 Target entity description: Pennsylvania Route 228 is a state highway in western Pennsylvania that serves as a major east–west corridor connecting suburban communities, commercial areas, and regional routes north of Pittsburgh.
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A.
Pennsylvania Route 252
Pennsylvania Route 252 is a state highway in southeastern Pennsylvania that runs north–south through Delaware and Montgomery counties, connecting several suburbs and local communities.
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B.
Pennsylvania Route 309
Pennsylvania Route 309 is a major north–south state highway in eastern Pennsylvania that connects several key cities and suburbs, serving as an important commuter and regional travel corridor.
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C.
Pennsylvania Route 21
Pennsylvania Route 21 is a state highway in southwestern Pennsylvania that runs east–west, connecting communities such as Uniontown to the West Virginia state line and serving as a key regional corridor.
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D.
Pennsylvania Route 356
Pennsylvania Route 356 is a state highway in western Pennsylvania that connects several communities, including Saxonburg, to larger regional routes and urban centers.
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E.
Pennsylvania Route 982
Pennsylvania Route 982 is a state highway in southwestern Pennsylvania that serves as a local connector route through Westmoreland County, including the Latrobe area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
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state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PA 228 ⓘ |
| connectsTo | other regional highways north of Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| connectsTypeOfAreas |
commercial areas
ⓘ
suburban communities ⓘ |
| connectsTypeOfRoutes | regional routes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| directionA | West ⓘ |
| directionB | East ⓘ |
| generalOrientation | east–west ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple lanes in many segments ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | Pennsylvania state highway system ⓘ |
| importance | key corridor for suburban growth north of Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| isPartOf | regional transportation network north of Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
Pittsburgh region
ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
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| locatedInRegion | Western Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh
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| maintainedBy | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| passesThroughRegion | northern suburbs of Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| role | major east–west corridor ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 228 ⓘ |
| serves |
access to commercial developments in western Pennsylvania
ⓘ
commuters traveling to and from Pittsburgh suburbs ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| transportationFunction |
commercial access route
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commuter route ⓘ |
| usedBy | motor vehicles ⓘ |
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: Pennsylvania Route 228 Description of subject: Pennsylvania Route 228 is a state highway in western Pennsylvania that serves as a major east–west corridor connecting suburban communities, commercial areas, and regional routes north of Pittsburgh.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania