U.S. Route 340 (Virginia)
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U.S. Route 340 (Virginia) is a north–south U.S. Highway that runs through the Shenandoah Valley, connecting communities along the Shenandoah River between the West Virginia and Maryland state lines.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 340 (Virginia) canonical | 1 |
| U.S. Route 340 in Clarke County, Virginia | 1 |
| U.S. Route 340 in Virginia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2948052 — 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 340 (Virginia) Context triple: [State Route 7 (Virginia), hasJunctionWith, U.S. Route 340 (Virginia)]
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A.
Virginia State Route 3
Virginia State Route 3 is a primary state highway in Virginia that runs east–west across the northern part of the state, connecting communities between the Piedmont region and the Northern Neck.
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B.
Virginia State Route 234
Virginia State Route 234 is a primary state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a major north–south arterial route connecting the Manassas area with Interstate highways and surrounding communities.
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C.
Virginia State Route 193
Virginia State Route 193 is a scenic primary state highway in Northern Virginia that runs through Fairfax County, connecting the Great Falls area with the vicinity of Langley and McLean.
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D.
Virginia State Route 24
Virginia State Route 24 is a primary state highway in Virginia that runs through central parts of the state, including the historic Appomattox Court House area.
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E.
Virginia State Route 230
Virginia State Route 230 is a primary state highway in Virginia that connects rural communities in Madison County with nearby towns and major routes in the region.
- 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 340 (Virginia) Target entity description: U.S. Route 340 (Virginia) is a north–south U.S. Highway that runs through the Shenandoah Valley, connecting communities along the Shenandoah River between the West Virginia and Maryland state lines.
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A.
Virginia State Route 3
Virginia State Route 3 is a primary state highway in Virginia that runs east–west across the northern part of the state, connecting communities between the Piedmont region and the Northern Neck.
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B.
Virginia State Route 234
Virginia State Route 234 is a primary state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a major north–south arterial route connecting the Manassas area with Interstate highways and surrounding communities.
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C.
Virginia State Route 193
Virginia State Route 193 is a scenic primary state highway in Northern Virginia that runs through Fairfax County, connecting the Great Falls area with the vicinity of Langley and McLean.
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D.
Virginia State Route 24
Virginia State Route 24 is a primary state highway in Virginia that runs through central parts of the state, including the historic Appomattox Court House area.
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E.
Virginia State Route 230
Virginia State Route 230 is a primary state highway in Virginia that connects rural communities in Madison County with nearby towns and major routes in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
ⓘ
road transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| category | U.S. Highways in Virginia ⓘ |
| connects |
communities along the Shenandoah River
ⓘ
rural communities in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ small towns in northwestern Virginia ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Maryland state line
ⓘ
West Virginia state line ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Shenandoah River ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| followsValleyOf | Shenandoah River ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 64 in parts of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 64 in Waynesboro, Virginia
Interstate 66 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 66 in Front Royal, Virginia
Interstate 81 (nearby) ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 81 near Harrisonburg, Virginia
U.S. Route 11 in Virginia ⓘ U.S. Route 211 in Luray, Virginia ⓘ U.S. Route 33 in Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Route 33 in Elkton, Virginia
U.S. Route 522 in Front Royal, Virginia ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shenandoah Valley ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Virginia Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| near |
Shenandoah National Park
ⓘ
Skyline Drive ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Shenandoah River ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Route 340 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCorridor | transportation corridor of the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Augusta County, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarke County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Page County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockingham County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Shenandoah County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Virginia ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 340 ⓘ |
| serves |
Elkton, Virginia
ⓘ
Front Royal, Virginia ⓘ Luray, Virginia ⓘ Woodstock, Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Shenandoah, Virginia
Waynesboro, Virginia ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| terminusNear | Grafton, West Virginia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local access
ⓘ
regional travel ⓘ tourist travel in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ |
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 340 (Virginia) Description of subject: U.S. Route 340 (Virginia) is a north–south U.S. Highway that runs through the Shenandoah Valley, connecting communities along the Shenandoah River between the West Virginia and Maryland state lines.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State Route 7 (Virginia)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 340 in Clarke County, Virginia
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 340 in Virginia