U.S. Route 12
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U.S. Route 12 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes region, connecting numerous cities and rural areas across the northern part of the country.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 12 canonical | 49 |
| US Route 12 | 3 |
| U.S. Highway 12 | 1 |
| U.S. Route 12 in Washington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T470090 — 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 12 Context triple: [Aberdeen, South Dakota, majorHighway, U.S. Route 12]
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A.
U.S. Route 20
U.S. Route 20 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to New England, serving as one of the longest roads in the national highway system.
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B.
U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from South Carolina to New York, serving as an important regional corridor through several Mid-Atlantic and Southern states.
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C.
U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
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D.
U.S. Route 2
U.S. Route 2 is a major east–west United States highway that runs across the northern part of the country, stretching from the Great Lakes region to northern New England.
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E.
U.S. Route 5
U.S. Route 5 is a major north–south United States highway running through New England, primarily paralleling the Connecticut River from Connecticut to the Canadian border.
- 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 12 Target entity description: U.S. Route 12 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes region, connecting numerous cities and rural areas across the northern part of the country.
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A.
U.S. Route 20
U.S. Route 20 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to New England, serving as one of the longest roads in the national highway system.
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B.
U.S. Route 15
U.S. Route 15 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from South Carolina to New York, serving as an important regional corridor through several Mid-Atlantic and Southern states.
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C.
U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19 is a major north–south United States highway running from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Memphis, Florida, passing through several states in the eastern U.S.
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D.
U.S. Route 2
U.S. Route 2 is a major east–west United States highway that runs across the northern part of the country, stretching from the Great Lakes region to northern New England.
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E.
U.S. Route 5
U.S. Route 5 is a major north–south United States highway running through New England, primarily paralleling the Connecticut River from Connecticut to the Canadian border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Numbered Highway
ⓘ
east–west highway ⓘ |
| connects |
Aberdeen, Washington
ⓘ
Ann Arbor, Michigan ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
Bismarck, North Dakota ⓘ Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
Gary, Indiana ⓘ Helena, Montana ⓘ Madison, Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to:
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Miles City, Montana ⓘ Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Missoula, Montana ⓘ
linked to:
Missoula
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crosses |
Continental Divide
ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ Missouri River ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| easternTerminus |
Detroit, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
intersection with Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan ⓘ |
| established | 1926 ⓘ |
| followsAlong | Mississippi River in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| historicDesignation |
portion designated as the Lewis and Clark Highway in Idaho
ⓘ
portions follow historic auto trails and wagon routes ⓘ |
| lengthApproximate | about 2,500 miles ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Interstate 90 in parts of Montana
ⓘ
Interstate 90 in parts of Washington ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 90 in Ellensburg, Washington
Interstate 94 in parts of Minnesota ⓘ Interstate 94 in parts of Montana ⓘ Interstate 94 in parts of North Dakota ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Idaho
ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Montana ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Washington ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| region |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| serves |
rural areas in the northern United States
ⓘ
urban areas in the northern United States ⓘ |
| westernTerminus |
Aberdeen, Washington
ⓘ
intersection with U.S. Route 101 in Aberdeen, Washington ⓘ |
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 12 Description of subject: U.S. Route 12 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes region, connecting numerous cities and rural areas across the northern part of the country.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States
subject linked to:
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
linked to: U.S. Route 12
linked to: U.S. Route 12
subject linked to:
State Route 8
linked to: U.S. Route 12
subject linked to:
Interstate 190