California State Route 18
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California State Route 18 is a major state highway in Southern California that runs through the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert, connecting communities such as San Bernardino, Crestline, Big Bear Lake, and Lucerne Valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State Route 18 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2404709 — 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: California State Route 18 Context triple: [Lucerne Valley, traversedBy, California State Route 18]
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A.
California State Route 12
California State Route 12 is an east–west state highway in Northern California that connects the Sonoma and Napa wine regions to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and Central Valley.
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B.
California State Route 14
California State Route 14 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that connects the Los Angeles area to the Antelope Valley and the western Mojave Desert.
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C.
California State Route 28
California State Route 28 is a scenic state highway that runs along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, connecting communities in the Sierra Nevada region of California.
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D.
California State Route 190
California State Route 190 is an east–west state highway in California that traverses the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley, providing access to Death Valley National Park and connecting remote desert and mountain communities.
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E.
California State Route 2
California State Route 2 is a major east–west state highway in Southern California that runs from the Pacific Coast through the Los Angeles area into the San Gabriel Mountains.
- 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: California State Route 18 Target entity description: California State Route 18 is a major state highway in Southern California that runs through the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert, connecting communities such as San Bernardino, Crestline, Big Bear Lake, and Lucerne Valley.
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A.
California State Route 12
California State Route 12 is an east–west state highway in Northern California that connects the Sonoma and Napa wine regions to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and Central Valley.
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B.
California State Route 14
California State Route 14 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that connects the Los Angeles area to the Antelope Valley and the western Mojave Desert.
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C.
California State Route 28
California State Route 28 is a scenic state highway that runs along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, connecting communities in the Sierra Nevada region of California.
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D.
California State Route 190
California State Route 190 is an east–west state highway in California that traverses the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley, providing access to Death Valley National Park and connecting remote desert and mountain communities.
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E.
California State Route 2
California State Route 2 is a major east–west state highway in Southern California that runs from the Pacific Coast through the Los Angeles area into the San Gabriel Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CA 18
ⓘ
SR 18 ⓘ |
| connects |
Apple Valley
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Big Bear Lake ⓘ Crestline ⓘ Lucerne Valley ⓘ San Bernardino ⓘ Victorville, California ⓘ
surface form:
Victorville
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| easternTerminus | near Victorville ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Rim of the World Highway ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 15
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Interstate 215 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 138 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 210 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 247 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem |
California State Route
ⓘ
surface form:
California State Route system
|
| knownFor |
access to ski resorts near Big Bear Lake
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scenic views of the San Bernardino Mountains ⓘ sharp curves ⓘ steep mountain grades ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
|
| partOf | regional route between Inland Empire and High Desert ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
High Desert
ⓘ
San Bernardino County ⓘ San Bernardino Mountains ⓘ |
| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| roadType |
desert highway
ⓘ
mountain highway ⓘ two-lane highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 18 ⓘ |
| serves |
High Desert communities
ⓘ
Inland Empire ⓘ Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
San Bernardino metropolitan area
resort communities in the San Bernardino Mountains ⓘ |
| terrain |
desert
ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
goods movement between Inland Empire and High Desert ⓘ tourist access to mountain resorts ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | San Bernardino ⓘ |
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: California State Route 18 Description of subject: California State Route 18 is a major state highway in Southern California that runs through the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert, connecting communities such as San Bernardino, Crestline, Big Bear Lake, and Lucerne Valley.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.