Route 38
E372745
Route 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as a regional connector through several communities north of Boston.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Route 38 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3607735 — 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: Route 38 Context triple: [MA 129, hasJunctionWith, Route 38]
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A.
Route 38
Route 38 is a major east–west state highway in southern New Jersey that serves as a key commercial and commuter corridor through Cherry Hill and surrounding communities.
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B.
Route 36
Route 36 is a SEPTA subway–surface trolley line in Philadelphia that provides light rail service between Center City and Southwest Philadelphia.
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C.
Route 31
Route 31 is a major north–south state highway in New Jersey that connects several central and northwestern communities, serving as a key regional transportation corridor.
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D.
Route 35
Route 35 is a major New Jersey state highway running along the central Jersey Shore and through several urban and suburban communities.
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E.
Route 34
Route 34 is a SEPTA subway–surface trolley line in Philadelphia that runs between Center City and West Philadelphia.
- 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: Route 38 Target entity description: Route 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as a regional connector through several communities north of Boston.
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A.
Route 38
Route 38 is a major east–west state highway in southern New Jersey that serves as a key commercial and commuter corridor through Cherry Hill and surrounding communities.
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B.
Route 36
Route 36 is a SEPTA subway–surface trolley line in Philadelphia that provides light rail service between Center City and Southwest Philadelphia.
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C.
Route 31
Route 31 is a major north–south state highway in New Jersey that connects several central and northwestern communities, serving as a key regional transportation corridor.
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D.
Route 35
Route 35 is a major New Jersey state highway running along the central Jersey Shore and through several urban and suburban communities.
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E.
Route 34
Route 34 is a SEPTA subway–surface trolley line in Philadelphia that runs between Center City and West Philadelphia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| allows | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 495
ⓘ
Interstate 93 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 110 ⓘ
surface form:
Route 110 (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts Route 113 ⓘ
surface form:
Route 113 (Massachusetts)
Route 128 ⓘ Massachusetts Route 28 ⓘ
surface form:
Route 28 (Massachusetts)
U.S. Route 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsUrbanAreas |
Lowell, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Lowell metropolitan area
inner Boston suburbs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasLanes | multiple lanes in urban segments ⓘ |
| hasRouteDesignation | MA 38 ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimitType | posted speed limits vary by municipality ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 38 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Massachusetts state route ⓘ |
| isNumberedInSequenceWith |
Route 37 (Massachusetts)
ⓘ
Route 39 ⓘ
surface form:
Route 39 (Massachusetts)
|
| locatedInCounty |
Essex County, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Greater Boston
ⓘ
eastern Massachusetts ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | Massachusetts state highway system ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Merrimack River
ⓘ
Mystic River ⓘ Shawsheen River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Lowell, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerville, Massachusetts ⓘ Tewksbury, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilmington, Massachusetts ⓘ Winchester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| regionServed | communities north of Boston ⓘ |
| roadFunction | arterial road ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| runsNorthOf | Boston ⓘ |
| servesAs | regional connector ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| terminusCity |
Lowell, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Somerville, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
local access ⓘ |
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: Route 38 Description of subject: Route 38 is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as a regional connector through several communities north of Boston.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.