U.S. Route 321
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U.S. Route 321 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the southeastern United States that connects Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, linking cities such as Knoxville, Boone, and Columbia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 321 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T665530 — 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 321 Context triple: [Knoxville metropolitan area, servedByU.S.Highway, U.S. Route 321]
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A.
U.S. Route 221
U.S. Route 221 is a north–south United States highway that runs through several southeastern states, connecting rural communities and regional centers.
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B.
U.S. Route 340
U.S. Route 340 is a U.S. highway running through parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, connecting the Shenandoah Valley region with the Frederick, Maryland area.
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C.
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
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D.
U.S. Route 441
U.S. Route 441 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Tennessee, serving as an important regional corridor through several southeastern states.
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E.
U.S. Route 129
U.S. Route 129 is a United States highway running through several southeastern states, known for connecting rural communities and featuring popular scenic and recreational driving segments such as the "Tail of the Dragon" in Tennessee and North Carolina.
- 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 321 Target entity description: U.S. Route 321 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the southeastern United States that connects Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, linking cities such as Knoxville, Boone, and Columbia.
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A.
U.S. Route 221
U.S. Route 221 is a north–south United States highway that runs through several southeastern states, connecting rural communities and regional centers.
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B.
U.S. Route 340
U.S. Route 340 is a U.S. highway running through parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, connecting the Shenandoah Valley region with the Frederick, Maryland area.
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C.
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
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D.
U.S. Route 441
U.S. Route 441 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Tennessee, serving as an important regional corridor through several southeastern states.
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E.
U.S. Route 129
U.S. Route 129 is a United States highway running through several southeastern states, known for connecting rural communities and featuring popular scenic and recreational driving segments such as the "Tail of the Dragon" in Tennessee and North Carolina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
ⓘ
numbered highway in the United States ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Boone, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Knoxville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Appalachian Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midlands of South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Piedmont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 20
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 26 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 75 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 77 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 421 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 74 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 321 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| maintainedBy |
North Carolina Department of Transportation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Carolina Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Blount County, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catawba County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaston County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Knox County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Lexington County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Richland County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Watauga County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ York County, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadType | divided highway (in many segments) ⓘ |
| runsThrough |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesAs | regional connector route ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Gastonia, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hickory, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenoir City, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenoir, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Maryville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnsboro, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ York, South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 321 Description of subject: U.S. Route 321 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the southeastern United States that connects Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, linking cities such as Knoxville, Boone, and Columbia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.