New York State Route 277
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New York State Route 277 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves suburban communities south of Buffalo, including Orchard Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York State Route 277 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2851893 — 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: New York State Route 277 Context triple: [Orchard Park, New York, transportation, New York State Route 277]
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A.
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 27 is a major east–west highway on Long Island that connects New York City to numerous communities and resort areas along the island’s South Shore.
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B.
New York State Route 372
New York State Route 372 is a state highway in upstate New York that serves as an east–west connector between small rural communities and larger regional routes.
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C.
New York State Route 295
New York State Route 295 is a state highway in eastern New York that connects rural communities near the Massachusetts border with major routes in Columbia County.
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D.
New York State Route 240
New York State Route 240 is a north–south state highway in western New York that connects several suburbs and rural communities south of Buffalo.
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E.
New York State Route 73
New York State Route 73 is a scenic state highway in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, known for connecting Lake Placid with the Adirondack Northway and providing access to popular hiking and outdoor recreation areas.
- 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: New York State Route 277 Target entity description: New York State Route 277 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves suburban communities south of Buffalo, including Orchard Park.
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A.
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 27 is a major east–west highway on Long Island that connects New York City to numerous communities and resort areas along the island’s South Shore.
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B.
New York State Route 372
New York State Route 372 is a state highway in upstate New York that serves as an east–west connector between small rural communities and larger regional routes.
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C.
New York State Route 295
New York State Route 295 is a state highway in eastern New York that connects rural communities near the Massachusetts border with major routes in Columbia County.
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D.
New York State Route 240
New York State Route 240 is a north–south state highway in western New York that connects several suburbs and rural communities south of Buffalo.
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E.
New York State Route 73
New York State Route 73 is a scenic state highway in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, known for connecting Lake Placid with the Adirondack Northway and providing access to popular hiking and outdoor recreation areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in New York (state)
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Transportation in Erie County, New York ⓘ |
| connects | residential suburbs south of Buffalo ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
New York State Route 16
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New York State Route 240 ⓘ New York State Route 354 ⓘ New York State Route 391 ⓘ New York State Route 400 ⓘ New York State Route 5 ⓘ U.S. Route 20 in New York ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Route 20
|
| highwaySystem | New York State Route System ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | primarily two-lane highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
New York
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| maintainedBy | New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | road network of Erie County, New York ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Buffalo, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
|
| passesThrough |
Erie County, New York
ⓘ
Orchard Park, New York ⓘ |
| region | Western New York ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | state highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 277 ⓘ |
| serves |
Orchard Park town center area
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suburban communities south of Buffalo ⓘ |
| usedFor | commuter traffic to and from Buffalo metropolitan area ⓘ |
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: New York State Route 277 Description of subject: New York State Route 277 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves suburban communities south of Buffalo, including Orchard Park.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Chestnut Ridge Park (nearby, in Erie County)