IL 172
E465071
IL 172 is a state highway in Illinois that serves as a regional connector route through rural communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IL 172 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4729321 — 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: IL 172 Context triple: [Illinois Route 172, routeDesignation, IL 172]
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A.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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B.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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C.
Embraer 170
The Embraer 170 is a regional jet airliner designed and produced by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, typically seating around 70 passengers for short- to medium-haul routes.
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D.
Embraer 175
The Embraer 175 is a regional jet airliner designed for short- to medium-haul routes, widely used by airlines for its efficient performance and comfortable 70–88 seat cabin.
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E.
Pulqui II jet fighter
The Pulqui II jet fighter was an Argentine-designed, swept-wing, early jet fighter prototype developed in the late 1940s–1950s under the direction of German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank.
- 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: IL 172 Target entity description: IL 172 is a state highway in Illinois that serves as a regional connector route through rural communities.
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A.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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B.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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C.
Embraer 170
The Embraer 170 is a regional jet airliner designed and produced by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer, typically seating around 70 passengers for short- to medium-haul routes.
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D.
Embraer 175
The Embraer 175 is a regional jet airliner designed for short- to medium-haul routes, widely used by airlines for its efficient performance and comfortable 70–88 seat cabin.
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E.
Pulqui II jet fighter
The Pulqui II jet fighter was an Argentine-designed, swept-wing, early jet fighter prototype developed in the late 1940s–1950s under the direction of German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IL 172 ⓘ |
| connectsTo | other regional routes in Illinois ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function | regional connector route ⓘ |
| hasDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| hasRouteNumberingSystem | Illinois state route numbering system ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 172 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois
|
| locatedIn |
Bureau County, Illinois
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ Whiteside County, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Whiteside County
|
| maintainedBy | Illinois Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | Illinois state highway system ⓘ |
| passesThrough | rural communities ⓘ |
| regionServed | northwestern Illinois ⓘ |
| roadCategory | two-lane highway ⓘ |
| roadEnvironment | rural ⓘ |
| roadUse | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| routeType | state highway ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| surfaceType | paved ⓘ |
| transportNetwork | road network of Illinois ⓘ |
| usedFor | local and regional travel ⓘ |
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: IL 172 Description of subject: IL 172 is a state highway in Illinois that serves as a regional connector route through rural communities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
IL 172