U.S. Route 24
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U.S. Route 24 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Colorado through the Midwest to Michigan, connecting numerous cities and states across the central U.S.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 24 canonical | 12 |
| U.S. Route 24 (Telegraph Road) | 1 |
| U.S. Route 24 in Ohio | 1 |
| US Route 24 (Telegraph Road) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T733269 — 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 24 Context triple: [Kansas City, Kansas, hasMajorHighway, U.S. Route 24]
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A.
U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 23 is a major north–south U.S. highway running from Florida to Michigan, serving as a key regional transportation artery through several eastern and midwestern states.
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B.
U.S. Route 25
U.S. Route 25 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Brunswick, Georgia, to the Ohio–Michigan state line, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and midwestern U.S.
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C.
U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 54 is a major northeast–southwest U.S. highway that runs from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois, passing through several states in the central United States.
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D.
U.S. Route 250
U.S. Route 250 is a U.S. highway running generally northeast–southwest through several states in the eastern United States, connecting rural areas, small towns, and regional cities.
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E.
U.S. Route 27
U.S. Route 27 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Florida to Michigan, passing through several southeastern and midwestern states.
- 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 24 Target entity description: U.S. Route 24 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Colorado through the Midwest to Michigan, connecting numerous cities and states across the central U.S.
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A.
U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 23 is a major north–south U.S. highway running from Florida to Michigan, serving as a key regional transportation artery through several eastern and midwestern states.
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B.
U.S. Route 25
U.S. Route 25 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Brunswick, Georgia, to the Ohio–Michigan state line, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and midwestern U.S.
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C.
U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 54 is a major northeast–southwest U.S. highway that runs from El Paso, Texas, to Griggsville, Illinois, passing through several states in the central United States.
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D.
U.S. Route 250
U.S. Route 250 is a U.S. highway running generally northeast–southwest through several states in the eastern United States, connecting rural areas, small towns, and regional cities.
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E.
U.S. Route 27
U.S. Route 27 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from Florida to Michigan, passing through several southeastern and midwestern states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Numbered Highway
ⓘ
east–west highway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Telegraph Road (in parts of Michigan)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Highway 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ US 24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Chillicothe, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colby, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado Springs, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Defiance, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Independence, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas City metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ Limon, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Logansport, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Moberly, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Quincy, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Toledo, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Topeka, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Watseka, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsState |
Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesRiver |
Illinois River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maumee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easternTerminus |
Independence Township, Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Pontiac, Michigan ⓘ |
| established | 1926 ⓘ |
| function | connects Rocky Mountains to Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| hasDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| intersectsHighway |
Interstate 25
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 475 (Michigan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 475 (Ohio) NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 55 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 69 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 75 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state departments of transportation ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
includes freeway-standard segments in Ohio and Indiana
ⓘ
includes urban arterial segments in the Detroit area ⓘ serves as a major freight corridor in Ohio and Indiana ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesNear | Pikes Peak, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains in Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | central United States ⓘ |
| runsConcurrentWith |
U.S. Route 30 (near Toledo, historically)
NERFINISHED
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U.S. Route 36 (in parts of Kansas) NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 40 (in parts of Colorado) NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 61 (near Quincy, Illinois) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systemEntry | original 1926 U.S. Highway plan ⓘ |
| terminusRegionEast | Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusRegionWest | Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westernTerminus |
Minturn, Colorado
NERFINISHED
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near Interstate 70 in Colorado ⓘ |
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 24 Description of subject: U.S. Route 24 is a major east–west United States highway that stretches from Colorado through the Midwest to Michigan, connecting numerous cities and states across the central U.S.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Independence, Missouri
subject surface form:
Burlington, Colorado
subject surface form:
Limon, Colorado
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 24 (Telegraph Road)
this entity surface form:
US Route 24 (Telegraph Road)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 24 in Ohio