State Route 16
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State Route 16 is a California state highway that runs through the Sacramento Valley, connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in counties such as Colusa to the broader state highway network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State Route 16 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2408590 — 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: State Route 16 Context triple: [Colusa County, California, United States, hasMajorHighway, State Route 16]
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A.
State Route 16
State Route 16 is a primary Washington state highway that connects Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, including via the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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B.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a significant east–west state highway in northern Ohio that connects multiple communities and serves as a key regional transportation corridor.
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C.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a California mountain highway that winds through the San Bernardino Mountains, providing a primary route to destinations such as Big Bear Lake and surrounding resort communities.
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D.
State Route 15
State Route 15 is a numbered state highway in Maine that runs through communities including Brewer, serving as part of the region’s local and regional transportation network.
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E.
State Route 168
State Route 168 is a California state highway that runs from the Fresno area into the Sierra Nevada, providing access to mountain communities and recreational 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: State Route 16 Target entity description: State Route 16 is a California state highway that runs through the Sacramento Valley, connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in counties such as Colusa to the broader state highway network.
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A.
State Route 16
State Route 16 is a primary Washington state highway that connects Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, including via the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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B.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a significant east–west state highway in northern Ohio that connects multiple communities and serves as a key regional transportation corridor.
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C.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a California mountain highway that winds through the San Bernardino Mountains, providing a primary route to destinations such as Big Bear Lake and surrounding resort communities.
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D.
State Route 15
State Route 15 is a numbered state highway in Maine that runs through communities including Brewer, serving as part of the region’s local and regional transportation network.
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E.
State Route 168
State Route 168 is a California state highway that runs from the Fresno area into the Sierra Nevada, providing access to mountain communities and recreational areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
California State Route
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CA 16
ⓘ
SR 16 ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
State highways in California
ⓘ
Transportation in Amador County, California ⓘ Transportation in Colusa County, California ⓘ Transportation in Sacramento County, California ⓘ Transportation in Yolo County, California ⓘ |
| connects |
agricultural areas in Sacramento Valley
ⓘ
rural communities in Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAccessControl | mostly uncontrolled access ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 5 in California
ⓘ
Interstate 80 in California ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 80
State Route 20 (California) ⓘ
linked to:
State Route 20
State Route 45 (California) ⓘ
linked to:
State Route 45
State Route 49 (California) ⓘ
linked to:
State Route 49
State Route 99 (California) ⓘ
linked to:
State Route 99
U.S. Route 50 in California ⓘ
linked to:
California State Route 50
|
| highwaySystem |
California State Route System
ⓘ
linked to:
California state highway system
|
| isNumberedBy | California State Legislature ⓘ |
| isPartOfCorridor | rural east–west routes in Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Northern California
ⓘ
Sacramento Valley ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
California Department of Transportation
ⓘ
linked to:
Caltrans
|
| partOf |
California state highway network
ⓘ
linked to:
California state highway system
|
| passesThrough |
Amador County, California
ⓘ
Colusa County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Colusa County, California, United States
Sacramento County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Sacramento County
Sutter County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Sutter County
Yolo County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Yolo County
|
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 16 ⓘ |
| serves |
agricultural regions of Sacramento Valley
ⓘ
rural communities in Colusa County, California ⓘ rural communities in Sacramento County, California ⓘ rural communities in Yolo County, California ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| traverses |
Cache Creek Canyon
ⓘ
Sacramento Valley farmland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural transport
ⓘ
local commuting ⓘ regional connectivity ⓘ |
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: State Route 16 Description of subject: State Route 16 is a California state highway that runs through the Sacramento Valley, connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in counties such as Colusa to the broader state highway network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.