U.S. Route 77
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U.S. Route 77 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from the Mexican border in Texas through several central states to its northern terminus in Iowa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 77 canonical | 18 |
| U.S. Highway 77 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T785009 — 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 77 Context triple: [Interstate 35E (Texas), connectsWith, U.S. Route 77]
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A.
U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
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B.
U.S. Route 73
U.S. Route 73 is a north–south United States highway running through northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska, connecting communities including the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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C.
U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway that runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Texas to the Canada–U.S. border in Minnesota, passing through several central states.
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D.
U.S. Route 45
U.S. Route 45 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from the Gulf Coast in Mississippi through several Midwestern states to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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E.
U.S. Route 78
U.S. Route 78 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Memphis, Tennessee, through the Deep South to Charleston, South Carolina, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
- 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 77 Target entity description: U.S. Route 77 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from the Mexican border in Texas through several central states to its northern terminus in Iowa.
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A.
U.S. Route 75
U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through the central United States, serving as a key transportation corridor for cities such as Dallas.
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B.
U.S. Route 73
U.S. Route 73 is a north–south United States highway running through northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska, connecting communities including the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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C.
U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway that runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Texas to the Canada–U.S. border in Minnesota, passing through several central states.
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D.
U.S. Route 45
U.S. Route 45 is a major north–south United States highway that runs from the Gulf Coast in Mississippi through several Midwestern states to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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E.
U.S. Route 78
U.S. Route 78 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running from Memphis, Tennessee, through the Deep South to Charleston, South Carolina, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| borderCrossing |
Mexico–United States border
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S.–Mexico border
|
| category |
United States Numbered Highway in Iowa
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Highways in Iowa
United States Numbered Highway in Kansas ⓘ United States Numbered Highway in Nebraska ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Highways in Nebraska
United States Numbered Highway in Oklahoma ⓘ United States Numbered Highway in Texas ⓘ |
| connects |
Mexico–United States border at Brownsville, Texas
ⓘ
Sioux City metropolitan area in Iowa and Nebraska ⓘ
linked to:
Sioux City metropolitan area
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| established | 1926 ⓘ |
| followsRiver |
Brazos River (in parts of Texas)
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazos River
|
| highwayNumber | 77 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
state departments of transportation of Iowa
ⓘ
state departments of transportation of Kansas ⓘ state departments of transportation of Nebraska ⓘ state departments of transportation of Oklahoma ⓘ state departments of transportation of Texas ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Interstate 35 (in parts of Texas and Oklahoma)
ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 35
Interstate 35E (in the Dallas area) ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 35E
Interstate 35W (near Fort Worth–Denton region historically and in segments) ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 35W (Texas)
Interstate 37 (near Corpus Christi, Texas, in short segments) ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 37 near San Antonio
U.S. Route 75 (near Sioux City, Iowa, historically and in segments) ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Route 75 in Sioux County, Iowa
U.S. Route 81 (in parts of Kansas and Nebraska historically and in segments) ⓘ U.S. Route 83 (in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas) ⓘ |
| partOf |
original 1926 U.S. Highway system
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Numbered Highway System
|
| passesThrough |
Brownsville, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Brownsville
Corpus Christi, Texas ⓘ
linked to:
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Dallas, Texas ⓘ Denton, Texas ⓘ Fremont, Nebraska ⓘ Lincoln, Nebraska ⓘ Norman, Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to:
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ Waco, Texas ⓘ Wichita, Kansas ⓘ |
| stateTraversed |
Iowa
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| system | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| terminusNorth |
Sioux City, Iowa
ⓘ
junction with Interstate 29 in Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ |
| terminusSouth |
Brownsville, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Brownsville
Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: U.S. Route 77 Description of subject: U.S. Route 77 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from the Mexican border in Texas through several central states to its northern terminus in Iowa.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Interstate 35E
linked to: U.S. Route 77
subject linked to:
Harlingen
subject linked to:
Hillsboro, Texas, United States