Autoroute Blanche
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Autoroute Blanche is the French A40 motorway that links the Lyon region to the Alps and the Mont Blanc area, serving as a major route toward Italy and Switzerland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Autoroute Blanche canonical | 7 |
| French section of Autoroute Blanche (A40) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T401398 — 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: Autoroute Blanche Context triple: [A40 motorway (France), alsoKnownAs, Autoroute Blanche]
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A.
Trois Monts Route
Trois Monts Route is a classic high-altitude alpine ascent on Mont Blanc that traverses Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Maudit before reaching the summit.
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B.
A1 autoroute
The A1 autoroute is a major French motorway connecting Paris to Lille and serving key locations such as Charles de Gaulle Airport and the northern suburbs.
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C.
A86 autoroute
The A86 autoroute is a major ring road around Paris, France, designed to relieve congestion on the city’s inner highways by linking numerous suburbs and key transport hubs.
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D.
National Road
The National Road is a historic early 19th-century U.S. highway that served as a major route for westward expansion and commerce, stretching from Maryland into the Midwest.
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E.
Kukum Highway
Kukum Highway is a major roadway in Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, serving as one of its primary transport arteries.
- 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: Autoroute Blanche Target entity description: Autoroute Blanche is the French A40 motorway that links the Lyon region to the Alps and the Mont Blanc area, serving as a major route toward Italy and Switzerland.
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A.
Trois Monts Route
Trois Monts Route is a classic high-altitude alpine ascent on Mont Blanc that traverses Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Maudit before reaching the summit.
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B.
A1 autoroute
The A1 autoroute is a major French motorway connecting Paris to Lille and serving key locations such as Charles de Gaulle Airport and the northern suburbs.
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C.
A86 autoroute
The A86 autoroute is a major ring road around Paris, France, designed to relieve congestion on the city’s inner highways by linking numerous suburbs and key transport hubs.
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D.
National Road
The National Road is a historic early 19th-century U.S. highway that served as a major route for westward expansion and commerce, stretching from Maryland into the Midwest.
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E.
Kukum Highway
Kukum Highway is a major roadway in Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, serving as one of its primary transport arteries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French motorway
ⓘ
motorway ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| accessControl | controlled-access highway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
A40 motorway
ⓘ
Autoroute A40 ⓘ
surface form:
Autoroute Blanche A40
|
| connectsArea |
Mont Blanc massif
ⓘ
surface form:
Mont Blanc area
|
| connectsCountryDirection |
Italy
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Alps
ⓘ
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
surface form:
Lyon region
|
| connectsTo |
Italian road network
ⓘ
Swiss road network ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Alpine region
ⓘ
Rhône valley access route ⓘ |
| hasDestination |
Alpine resorts
ⓘ
Mont Blanc ⓘ |
| hasRouteNumber | A40 ⓘ |
| isPartOfCorridor |
transport corridor between France and Italy
ⓘ
transport corridor between France and Switzerland ⓘ |
| lanes | multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
|
| majorFunction |
major route from Lyon region to the Alps
ⓘ
major route toward Italy ⓘ major route toward Mont Blanc ⓘ major route toward Switzerland ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | White Motorway ⓘ |
| officialName | Autoroute A40 ⓘ |
| partOf | French autoroute network ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
international transit route
ⓘ
long-distance traffic ⓘ tourist traffic to Alpine ski resorts ⓘ |
| roadType | dual carriageway ⓘ |
| servesCity | Lyon ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhône-Alpes
|
| strategicImportance |
key international route toward northern Italy
ⓘ
key international route toward western Switzerland ⓘ key link between Lyon and Mont Blanc ⓘ |
| surface | asphalt ⓘ |
| tollStatus | partly toll motorway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
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passenger transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Autoroute Blanche Description of subject: Autoroute Blanche is the French A40 motorway that links the Lyon region to the Alps and the Mont Blanc area, serving as a major route toward Italy and Switzerland.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
French section of Autoroute Blanche (A40)