Connecticut Route 9
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Connecticut Route 9 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects the Hartford area to the lower Connecticut River Valley and the shoreline near Old Saybrook.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Connecticut Route 9 canonical | 6 |
| Connecticut Route 9 expressway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6406721 — 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: Connecticut Route 9 Context triple: [Connecticut Route 15, hasJunctionWith, Connecticut Route 9]
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A.
Connecticut Route 8
Connecticut Route 8 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects cities such as Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Torrington along the Naugatuck River Valley.
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B.
Connecticut Route 7
Connecticut Route 7 is a picturesque north–south state highway known for its scenic drive through historic towns, river valleys, and rural landscapes in western Connecticut.
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C.
Connecticut Route 10
Connecticut Route 10 is a north–south state highway in Connecticut that runs through several central communities, including Farmington, serving as a key local arterial route.
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D.
Connecticut Route 2
Connecticut Route 2 is a primary east–west state highway in Connecticut that connects Hartford to southeastern parts of the state, serving as a key commuter and regional travel corridor.
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E.
Connecticut Route 4
Connecticut Route 4 is a state highway in Connecticut that serves as a key east–west arterial route connecting several towns in the central and northwestern parts of the state.
- 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: Connecticut Route 9 Target entity description: Connecticut Route 9 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects the Hartford area to the lower Connecticut River Valley and the shoreline near Old Saybrook.
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A.
Connecticut Route 8
Connecticut Route 8 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects cities such as Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Torrington along the Naugatuck River Valley.
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B.
Connecticut Route 7
Connecticut Route 7 is a picturesque north–south state highway known for its scenic drive through historic towns, river valleys, and rural landscapes in western Connecticut.
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C.
Connecticut Route 10
Connecticut Route 10 is a north–south state highway in Connecticut that runs through several central communities, including Farmington, serving as a key local arterial route.
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D.
Connecticut Route 2
Connecticut Route 2 is a primary east–west state highway in Connecticut that connects Hartford to southeastern parts of the state, serving as a key commuter and regional travel corridor.
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E.
Connecticut Route 4
Connecticut Route 4 is a state highway in Connecticut that serves as a key east–west arterial route connecting several towns in the central and northwestern parts of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
limited-access highway
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| accessControl | mostly limited-access ⓘ |
| category |
Limited-access roads in Connecticut
ⓘ
State highways in Connecticut ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Connecticut shoreline
ⓘ
Hartford area NERFINISHED ⓘ lower Connecticut River Valley ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followsRiver | Connecticut River (lower valley) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Connecticut Route 17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Connecticut Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Connecticut Route 66 NERFINISHED ⓘ Connecticut Route 72 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 84 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 91 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Connecticut state route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | divided highway on most segments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hartford County, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middlesex County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ New London County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Connecticut Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Connecticut River (in several segments) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Connecticut state highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Berlin, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middletown Harbor area ⓘ Middletown, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ New Britain, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lower Connecticut River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadFunction |
commuter route
ⓘ
connector between Hartford area and shoreline ⓘ principal arterial ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Middletown, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Britain, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesTown | Old Saybrook, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| southernTerminusNear | Old Saybrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
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: Connecticut Route 9 Description of subject: Connecticut Route 9 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects the Hartford area to the lower Connecticut River Valley and the shoreline near Old Saybrook.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
New Britain, Connecticut
this entity surface form:
Connecticut Route 9 expressway
subject surface form:
Middletown, Connecticut