pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering
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The pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering was an older, less systematic scheme for assigning highway numbers across India that was later replaced by a more logical, grid-based renumbering to improve clarity and navigation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Highway network of India (pre-2010 renumbering) | 1 |
| New National Highway numbering system of India | 1 |
| pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7017621 — 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: pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering Context triple: [National Highway 37, oldNumberingSystem, pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering]
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A.
National Highway network of India
The National Highway network of India is an extensive system of primary roadways that connects major cities, ports, and regions across the country, facilitating long-distance travel and economic activity.
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B.
National Highway 12A (old numbering, India)
National Highway 12A (old numbering, India) was a former Indian national highway that served as a regional connector route in central India, linking towns such as Damoh to the broader national road network.
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C.
National Highway 9 (India)
National Highway 9 (India) is a major east–west roadway that connects the national capital Delhi with several key cities across northern India, facilitating regional trade and transportation.
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D.
National Highway 151A (India)
National Highway 151A (India) is a roadway in the state of Gujarat that serves as a key route connecting the city of Jamnagar with other regional destinations in western India.
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E.
Tamil Nadu State Highway network
The Tamil Nadu State Highway network is an extensive system of major roads that connects cities, towns, and districts across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, facilitating regional transportation and economic activity.
- 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: pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering Target entity description: The pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering was an older, less systematic scheme for assigning highway numbers across India that was later replaced by a more logical, grid-based renumbering to improve clarity and navigation.
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A.
National Highway network of India
The National Highway network of India is an extensive system of primary roadways that connects major cities, ports, and regions across the country, facilitating long-distance travel and economic activity.
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B.
National Highway 12A (old numbering, India)
National Highway 12A (old numbering, India) was a former Indian national highway that served as a regional connector route in central India, linking towns such as Damoh to the broader national road network.
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C.
National Highway 9 (India)
National Highway 9 (India) is a major east–west roadway that connects the national capital Delhi with several key cities across northern India, facilitating regional trade and transportation.
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D.
National Highway 151A (India)
National Highway 151A (India) is a roadway in the state of Gujarat that serves as a key route connecting the city of Jamnagar with other regional destinations in western India.
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E.
Tamil Nadu State Highway network
The Tamil Nadu State Highway network is an extensive system of major roads that connects cities, towns, and districts across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, facilitating regional transportation and economic activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway numbering system
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transportation infrastructure scheme ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Government of India
NERFINISHED
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
inter-city highways
ⓘ
inter-state highways ⓘ |
| appliesTo | National Highways of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| changeType | renumbering of national highways ⓘ |
| characteristic |
legacy numbering scheme
ⓘ
less systematic ⓘ non-grid-based ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| followedBy | more logical numbering pattern ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | entire territory of India ⓘ |
| motivationFor | creation of grid-based highway numbering in India ⓘ |
| purpose | assign numbers to national highways in India ⓘ |
| reformReason |
improve clarity
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improve navigation ⓘ reduce confusion in highway identification ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Indian National Highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
grid-based Indian national highway numbering system
ⓘ
post-2010 Indian national highway numbering ⓘ |
| scope | national-level road network ⓘ |
| status |
obsolete for new designations
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superseded ⓘ |
| stillReferencedIn |
historical maps
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legacy road signage ⓘ older government documents ⓘ |
| temporalContext | before national highway renumbering of 2010 ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 2010 ⓘ |
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: pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering Description of subject: The pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering was an older, less systematic scheme for assigning highway numbers across India that was later replaced by a more logical, grid-based renumbering to improve clarity and navigation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Highway 37 (old numbering may vary)
→
oldNumberingSystem
→
pre-2010 Indian national highway numbering
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subject surface form:
National Highway 37
this entity surface form:
New National Highway numbering system of India
this entity surface form:
National Highway network of India (pre-2010 renumbering)