California State Route 246
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California State Route 246 is a state highway in California’s Central Coast region that connects U.S. Route 101 with several Santa Barbara County communities, including the Santa Ynez Valley and the city of Lompoc.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State Route 246 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6645123 — 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: California State Route 246 Context triple: [Lompoc, isServedBy, California State Route 246]
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A.
California State Route 247
California State Route 247 is a state highway in Southern California that runs through the Mojave Desert, connecting the Lucerne Valley area with other desert communities and major routes.
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B.
California State Route 245
California State Route 245 is a north–south state highway in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills that connects rural communities and agricultural areas in Tulare and Fresno counties.
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C.
California State Route 241
California State Route 241 is a toll freeway in Orange County that serves as part of the Foothill Transportation Corridor, providing an alternative north–south route to Interstate 5.
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D.
California State Route 46
California State Route 46 is an east–west highway in central California that connects the Central Coast near Paso Robles to the San Joaquin Valley, serving as a key corridor between U.S. Route 101 and State Route 99.
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E.
California State Route 267
California State Route 267 is a mountain highway in the Lake Tahoe region of California that connects the Truckee area to North Lake Tahoe and nearby ski resorts.
- 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: California State Route 246 Target entity description: California State Route 246 is a state highway in California’s Central Coast region that connects U.S. Route 101 with several Santa Barbara County communities, including the Santa Ynez Valley and the city of Lompoc.
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A.
California State Route 247
California State Route 247 is a state highway in Southern California that runs through the Mojave Desert, connecting the Lucerne Valley area with other desert communities and major routes.
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B.
California State Route 245
California State Route 245 is a north–south state highway in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills that connects rural communities and agricultural areas in Tulare and Fresno counties.
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C.
California State Route 241
California State Route 241 is a toll freeway in Orange County that serves as part of the Foothill Transportation Corridor, providing an alternative north–south route to Interstate 5.
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D.
California State Route 46
California State Route 46 is an east–west highway in central California that connects the Central Coast near Paso Robles to the San Joaquin Valley, serving as a key corridor between U.S. Route 101 and State Route 99.
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E.
California State Route 267
California State Route 267 is a mountain highway in the Lake Tahoe region of California that connects the Truckee area to North Lake Tahoe and nearby ski resorts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CA 246
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SR 246 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
California State Route 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California State Route 154 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| easternTerminus | U.S. Route 101 near Buellton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
California State Route 1 in Lompoc
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California State Route 154 near Santa Ynez NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 101 in Buellton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwayType | State Route ⓘ |
| isNumberedAfter | California State Route 245 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNumberedBefore | California State Route 247 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Coast of California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Barbara County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Santa Barbara County region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
Caltrans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | California State Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Los Olivos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Ynez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Buellton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lompoc NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Ynez Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Solvang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Lompoc Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Ynez Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadClassification | primary state highway ⓘ |
| roadFunction |
access to tourist destinations
ⓘ
regional connector ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 246 ⓘ |
| serves |
city of Buellton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
city of Lompoc ⓘ city of Solvang NERFINISHED ⓘ wine tourism in Santa Ynez Valley ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| usedFor |
automobile traffic
ⓘ
tourist travel ⓘ truck traffic ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | California State Route 1 in Lompoc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: California State Route 246 Description of subject: California State Route 246 is a state highway in California’s Central Coast region that connects U.S. Route 101 with several Santa Barbara County communities, including the Santa Ynez Valley and the city of Lompoc.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.