M-185
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M-185 is a state highway on Mackinac Island in Michigan notable for being one of the few public roads in the United States where motor vehicles are generally prohibited and transportation is primarily by bicycle, horse, and foot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M-185 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7677966 — 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: M-185 Context triple: [Michigan state trunkline highway system, hasComponent, M-185]
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A.
M-115
M-115 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan that serves as a regional connector route through the central and northwestern parts of the Lower Peninsula.
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B.
M-153
M-153 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan, commonly known as Ford Road, that serves as a major east–west arterial route through the Detroit metropolitan area.
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C.
M-59
M-59 is an east–west state highway in southeastern Michigan that serves as a major suburban arterial route connecting communities north of Detroit.
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D.
M-28
M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
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E.
M-1
M-1 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan, best known as Woodward Avenue, a major historic thoroughfare running through the Detroit metropolitan area.
- 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: M-185 Target entity description: M-185 is a state highway on Mackinac Island in Michigan notable for being one of the few public roads in the United States where motor vehicles are generally prohibited and transportation is primarily by bicycle, horse, and foot.
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A.
M-115
M-115 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan that serves as a regional connector route through the central and northwestern parts of the Lower Peninsula.
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B.
M-153
M-153 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan, commonly known as Ford Road, that serves as a major east–west arterial route through the Detroit metropolitan area.
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C.
M-59
M-59 is an east–west state highway in southeastern Michigan that serves as a major suburban arterial route connecting communities north of Detroit.
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D.
M-28
M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
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E.
M-1
M-1 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan, best known as Woodward Avenue, a major historic thoroughfare running through the Detroit metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| accessRestriction | motor vehicles generally prohibited ⓘ |
| connects |
downtown Mackinac Island
ⓘ
linked to:
Mackinac Island
ferry docks on Mackinac Island ⓘ perimeter areas of Mackinac Island ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environment | island setting ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | low speed due to non-motorized use ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 185 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Michigan state trunkline highway system ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan
|
| locatedIn |
Mackinac County, Michigan
ⓘ
Mackinac Island ⓘ Michigan ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Michigan Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ban on most motor vehicles
ⓘ
non-motorized transportation ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Mackinac Island State Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Mackinac State Historic Parks
|
| primaryTransportationModes |
bicycle
ⓘ
foot ⓘ horse ⓘ |
| regulation | motorized vehicles restricted by local ordinance ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadUse | public road ⓘ |
| routeType | state highway ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Lake Huron ⓘ |
| tourismRole | scenic route for visitors ⓘ |
| trafficType | non-motorized traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local transportation
ⓘ
recreation ⓘ |
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: M-185 Description of subject: M-185 is a state highway on Mackinac Island in Michigan notable for being one of the few public roads in the United States where motor vehicles are generally prohibited and transportation is primarily by bicycle, horse, and foot.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.