National Route 246
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National Route 246 is a major Japanese highway running through central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, known for its heavy traffic and for passing through key districts such as Shibuya and Meguro.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Route 246 canonical | 14 |
| National Route 246 (nearby) | 2 |
| 国道246号 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7606430 — 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: National Route 246 Context triple: [Kasumigaseki, hasRoadAccess, National Route 246]
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A.
National Route 24
National Route 24 is a major Japanese national highway in the Kansai region that connects cities such as Kyoto and Wakayama, serving as an important north–south transportation corridor.
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B.
National Route 236
National Route 236 is a major national highway in Hokkaido, Japan, connecting the city of Obihiro with other regional communities across the island.
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C.
National Route 26
National Route 26 is a major Japanese highway that runs through Osaka Prefecture and connects key cities in the Kansai region.
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D.
National Route 36
National Route 36 is a major Japanese highway in Hokkaido that connects the cities of Sapporo and Muroran, serving as an important coastal transportation corridor.
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E.
National Route 34
National Route 34 was a former Australian national highway route designation that once applied to the Oxley Highway in New South Wales.
- 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: National Route 246 Target entity description: National Route 246 is a major Japanese highway running through central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, known for its heavy traffic and for passing through key districts such as Shibuya and Meguro.
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A.
National Route 24
National Route 24 is a major Japanese national highway in the Kansai region that connects cities such as Kyoto and Wakayama, serving as an important north–south transportation corridor.
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B.
National Route 236
National Route 236 is a major national highway in Hokkaido, Japan, connecting the city of Obihiro with other regional communities across the island.
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C.
National Route 26
National Route 26 is a major Japanese highway that runs through Osaka Prefecture and connects key cities in the Kansai region.
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D.
National Route 36
National Route 36 is a major Japanese highway in Hokkaido that connects the cities of Sapporo and Muroran, serving as an important coastal transportation corridor.
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E.
National Route 34
National Route 34 was a former Australian national highway route designation that once applied to the Oxley Highway in New South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national highway of Japan ⓘ |
| connects |
Kanagawa Prefecture cities
ⓘ
central Tokyo ⓘ southwestern suburbs of Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation | appears in Japanese media and popular culture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
multiple intersections with major city streets
ⓘ
overpasses and underpasses in busy sections ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple lanes in many sections ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | heavy traffic ⓘ |
| hasRouteNumber | 246 ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | urban road speed limits ⓘ |
| importance | key transportation artery in Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ |
| isMajorCorridorFor |
automobile traffic
ⓘ
bus routes ⓘ |
| knownAs | Route 246 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kanagawa Prefecture
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Government of Japan
ⓘ
local road authorities (for some sections) ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line (in several sections)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
|
| partOf | Japanese national highway network ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Aoyama area
ⓘ
Omotesando area ⓘ
linked to:
Omotesando district
Sangenjaya ⓘ Shibuya Station ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Atsugi
ⓘ
Chiyoda ⓘ Meguro ⓘ
linked to:
Meguro Ward
Minato, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to:
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Setagaya ⓘ Shibuya ⓘ Yokohama ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | arterial road ⓘ |
| runsThrough |
Kanagawa Prefecture urban areas
ⓘ
central Tokyo ⓘ |
| trafficCharacteristic | frequent congestion ⓘ |
| urbanSetting | densely built-up areas ⓘ |
| usedBy |
buses
ⓘ
private vehicles ⓘ taxis ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial traffic
ⓘ
commuter traffic ⓘ |
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: National Route 246 Description of subject: National Route 246 is a major Japanese highway running through central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, known for its heavy traffic and for passing through key districts such as Shibuya and Meguro.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: National Route 246
subject linked to:
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
linked to: National Route 246