California State Route 9
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California State Route 9 is a scenic, winding state highway in the San Francisco Bay Area that connects several small communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Saratoga and Santa Cruz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State Route 9 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7734039 — 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 9 Context triple: [Boulder Creek, California, servedByHighway, California State Route 9]
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A.
California State Route 49
California State Route 49 is a historic north–south highway in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills that links many of the state’s Gold Rush-era towns and mining regions.
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B.
California State Route 18
California State Route 18 is a major state highway in Southern California that runs through the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert, connecting communities such as San Bernardino, Crestline, Big Bear Lake, and Lucerne Valley.
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C.
California State Route 17
California State Route 17 is a major north–south highway in Northern California that connects San Jose and Santa Cruz, known for its winding, mountainous terrain and heavy commuter and tourist traffic.
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D.
California State Route 59
California State Route 59 is a north–south state highway in California’s Central Valley that connects the city of Merced with surrounding rural communities and regional routes.
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E.
California State Route 89
California State Route 89 is a scenic north–south highway in California that winds through the Sierra Nevada and other mountainous regions, connecting small communities, national forests, and popular outdoor recreation areas.
- 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 9 Target entity description: California State Route 9 is a scenic, winding state highway in the San Francisco Bay Area that connects several small communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Saratoga and Santa Cruz.
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A.
California State Route 49
California State Route 49 is a historic north–south highway in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills that links many of the state’s Gold Rush-era towns and mining regions.
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B.
California State Route 18
California State Route 18 is a major state highway in Southern California that runs through the San Bernardino Mountains and High Desert, connecting communities such as San Bernardino, Crestline, Big Bear Lake, and Lucerne Valley.
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C.
California State Route 17
California State Route 17 is a major north–south highway in Northern California that connects San Jose and Santa Cruz, known for its winding, mountainous terrain and heavy commuter and tourist traffic.
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D.
California State Route 59
California State Route 59 is a north–south state highway in California’s Central Valley that connects the city of Merced with surrounding rural communities and regional routes.
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E.
California State Route 89
California State Route 89 is a scenic north–south highway in California that winds through the Sierra Nevada and other mountainous regions, connecting small communities, national forests, and popular outdoor recreation areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CA 9
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SR 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Roads in Santa Clara County, California
ⓘ
Roads in Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ Scenic highways in California ⓘ State highways in California ⓘ |
| characteristic |
scenic
ⓘ
winding ⓘ |
| connects | San Francisco Bay Area to northern Santa Cruz area ⓘ |
| connectsCommunity |
Boulder Creek, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Felton, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Gatos, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Cruz, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Saratoga, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| easternTerminus | City of Saratoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
forest canopy over roadway
ⓘ
sharp curves ⓘ steep grades ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
California State Route 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California State Route 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ California State Route 236 NERFINISHED ⓘ California State Route 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | California State Route system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lanes | one lane in each direction ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Santa Cruz Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
|
| notableFor |
access to hiking and parks
ⓘ
redwood forest scenery ⓘ |
| partOf | California State Highway network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Santa Clara County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Cruz County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
San Francisco Bay Area
ⓘ
Santa Cruz Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadType | two-lane highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| speedLimitCharacteristic | generally lower speed limits due to curves ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| terrain | mountainous ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
recreational travel ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | City of Santa Cruz 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 9 Description of subject: California State Route 9 is a scenic, winding state highway in the San Francisco Bay Area that connects several small communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Saratoga and Santa Cruz.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
State Route 17 (California)