U.S. Route 9 (nearby)
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U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, connecting Delaware to northern New York and serving numerous communities along its route.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 9 (nearby) canonical | 2 |
| U.S. Route 9 near North Creek | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8451882 — 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: U.S. Route 9 (nearby) Context triple: [Great Cacapon, West Virginia, transportation, U.S. Route 9 (nearby)]
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U.S. Route 29 (nearby)
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the eastern United States that passes near Burlington, North Carolina, providing regional connectivity to cities such as Greensboro and Danville.
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B.
U.S. Route 206 (nearby)
U.S. Route 206 is a major north–south United States highway running through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, connecting numerous towns and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
U.S. Route 11 nearby
U.S. Route 11 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the eastern United States, providing regional connectivity through states such as Alabama.
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D.
U.S. Route 101 (nearby)
U.S. Route 101 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along much of the West Coast, serving key urban and suburban areas in California, Oregon, and Washington.
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E.
Interstate 95 (nearby)
Interstate 95 (nearby) is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast that provides primary regional and long-distance access to St. Augustine, Florida.
- 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: U.S. Route 9 (nearby) Target entity description: U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, connecting Delaware to northern New York and serving numerous communities along its route.
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A.
U.S. Route 29 (nearby)
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the eastern United States that passes near Burlington, North Carolina, providing regional connectivity to cities such as Greensboro and Danville.
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B.
U.S. Route 206 (nearby)
U.S. Route 206 is a major north–south United States highway running through New Jersey and Pennsylvania, connecting numerous towns and serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
U.S. Route 11 nearby
U.S. Route 11 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the eastern United States, providing regional connectivity through states such as Alabama.
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D.
U.S. Route 101 (nearby)
U.S. Route 101 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along much of the West Coast, serving key urban and suburban areas in California, Oregon, and Washington.
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E.
Interstate 95 (nearby)
Interstate 95 (nearby) is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast that provides primary regional and long-distance access to St. Augustine, Florida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
ⓘ
road transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Mid-Atlantic United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Atlantic states
Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| connectsState |
Delaware
ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
New York ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
interstate highways
ⓘ
local roads ⓘ other U.S. Highways ⓘ state highways ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| generalDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
northbound
ⓘ
southbound ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple travel lanes on many segments ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoast | East Coast of the United States ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state departments of transportation along its route ⓘ |
| northernTerminusState | New York ⓘ |
| partOf | surface transportation network of the East Coast ⓘ |
| passesThroughState |
Delaware
ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
New York ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | arterial highway ⓘ |
| serves | numerous communities along the East Coast between Delaware and northern New York ⓘ |
| servesCommunityType |
rural communities
ⓘ
suburban communities ⓘ urban communities ⓘ |
| servesFunction |
commuter corridor
ⓘ
freight corridor ⓘ local access route ⓘ regional connector ⓘ |
| southernTerminusState | Delaware ⓘ |
| speedLimitType | varies by state and segment ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial trucking
ⓘ
passenger vehicle travel ⓘ tourist travel ⓘ |
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: U.S. Route 9 (nearby) Description of subject: U.S. Route 9 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast, connecting Delaware to northern New York and serving numerous communities along its route.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: U.S. Route 9 (nearby)