BR-116 highway

E768481

Brazilian federal highway federal highway

BR-116 highway is one of Brazil's longest and most important federal highways, running north–south and connecting major cities across the country.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
BR-116 highway canonical	2
Rodovia Presidente Dutra (BR-116)	2
BR-116	1
Via Dutra (BR-116)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8866634 — 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: BR-116 highway
Context triple: [Duque de Caxias, hasTransportConnection, BR-116 highway]

A. BR-163 highway
BR-163 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that runs through the Amazon region, linking the interior agricultural areas to key river ports and export routes.
B. BR-110
BR-110 is a federal highway in Brazil that connects the city of Mossoró to other regions in the country’s Northeast.
C. Rodovia dos Bandeirantes
Rodovia dos Bandeirantes is a major Brazilian highway in the state of São Paulo, known for its modern infrastructure and for connecting the São Paulo metropolitan area with key interior cities like Campinas.
D. Rodovia Anhanguera
Rodovia Anhanguera is one of Brazil’s major highways in the state of São Paulo, serving as a key transportation corridor that connects the interior region, including cities like Campinas, to the São Paulo metropolitan area.
E. Rodovia Rio-Santos
Rodovia Rio-Santos is a scenic coastal highway in southeastern Brazil that links Rio de Janeiro to Santos, passing through numerous beach towns and Atlantic rainforest landscapes.
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: BR-116 highway
Target entity description: BR-116 highway is one of Brazil's longest and most important federal highways, running north–south and connecting major cities across the country.

A. BR-163 highway
BR-163 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that runs through the Amazon region, linking the interior agricultural areas to key river ports and export routes.
B. BR-110
BR-110 is a federal highway in Brazil that connects the city of Mossoró to other regions in the country’s Northeast.
C. Rodovia dos Bandeirantes
Rodovia dos Bandeirantes is a major Brazilian highway in the state of São Paulo, known for its modern infrastructure and for connecting the São Paulo metropolitan area with key interior cities like Campinas.
D. Rodovia Anhanguera
Rodovia Anhanguera is one of Brazil’s major highways in the state of São Paulo, serving as a key transportation corridor that connects the interior region, including cities like Campinas, to the São Paulo metropolitan area.
E. Rodovia Rio-Santos
Rodovia Rio-Santos is a scenic coastal highway in southeastern Brazil that links Rio de Janeiro to Santos, passing through numerous beach towns and Atlantic rainforest landscapes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brazilian federal highway ⓘ federal highway ⓘ
connects	Belo Horizonte NERFINISHED ⓘ Curitiba NERFINISHED ⓘ Feira de Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ Fortaleza NERFINISHED ⓘ Natal NERFINISHED ⓘ Porto Alegre NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ Vitória da Conquista NERFINISHED ⓘ major Brazilian cities ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
function	connects northern and southern Brazil ⓘ
hasSectionNamed	Rodovia Presidente Dutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodovia Rio–Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodovia Régis Bittencourt NERFINISHED ⓘ Rodovia Santos Dumont NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTollSections	yes ⓘ
isOneOf	longest highways in Brazil ⓘ most important highways in Brazil ⓘ
languageOfName	Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ Northeastern Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ South Region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	Brazilian federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameInPortuguese	BR-116 ⓘ
partOf	Brazilian Federal Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Alagoas NERFINISHED ⓘ Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceará NERFINISHED ⓘ Minas Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraná NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande do Sul NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Catarina NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergipe NERFINISHED ⓘ São Paulo (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadNumber	116 ⓘ
roadType	long-distance highway ⓘ
status	paved ⓘ
usedFor	cargo transport ⓘ long-distance passenger transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duque de Caxias → hasTransportConnection → BR-116 highway ⓘ

Paraíba do Sul River → crossedBy → BR-116 highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rodovia Presidente Dutra (BR-116)

Novo Hamburgo → transportInfrastructure → BR-116 highway ⓘ

Taubaté → roadConnection → BR-116 highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Via Dutra (BR-116)

Mafra, Santa Catarina, Brazil → roadConnection → BR-116 highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: BR-116

Guaratinguetá → roadAccess → BR-116 highway ⓘ