South Capitol Street SW
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South Capitol Street SW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., forming part of the city’s symbolic axis south of the U.S. Capitol and running through Southwest Washington toward the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Capitol Street SW canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8943293 — 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: South Capitol Street SW Context triple: [South Capitol Street SE, connectedTo, South Capitol Street SW]
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A.
South Capitol Street SE
South Capitol Street SE is a major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C.’s Southeast quadrant that runs near key federal landmarks and residential neighborhoods.
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B.
Calvert Street NW
Calvert Street NW is a major east–west street in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant, running through neighborhoods such as Woodley Park and Adams Morgan and crossing Rock Creek Park via the Duke Ellington Bridge.
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C.
First Street SW
First Street SW is a major street in Washington, D.C., running along the western side of the U.S. Capitol and forming part of the core Capitol Hill street grid.
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D.
Virginia Avenue NW
Virginia Avenue NW is a major street in Washington, D.C., that runs through the Foggy Bottom area near key federal buildings and institutions.
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E.
23rd Street SW
23rd Street SW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Southwest quadrant near key federal buildings and monuments.
- 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: South Capitol Street SW Target entity description: South Capitol Street SW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., forming part of the city’s symbolic axis south of the U.S. Capitol and running through Southwest Washington toward the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
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A.
South Capitol Street SE
South Capitol Street SE is a major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C.’s Southeast quadrant that runs near key federal landmarks and residential neighborhoods.
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B.
Calvert Street NW
Calvert Street NW is a major east–west street in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant, running through neighborhoods such as Woodley Park and Adams Morgan and crossing Rock Creek Park via the Duke Ellington Bridge.
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C.
First Street SW
First Street SW is a major street in Washington, D.C., running along the western side of the U.S. Capitol and forming part of the core Capitol Hill street grid.
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D.
Virginia Avenue NW
Virginia Avenue NW is a major street in Washington, D.C., that runs through the Foggy Bottom area near key federal buildings and institutions.
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E.
23rd Street SW
23rd Street SW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Southwest quadrant near key federal buildings and monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
thoroughfare ⓘ |
| connectsTo | South Capitol Street SE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Anacostia River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| formsAxisRelativeTo | United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | symbolic axis of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple traffic lanes ⓘ |
| isSegmentOf | north–south street grid of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southwest Washington, D.C.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | District Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | United States Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientationRelativeTo | south of the United States Capitol ⓘ |
| partOf | South Capitol Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfQuadrant | Southwest (SW) quadrant of Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Buzzard Point
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Navy Yard area (via continuation as South Capitol Street SE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | residential areas of Southwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| roadType | urban arterial road ⓘ |
| runsToward | Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
local 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: South Capitol Street SW Description of subject: South Capitol Street SW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., forming part of the city’s symbolic axis south of the U.S. Capitol and running through Southwest Washington toward the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.