US 9
E800571
US 9 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New Jersey and New York, connecting urban, suburban, and coastal communities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 9 (in this area) | 1 |
| US 9 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9454269 — 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: US 9 Context triple: [US 1/9, roadDesignation, US 9]
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A.
US 99
US 99 was a major former north–south U.S. highway that ran along the West Coast, primarily through California, and served as a key predecessor to parts of today’s Interstate 5.
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B.
US 98
US 98 is a major east–west U.S. highway running across the Gulf Coast region, primarily through Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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C.
US 92
US 92 is a major east–west U.S. highway running across central Florida, connecting cities such as St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Daytona Beach.
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D.
US 9W
US 9W is a north–south United States highway running along the west side of the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey, serving as a major regional route through numerous riverfront communities.
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E.
US 29
US 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the eastern United States, connecting cities from Florida to Virginia and beyond.
- 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: US 9 Target entity description: US 9 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New Jersey and New York, connecting urban, suburban, and coastal communities.
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A.
US 99
US 99 was a major former north–south U.S. highway that ran along the West Coast, primarily through California, and served as a key predecessor to parts of today’s Interstate 5.
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B.
US 98
US 98 is a major east–west U.S. highway running across the Gulf Coast region, primarily through Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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C.
US 92
US 92 is a major east–west U.S. highway running across central Florida, connecting cities such as St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Daytona Beach.
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D.
US 9W
US 9W is a north–south United States highway running along the west side of the Hudson River in New York and New Jersey, serving as a major regional route through numerous riverfront communities.
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E.
US 29
US 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the eastern United States, connecting cities from Florida to Virginia and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| connects |
coastal communities
ⓘ
suburban communities ⓘ urban communities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | federal-aid highway network ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple lanes in many segments ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | primarily northbound and southbound travel ⓘ |
| hasRouteNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| isNumberedAfter | US 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNumberedBefore | US 10 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state transportation agencies ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
New Jersey coastal areas
ⓘ
New York metropolitan region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved highway ⓘ |
| roadType | highway ⓘ |
| runsThrough |
New Jersey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesAs | regional arterial route ⓘ |
| transportationMode | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
access to coastal destinations
ⓘ
commuter traffic ⓘ intercity 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: US 9 Description of subject: US 9 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running along the East Coast, primarily through New Jersey and New York, connecting urban, suburban, and coastal communities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 9 (in this area)