M9 motorway
E827139
The M9 motorway is a major Irish highway connecting Dublin to Waterford, passing through counties including Kilkenny.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M9 motorway canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4764187 — 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: M9 motorway Context triple: [County Kilkenny, hasMajorRoad, M9 motorway]
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A.
M9 motorway
The M9 motorway is a major Scottish highway connecting Edinburgh to Stirling and the Highlands, serving as a key transport route through central Scotland.
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B.
M8 motorway
The M8 motorway is a major Scottish highway linking the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and serving as a key east–west transport corridor across the Central Belt.
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C.
M8 motorway
The M8 motorway is a major Irish highway linking Cork to Dublin, forming a key part of the country’s primary inter-urban road network.
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D.
M11 motorway
The M11 motorway is a major road in England connecting London to Cambridge and serving as a key route for traffic between the capital, East Anglia, and the Midlands via the A14.
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E.
M7 motorway
The M7 motorway is a major Hungarian highway that links Budapest with Lake Balaton and continues toward the Croatian border, serving as a key route in southwestern Hungary.
- 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: M9 motorway Target entity description: The M9 motorway is a major Irish highway connecting Dublin to Waterford, passing through counties including Kilkenny.
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A.
M9 motorway
The M9 motorway is a major Scottish highway connecting Edinburgh to Stirling and the Highlands, serving as a key transport route through central Scotland.
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B.
M8 motorway
The M8 motorway is a major Scottish highway linking the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and serving as a key east–west transport corridor across the Central Belt.
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C.
M8 motorway
The M8 motorway is a major Irish highway linking Cork to Dublin, forming a key part of the country’s primary inter-urban road network.
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D.
M11 motorway
The M11 motorway is a major road in England connecting London to Cambridge and serving as a key route for traffic between the capital, East Anglia, and the Midlands via the A14.
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E.
M7 motorway
The M7 motorway is a major Hungarian highway that links Budapest with Lake Balaton and continues toward the Croatian border, serving as a key route in southwestern Hungary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
motorway
ⓘ
road in Ireland ⓘ |
| category |
Motorways in the Republic of Ireland
ⓘ
Roads in County Carlow ⓘ Roads in County Kildare ⓘ Roads in County Kilkenny ⓘ Roads in County Waterford ⓘ |
| completed | 2010 ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Dublin
ⓘ
Waterford ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| directionA | north ⓘ |
| directionB | south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
M50 motorway
ⓘ
M7 motorway ⓘ N10 road ⓘ N24 road ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | 120 km/h ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Transport Infrastructure Ireland ⓘ |
| northernTerminus | M7 near Naas ⓘ |
| openedInPart | 1994 ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Irish motorway network ⓘ |
| passesThroughCounty |
County Carlow
ⓘ
County Kildare ⓘ County Kilkenny ⓘ County Waterford ⓘ |
| region | Leinster ⓘ |
| roadType | dual carriageway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | M9 ⓘ |
| servesTown |
Carlow
ⓘ
Kilcullen ⓘ Kilkenny ⓘ Leighlinbridge ⓘ Muine Bheag ⓘ Naas ⓘ Thomastown ⓘ Waterford ⓘ |
| southernTerminus | N25 near Waterford ⓘ |
| terminusNear |
Naas
ⓘ
Waterford city ⓘ
linked to:
Waterford
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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
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Input
Subject: M9 motorway Description of subject: The M9 motorway is a major Irish highway connecting Dublin to Waterford, passing through counties including Kilkenny.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.