US 290
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US 290 is a major east–west U.S. highway in Texas that connects the Austin area with the Houston metropolitan region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| US 290 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11723484 — 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 290 Context triple: [U.S. Route 290, abbreviation, US 290]
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A.
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.
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B.
US 209
US 209 is a U.S. highway running through Pennsylvania and New York, connecting rural communities, small towns, and scenic areas in the northeastern United States.
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C.
US 90
US 90 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running across the southern United States, primarily through states along the Gulf Coast.
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D.
US 280
US 280 is a major U.S. highway running through Alabama and Georgia, linking cities such as Birmingham, Opelika, and Columbus.
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E.
US 9
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.
- 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 290 Target entity description: US 290 is a major east–west U.S. highway in Texas that connects the Austin area with the Houston metropolitan region.
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A.
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.
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B.
US 209
US 209 is a U.S. highway running through Pennsylvania and New York, connecting rural communities, small towns, and scenic areas in the northeastern United States.
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C.
US 90
US 90 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running across the southern United States, primarily through states along the Gulf Coast.
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D.
US 280
US 280 is a major U.S. highway running through Alabama and Georgia, linking cities such as Birmingham, Opelika, and Columbus.
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E.
US 9
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
ⓘ
U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | US 290 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Transportation in Austin, Texas
ⓘ
Transportation in Houston, Texas ⓘ U.S. Highways in Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Austin, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Austin metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Houston metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | Interstate 10 in northwest Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusinessRoute |
Business US 290 in Brenham, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Business US 290 in Elgin, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Business US 290 in Giddings, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Business US 290 in Hempstead, Texas ⓘ |
| hasFreewaySection | Northwest Freeway in Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Beltway 8 in Houston, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 610 in Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ State Highway 6 near Hempstead, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Central Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Texas Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Interstate 10 near Junction, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State Highway 71 in Austin, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Interstate 10 between Junction and Houston
ⓘ
State Highway 71 between Austin and Johnson City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCorridor | Austin–Houston transportation corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Austin, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brenham, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Cypress, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Dripping Springs, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Elgin, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Fredericksburg, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Giddings, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Harper, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hempstead, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson City, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Junction, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 290 ⓘ |
| servesFunction |
commuter route for northwest Houston suburbs
ⓘ
primary highway between Austin and Houston ⓘ regional connector between Central Texas and Southeast Texas ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | Interstate 10 near Junction, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 290 Description of subject: US 290 is a major east–west U.S. highway in Texas that connects the Austin area with the Houston metropolitan region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.