Michigan State Highway 72
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Michigan State Highway 72 is an east–west state trunkline highway in northern Michigan that connects several communities across the Lower Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michigan State Highway 72 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11583524 — 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: Michigan State Highway 72 Context triple: [Acme Township, Michigan, hasMajorHighway, Michigan State Highway 72]
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A.
Michigan State Highway 52
Michigan State Highway 52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs through several communities in the southern part of the state, including Saline.
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B.
Michigan State Highway 35
Michigan State Highway 35 is a former state trunkline route in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that once ran along the western shore of Green Bay, connecting communities such as Menominee and Escanaba.
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C.
Michigan State Highway 55
Michigan State Highway 55 is an east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula that connects several communities, including passing through Cadillac.
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D.
Michigan State Highway 106
Michigan State Highway 106 is a state trunkline route in Michigan that primarily serves the Jackson County area, connecting local communities and providing regional access.
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E.
Michigan State Highway 196
Michigan State Highway 196 is a state trunkline route in western Michigan that serves as a key connector between the city of Holland and other regional destinations.
- 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: Michigan State Highway 72 Target entity description: Michigan State Highway 72 is an east–west state trunkline highway in northern Michigan that connects several communities across the Lower Peninsula.
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A.
Michigan State Highway 52
Michigan State Highway 52 is a north–south state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs through several communities in the southern part of the state, including Saline.
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B.
Michigan State Highway 35
Michigan State Highway 35 is a former state trunkline route in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that once ran along the western shore of Green Bay, connecting communities such as Menominee and Escanaba.
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C.
Michigan State Highway 55
Michigan State Highway 55 is an east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula that connects several communities, including passing through Cadillac.
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D.
Michigan State Highway 106
Michigan State Highway 106 is a state trunkline route in Michigan that primarily serves the Jackson County area, connecting local communities and providing regional access.
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E.
Michigan State Highway 196
Michigan State Highway 196 is a state trunkline route in western Michigan that serves as a key connector between the city of Holland and other regional destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ trunkline highway ⓘ |
| connects |
Empire, Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grayling, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalkaska, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Traverse City, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsToHighway |
Interstate 75
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M-22 NERFINISHED ⓘ M-37 NERFINISHED ⓘ M-66 NERFINISHED ⓘ US Highway 131 NERFINISHED ⓘ US Highway 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| easternTerminusNear | Grayling, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirectionA | west ⓘ |
| hasDirectionB | east ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 72 ⓘ |
| highwayType | M highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Lower Peninsula of Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Michigan Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf | Michigan State Trunkline Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughCounty |
Crawford County, Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grand Traverse County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalkaska County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Leelanau County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| traverses |
forested areas of Northern Michigan
ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
regional transportation
ⓘ
tourist access ⓘ |
| westernTerminusNear | Empire, Michigan 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: Michigan State Highway 72 Description of subject: Michigan State Highway 72 is an east–west state trunkline highway in northern Michigan that connects several communities across the Lower Peninsula.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.