US 40
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US 40 is a major historic east–west U.S. Highway that spans multiple states and roughly follows the route of the old National Road across the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| US 40 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19865657 — 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 40 Context triple: [PA 51, connectsTo, US 40]
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A.
US 401
US 401 is a U.S. highway running through North Carolina and South Carolina, connecting cities such as Fayetteville and Raleigh.
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B.
US 44
US 44 is an east–west United States highway running through parts of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, connecting rural areas with several major cities in the Northeast.
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C.
US 41
US 41 is a major north–south U.S. highway running from Miami, Florida, through the Midwest to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near the Canadian border.
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D.
US 24
US 24 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running through several Midwestern and Mountain states, connecting Colorado to Michigan.
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E.
US 80
US 80 is a major east–west U.S. Highway that historically linked the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and now runs across the southern United States.
- 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 40 Target entity description: US 40 is a major historic east–west U.S. Highway that spans multiple states and roughly follows the route of the old National Road across the United States.
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A.
US 401
US 401 is a U.S. highway running through North Carolina and South Carolina, connecting cities such as Fayetteville and Raleigh.
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B.
US 44
US 44 is an east–west United States highway running through parts of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, connecting rural areas with several major cities in the Northeast.
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C.
US 41
US 41 is a major north–south U.S. highway running from Miami, Florida, through the Midwest to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near the Canadian border.
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D.
US 24
US 24 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running through several Midwestern and Mountain states, connecting Colorado to Michigan.
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E.
US 80
US 80 is a major east–west U.S. Highway that historically linked the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and now runs across the southern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.