Major Deegan
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Major Deegan is a commonly used shorthand name for the Major Deegan Expressway, a key highway in the Bronx, New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major Deegan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1465302 — 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: Major Deegan Context triple: [Major Deegan Expressway, abbreviation, Major Deegan]
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A.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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B.
Marshal Tallard
Marshal Tallard was a French general and marshal of France best known for commanding French forces and being captured during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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C.
Col Collon
Col Collon is a high mountain pass in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, used historically as a route through the alpine terrain.
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D.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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E.
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced institutional and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
- 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: Major Deegan Target entity description: Major Deegan is a commonly used shorthand name for the Major Deegan Expressway, a key highway in the Bronx, New York City.
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A.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
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B.
Marshal Tallard
Marshal Tallard was a French general and marshal of France best known for commanding French forces and being captured during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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C.
Col Collon
Col Collon is a high mountain pass in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy, used historically as a route through the alpine terrain.
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D.
Sergeant Joe Bomowski
Sergeant Joe Bomowski is a tough but comically beleaguered Los Angeles police detective whose overbearing mother constantly interferes in both his personal life and police work.
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E.
Egerton Swartwout
Egerton Swartwout was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced institutional and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expressway
ⓘ
highway ⓘ limited-access road ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Bruckner Expressway
ⓘ
linked to:
Bruckner Expressway (I-278)
Cross Bronx Expressway ⓘ George Washington Bridge via I-87/I-95 network ⓘ RFK Bridge ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAbbreviation | Major Deegan ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
northbound
ⓘ
southbound ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Bruckner Expressway (I-278 / I-95)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bruckner Expressway (I-278)
Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) ⓘ
linked to:
Cross Bronx Expressway
East 138th Street vicinity ⓘ Macombs Dam Bridge vicinity ⓘ West 155th Street ⓘ |
| hasLocalName | Major Deegan Expressway ⓘ |
| hasRouteNumber |
I-87
ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 87
Interstate 87 ⓘ |
| hasShorthandName | Major Deegan ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | typically 50 mph or lower in segments ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
access to Yankee Stadium
ⓘ
freight movement in New York City ⓘ regional commuter traffic ⓘ |
| isKeyCorridorFor |
traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx
ⓘ
traffic between Manhattan and upstate New York ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
bottlenecks near Yankee Stadium
ⓘ
heavy traffic congestion ⓘ |
| isPartOfNetwork | Interstate Highway System ⓘ |
| isSegmentOf | I-87 between the Triborough/RFK Bridge and the Bronx–Westchester border ⓘ |
| isSignedAs |
I-87
ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 87
|
| isUrban | true ⓘ |
| isWithinBorough | The Bronx ⓘ |
| isWithinMetropolitanArea | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
The Bronx ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
New York City Department of Transportation
ⓘ
New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William Francis Deegan ⓘ |
| opened | 1950s ⓘ |
| partOf | Interstate 87 ⓘ |
| passesAlong | Harlem River ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Yankee Stadium area
ⓘ
linked to:
Yankee Stadium
|
| runsParallelTo | Harlem River ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Major Deegan Description of subject: Major Deegan is a commonly used shorthand name for the Major Deegan Expressway, a key highway in the Bronx, New York City.
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