Interstate 494
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Interstate 494 is a major beltway highway forming part of the loop around the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interstate 494 canonical | 35 |
| I-494 | 1 |
| I-494 (Minnesota) | 1 |
| Interstate 494 in Minnesota | 1 |
| Interstate 494 in Minnetonka, Minnesota | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1390167 — 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: Interstate 494 Context triple: [Interstate 35W (Minnesota), connectsWith, Interstate 494]
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A.
Interstate 294
Interstate 294 is a major toll highway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway, carrying traffic around the city and connecting key regional routes.
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B.
I-290
I-290 is a major Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter route connecting Chicago with its western suburbs.
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C.
Interstate 290
Interstate 290 is a highway in western New York that serves as a key connector between Buffalo’s suburbs and major regional routes.
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D.
Interstate 290
Interstate 290 is a highway in Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Worcester and the surrounding regional interstate network.
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E.
Interstate 94
Interstate 94 is a major east–west U.S. Interstate Highway running from Montana to Michigan, serving key Midwestern cities such as Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
- 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: Interstate 494 Target entity description: Interstate 494 is a major beltway highway forming part of the loop around the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota.
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A.
Interstate 294
Interstate 294 is a major toll highway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway, carrying traffic around the city and connecting key regional routes.
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B.
I-290
I-290 is a major Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter route connecting Chicago with its western suburbs.
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C.
Interstate 290
Interstate 290 is a highway in western New York that serves as a key connector between Buffalo’s suburbs and major regional routes.
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D.
Interstate 290
Interstate 290 is a highway in Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Worcester and the surrounding regional interstate network.
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E.
Interstate 94
Interstate 94 is a major east–west U.S. Interstate Highway running from Montana to Michigan, serving key Midwestern cities such as Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Interstate Highway
ⓘ
beltway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
I-494
ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 494
|
| accessControl | full access-controlled freeway ⓘ |
| auxiliaryTo | Interstate 94 ⓘ |
| belongsToNumberingScheme | three-digit auxiliary Interstate of Interstate 94 ⓘ |
| category |
Interstate Highways in Minnesota
ⓘ
Transportation in Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ |
| concurrentWith | Interstate 94 ⓘ |
| connects |
southern suburbs of Minneapolis–Saint Paul
ⓘ
western suburbs of Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| forms | partial beltway around Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area ⓘ |
| formsLoopWith | Interstate 694 ⓘ |
| function |
commuter corridor
ⓘ
regional bypass route ⓘ |
| hasDirection | east–west and north–south segments ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 35E
ⓘ
Interstate 35W ⓘ Interstate 94 ⓘ Minnesota State Highway 55 ⓘ Minnesota State Highway 62 ⓘ U.S. Route 169 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 212 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration | divided multi-lane freeway ⓘ |
| highwayType |
Interstate Highway (primary)
ⓘ
linked to:
North–south Interstate Highways
|
| isNumberedAfter | Interstate 493 (unused number in sequence) ⓘ |
| isNumberedBefore | Interstate 495 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | beltway around Twin Cities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dakota County, Minnesota
ⓘ
Hennepin County, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Hennepin County
|
| loopsAround |
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minneapolis
Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
|
| maintainedBy | Minnesota Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | Interstate Highway System ⓘ |
| passesNear | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Bloomington, Minnesota
ⓘ
Eagan, Minnesota ⓘ Eden Prairie, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Eden Prairie
Maple Grove, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Maple Grove
Minnetonka, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to:
Minnetonka
Plymouth, Minnesota ⓘ |
| region |
Twin Cities metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Seven-county Twin Cities region
|
| roadSurface | paved asphalt and concrete ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 494 ⓘ |
| serves |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
|
| speedLimitType | posted freeway speed limits ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
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: Interstate 494 Description of subject: Interstate 494 is a major beltway highway forming part of the loop around the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Interstate 35W
subject linked to:
Interstate 35E
linked to: Interstate 494
linked to: Interstate 494
subject linked to:
Plymouth
subject linked to:
Maplewood, Minnesota, United States
linked to: Interstate 494
subject linked to:
Interstate 493 (unused number in sequence)
linked to: Interstate 494