M-20
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M-20 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting communities such as Midland to the broader regional road network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M-20 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2688582 — 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: M-20 Context triple: [Midland, Michigan, servedByHighway, M-20]
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A.
M-28
M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
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B.
M-22
M-22 is a scenic state highway in Michigan renowned for its picturesque route along the Lake Michigan shoreline and through the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
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C.
M-45
M-45 is a state highway in Michigan that runs east–west through the Grand Rapids area toward the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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D.
M-72
M-72 is a state highway in northern Michigan that serves as a key east–west route connecting Traverse City with several inland communities and recreational areas.
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E.
M-77
M-77 is a state highway in Michigan, United States, running north–south through the eastern Upper Peninsula.
- 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: M-20 Target entity description: M-20 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting communities such as Midland to the broader regional road network.
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A.
M-28
M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
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B.
M-22
M-22 is a scenic state highway in Michigan renowned for its picturesque route along the Lake Michigan shoreline and through the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
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C.
M-45
M-45 is a state highway in Michigan that runs east–west through the Grand Rapids area toward the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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D.
M-72
M-72 is a state highway in northern Michigan that serves as a key east–west route connecting Traverse City with several inland communities and recreational areas.
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E.
M-77
M-77 is a state highway in Michigan, United States, running north–south through the eastern Upper Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state trunkline highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | M-20 ⓘ |
| connects | communities in central Michigan ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Midland, Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function | regional connector route ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
State of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan
|
| hasRouteNumber | 20 ⓘ |
| isNumberedWithin | Michigan state highway numbering system ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Michigan ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Michigan Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan state trunkline highway system
|
| roadDirection |
eastbound
ⓘ
westbound ⓘ |
| roadType | state highway ⓘ |
| runsAcross |
central Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Michigan
|
| serves |
Midland County, Michigan
ⓘ
central Michigan communities ⓘ |
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: M-20 Description of subject: M-20 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting communities such as Midland to the broader regional road network.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.