M-26 (Michigan highway)
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M-26 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a key route through the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting communities such as Houghton and providing access to scenic Lake Superior shoreline areas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M-26 (Michigan highway) canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2774817 — 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-26 (Michigan highway) Context triple: [Houghton, Michigan, hasTransportationRoute, M-26 (Michigan highway)]
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A.
M-20 (Michigan highway)
M-20 is an east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs across the central part of the Lower Peninsula, connecting communities such as Big Rapids and Mount Pleasant to US-131 and US-10.
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B.
M-28 (Michigan highway)
M-28 is a major east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a key route through communities such as Marquette.
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C.
M-35 (Michigan highway)
M-35 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that runs along the shore of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, connecting communities such as Menominee with other regional destinations.
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D.
M-59 (Michigan highway)
M-59 is a major east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan that serves as a key transportation corridor through the northern suburbs of the Detroit metropolitan area.
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E.
M-69
M-69 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that runs east–west through rural areas including Delta County.
- 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-26 (Michigan highway) Target entity description: M-26 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a key route through the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting communities such as Houghton and providing access to scenic Lake Superior shoreline areas.
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A.
M-20 (Michigan highway)
M-20 is an east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan that runs across the central part of the Lower Peninsula, connecting communities such as Big Rapids and Mount Pleasant to US-131 and US-10.
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B.
M-28 (Michigan highway)
M-28 is a major east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a key route through communities such as Marquette.
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C.
M-35 (Michigan highway)
M-35 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that runs along the shore of Green Bay and Lake Michigan, connecting communities such as Menominee with other regional destinations.
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D.
M-59 (Michigan highway)
M-59 is a major east–west state trunkline highway in Michigan that serves as a key transportation corridor through the northern suburbs of the Detroit metropolitan area.
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E.
M-69
M-69 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that runs east–west through rural areas including Delta County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state trunkline highway ⓘ |
| connects |
Calumet, Michigan
ⓘ
Copper Harbor, Michigan ⓘ Eagle Harbor, Michigan ⓘ Eagle River, Michigan ⓘ Houghton, Michigan ⓘ Lake Linden, Michigan ⓘ Laurium, Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crosses | Portage Lake Lift Bridge via concurrency with US 41 ⓘ |
| follows | Lake Superior shoreline in Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasConcurrencyWith |
US Highway 41
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Route 41
|
| hasRoadType | two-lane highway (predominantly) ⓘ |
| hasScenicSegment |
Eagle Harbor to Copper Harbor shoreline section
ⓘ
Eagle River to Eagle Harbor shoreline section ⓘ |
| isNumberedAfter | M-25 (Michigan highway) ⓘ |
| isNumberedBefore | M-27 (Michigan highway) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to Keweenaw Peninsula tourist destinations
ⓘ
scenic views of Lake Superior ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Michigan
ⓘ
Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Michigan Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan state trunkline highway system
|
| passesNear | Isle Royale National Park access points (via Houghton and Copper Harbor ferries) ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Ahmeek, Michigan
ⓘ
Dollar Bay, Michigan ⓘ Hancock, Michigan ⓘ Houghton County, Michigan ⓘ Hubbel, Michigan ⓘ Jacobsville area (via connecting roads) ⓘ Keweenaw County, Michigan ⓘ Ontonagon County, Michigan ⓘ Phoenix, Michigan ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
Lake Superior shoreline areas
ⓘ
Porcupine Mountains area via connections ⓘ |
| regionServed | Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 26 ⓘ |
| serves | Keweenaw Peninsula ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
|
| terminus |
US Highway 41 at Copper Harbor
ⓘ
US Highway 45 near Rockland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local commuting
ⓘ
regional transportation ⓘ tourist travel ⓘ |
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-26 (Michigan highway) Description of subject: M-26 is a state trunkline highway in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a key route through the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting communities such as Houghton and providing access to scenic Lake Superior shoreline areas.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.