Massachusetts Route 2A
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Massachusetts Route 2A is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as an alternate and more local route to U.S. Route 2 through several cities and towns in the eastern part of the state.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Massachusetts Route 2A canonical | 17 |
| Route 2A (Massachusetts) | 1 |
| east–west Massachusetts Route 2A | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1560163 — 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: Massachusetts Route 2A Context triple: [Alewife Brook Parkway, connectsTo, Massachusetts Route 2A]
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Massachusetts Route 24
Massachusetts Route 24 is a major north–south highway in southeastern Massachusetts that links the Boston metropolitan area with cities such as Brockton, Taunton, and Fall River.
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Massachusetts Route 25
Massachusetts Route 25 is a state highway in southeastern Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Interstate 495 and the Bourne Bridge leading to Cape Cod.
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Massachusetts Route 28
Massachusetts Route 28 is a major north–south state highway in Massachusetts that runs from the Cape Cod region through Boston and up to the New Hampshire border.
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Massachusetts Route 3A
Massachusetts Route 3A is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts that runs roughly parallel to Route 3, serving numerous coastal and suburban communities from the South Shore through the Boston area to the Merrimack Valley.
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E.
Massachusetts Route 12
Massachusetts Route 12 is a north–south state highway in Massachusetts that runs through central communities including Leominster, connecting local roads to major routes such as Interstate 190.
- 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: Massachusetts Route 2A Target entity description: Massachusetts Route 2A is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as an alternate and more local route to U.S. Route 2 through several cities and towns in the eastern part of the state.
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A.
Massachusetts Route 24
Massachusetts Route 24 is a major north–south highway in southeastern Massachusetts that links the Boston metropolitan area with cities such as Brockton, Taunton, and Fall River.
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B.
Massachusetts Route 25
Massachusetts Route 25 is a state highway in southeastern Massachusetts that serves as a key connector between Interstate 495 and the Bourne Bridge leading to Cape Cod.
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C.
Massachusetts Route 28
Massachusetts Route 28 is a major north–south state highway in Massachusetts that runs from the Cape Cod region through Boston and up to the New Hampshire border.
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D.
Massachusetts Route 3A
Massachusetts Route 3A is a state highway in eastern Massachusetts that runs roughly parallel to Route 3, serving numerous coastal and suburban communities from the South Shore through the Boston area to the Merrimack Valley.
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E.
Massachusetts Route 12
Massachusetts Route 12 is a north–south state highway in Massachusetts that runs through central communities including Leominster, connecting local roads to major routes such as Interstate 190.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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
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Input
Subject: Massachusetts Route 2A Description of subject: Massachusetts Route 2A is a state highway in Massachusetts that serves as an alternate and more local route to U.S. Route 2 through several cities and towns in the eastern part of the state.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
town of Ayer, Massachusetts
linked to: Massachusetts Route 2A
linked to: Massachusetts Route 2A