MA 3
E303551
MA 3 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area to the South Shore and Cape Cod.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MA 3 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2843210 — 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: MA 3 Context triple: [Massachusetts Route 3, abbreviation, MA 3]
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A.
MA 2
MA 2 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts that connects the Boston area with the north-central and western parts of the state.
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B.
MA 16
MA 16 is a state highway designation for a major east–west route in Massachusetts that passes through several cities and suburbs near Boston.
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C.
M3
M3 is a boat line that operates as part of Geneva’s public transport network, providing passenger service across the city’s lake or waterways.
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D.
M3
M3 is a major motorway in the United Kingdom that connects London to Southampton, serving as a key route through southern England.
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E.
MA
MA is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Morocco.
- 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: MA 3 Target entity description: MA 3 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area to the South Shore and Cape Cod.
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A.
MA 2
MA 2 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts that connects the Boston area with the north-central and western parts of the state.
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B.
MA 16
MA 16 is a state highway designation for a major east–west route in Massachusetts that passes through several cities and suburbs near Boston.
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C.
M3
M3 is a boat line that operates as part of Geneva’s public transport network, providing passenger service across the city’s lake or waterways.
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D.
M3
M3 is a major motorway in the United Kingdom that connects London to Southampton, serving as a key route through southern England.
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E.
MA
MA is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Morocco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
numbered route
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Boston area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Boston
Cape Cod ⓘ South Shore ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| generalDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Massachusetts Route 3
ⓘ
Route 3 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Massachusetts state route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ South Shore region ⓘ
linked to:
South Shore
|
| maintainedBy | Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | Massachusetts state highway system ⓘ |
| passesThroughRegion | eastern Massachusetts ⓘ |
| roadClassification | primary state highway ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| servesMetropolitanArea | Greater Boston ⓘ |
| terminusArea |
Boston area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Boston
Cape Cod ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
regional transportation ⓘ tourist access to Cape Cod ⓘ |
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: MA 3 Description of subject: MA 3 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting the Boston area to the South Shore and Cape Cod.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.