State Route 261
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State Route 261 is a toll highway in Orange County, California, that connects the city of Irvine to the regional freeway network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State Route 261 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1662398 — 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: State Route 261 Context triple: [Irvine, hasTransportationInfrastructure, State Route 261]
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A.
State Route 260
State Route 260 is a state highway in Washington that serves as an east–west route connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in the southeastern part of the state.
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B.
State Route 260
State Route 260 is a major east–west highway in central Arizona that connects several communities, including Cottonwood, and serves as an important regional travel corridor.
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C.
State Route 26
State Route 26 is a major east–west highway in Washington State that connects rural agricultural areas and small communities across the central part of the state.
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D.
State Route 126
State Route 126 is a major California highway that connects the coastal city of Ventura with inland communities in the Santa Clara River Valley and beyond.
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E.
State Route 167
State Route 167 is a major north–south highway in Washington State that connects the Seattle–Tacoma metropolitan area with inland communities and freight corridors.
- 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: State Route 261 Target entity description: State Route 261 is a toll highway in Orange County, California, that connects the city of Irvine to the regional freeway network.
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A.
State Route 260
State Route 260 is a state highway in Washington that serves as an east–west route connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in the southeastern part of the state.
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B.
State Route 260
State Route 260 is a major east–west highway in central Arizona that connects several communities, including Cottonwood, and serves as an important regional travel corridor.
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C.
State Route 26
State Route 26 is a major east–west highway in Washington State that connects rural agricultural areas and small communities across the central part of the state.
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D.
State Route 126
State Route 126 is a major California highway that connects the coastal city of Ventura with inland communities in the Santa Clara River Valley and beyond.
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E.
State Route 167
State Route 167 is a major north–south highway in Washington State that connects the Seattle–Tacoma metropolitan area with inland communities and freight corridors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
state highway
ⓘ
toll road ⓘ |
| category |
Roads in Orange County, California
ⓘ
State highways in California ⓘ Toll roads in California ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 405
ⓘ
Interstate 5 ⓘ State Route 133 NERFINISHED ⓘ State Route 241 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| county | Orange County, California ⓘ |
| directionA | south ⓘ |
| directionB | north ⓘ |
| function | connects Irvine to regional freeway network ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
State Route 133
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State Route 241 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRouteNumber | 261 ⓘ |
| isDesignatedAs |
CA 261
ⓘ
SR 261 ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
Greater Los Angeles
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Los Angeles Area
|
| maintainedBy |
California Department of Transportation
ⓘ
linked to:
Caltrans
Transportation Corridor Agencies ⓘ |
| partOf |
California State Route System
ⓘ
linked to:
California state highway system
Eastern Transportation Corridor ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Irvine residential communities
ⓘ
The Market Place (Tustin/Irvine) ⓘ
linked to:
Foothill Ranch Towne Centre
|
| passesThrough | Irvine Ranch area ⓘ |
| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| roadType |
freeway
ⓘ
toll highway ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Irvine, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Irvine
Tustin, California ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| tollCollection |
FasTrak
ⓘ
electronic toll collection ⓘ pay-by-plate system ⓘ |
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: State Route 261 Description of subject: State Route 261 is a toll highway in Orange County, California, that connects the city of Irvine to the regional freeway network.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.