Maine State Route 17
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Maine State Route 17 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that connects the Augusta area with several central and coastal communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maine State Route 17 canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T131911 — 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: Maine State Route 17 Context triple: [Augusta, Maine, majorHighway, Maine State Route 17]
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A.
Maine State Route 3
Maine State Route 3 is a primary east–west highway in Maine that connects the state capital region to the coastal and Downeast areas, including access to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
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B.
Maine State Route 9
Maine State Route 9 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that runs from the capital city of Augusta to the Canadian border, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
Massachusetts Route 16
Massachusetts Route 16 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts that connects several Greater Boston suburbs and communities.
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D.
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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E.
Massachusetts Route 110
Massachusetts Route 110 is an east–west state highway in northeastern Massachusetts that connects several Merrimack Valley communities, including Lawrence, through a mix of urban and suburban 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: Maine State Route 17 Target entity description: Maine State Route 17 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that connects the Augusta area with several central and coastal communities.
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A.
Maine State Route 3
Maine State Route 3 is a primary east–west highway in Maine that connects the state capital region to the coastal and Downeast areas, including access to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
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B.
Maine State Route 9
Maine State Route 9 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that runs from the capital city of Augusta to the Canadian border, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
Massachusetts Route 16
Massachusetts Route 16 is a major east–west state highway in Massachusetts that connects several Greater Boston suburbs and communities.
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D.
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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E.
Massachusetts Route 110
Massachusetts Route 110 is an east–west state highway in northeastern Massachusetts that connects several Merrimack Valley communities, including Lawrence, through a mix of urban and suburban corridors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in Maine
ⓘ
Transportation in Franklin County, Maine ⓘ Transportation in Kennebec County, Maine ⓘ Transportation in Knox County, Maine ⓘ Transportation in Lincoln County, Maine ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln County, Maine
Transportation in Oxford County, Maine ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Augusta, Maine area ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Maine State Route 27
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Maine State Route 32 ⓘ Maine State Route 9 ⓘ Maine State Route 90 ⓘ U.S. Route 1 ⓘ U.S. Route 202 ⓘ |
| highwayType | state route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Maine
ⓘ
coastal Maine ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maine state highway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| passesNear |
Augusta, Maine
ⓘ
Damariscotta, Maine ⓘ Jay, Maine ⓘ Mexico, Maine ⓘ Rockland, Maine ⓘ Rockport, Maine ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Franklin County, Maine
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Kennebec County, Maine ⓘ Knox County, Maine ⓘ Lincoln County, Maine ⓘ Oxford County, Maine ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 17 ⓘ |
| serves |
Augusta, Maine area
ⓘ
central Maine communities ⓘ coastal Maine communities ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local access
ⓘ
regional 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
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Input
Subject: Maine State Route 17 Description of subject: Maine State Route 17 is a primary east–west state highway in Maine that connects the Augusta area with several central and coastal communities.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.