First Street NW
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First Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running near the U.S. Capitol and forming part of the city's numbered street grid.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Street NW canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T231522 — 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: First Street NW Context triple: [West Front, adjacentTo, First Street NW]
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A.
P Street NW
P Street NW is a major east–west thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through several neighborhoods including the Dupont Circle area.
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B.
Constitution Avenue NW
Constitution Avenue NW is a major ceremonial and traffic artery in Washington, D.C., running along the National Mall and lined with prominent federal buildings, monuments, and museums.
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C.
Connecticut Avenue NW
Connecticut Avenue NW is a major diagonal thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., known for connecting downtown to upper Northwest neighborhoods and passing through prominent areas like Dupont Circle.
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D.
North Capitol Street
North Capitol Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running near the U.S. Capitol and lined with numerous federal buildings and institutions.
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E.
Massachusetts Avenue NW
Massachusetts Avenue NW is a major diagonal thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., known for its stretch of embassies and historic buildings along what is often called Embassy Row.
- 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: First Street NW Target entity description: First Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running near the U.S. Capitol and forming part of the city's numbered street grid.
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A.
P Street NW
P Street NW is a major east–west thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through several neighborhoods including the Dupont Circle area.
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B.
Constitution Avenue NW
Constitution Avenue NW is a major ceremonial and traffic artery in Washington, D.C., running along the National Mall and lined with prominent federal buildings, monuments, and museums.
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C.
Connecticut Avenue NW
Connecticut Avenue NW is a major diagonal thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., known for connecting downtown to upper Northwest neighborhoods and passing through prominent areas like Dupont Circle.
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D.
North Capitol Street
North Capitol Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running near the U.S. Capitol and lined with numerous federal buildings and institutions.
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E.
Massachusetts Avenue NW
Massachusetts Avenue NW is a major diagonal thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., known for its stretch of embassies and historic buildings along what is often called Embassy Row.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
urban thoroughfare ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
congressional office buildings area
ⓘ
federal buildings near the U.S. Capitol ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | Washington, D.C. quadrant system ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| formsGridAxisWith | First Street NE ⓘ |
| gridOrientation | orthogonal to east–west lettered streets ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
collector route
ⓘ
local access ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple traffic lanes (varies by segment) ⓘ |
| hasName | First Street NW ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransitAccess | served by Washington Metropolitan Area bus routes (various) ⓘ |
| isNumberedStreet | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
District of Columbia
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
ⓘ
linked to:
District Department of Transportation
|
| namedAfter | its position as the first numbered north–south street west of the U.S. Capitol ⓘ |
| partOf |
numbered streets of Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
street grid of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| quadrant | Northwest ⓘ |
| region |
Mid-Atlantic United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Atlantic states
|
| roadType | urban street ⓘ |
| runsNear |
Capitol grounds
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Capitol grounds
United States Capitol ⓘ |
| urbanContext |
central Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Washington, D.C.
|
| usedFor |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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: First Street NW Description of subject: First Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running near the U.S. Capitol and forming part of the city's numbered street grid.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.