The Crookedest Street in the World
E446224
The Crookedest Street in the World is a famously winding, brick-paved roadway in Burlington, Iowa, known for its sharp curves and steep incline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crookedest Street in the World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4486931 — 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: The Crookedest Street in the World Context triple: [Snake Alley, hasNickname, The Crookedest Street in the World]
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A.
Zig Zag Road
Zig Zag Road is a steep, winding hill road on Box Hill in Surrey, England, famed for its scenic views and use in major cycling events such as the London 2012 Olympic road race.
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B.
4 Way Street
4 Way Street is a live double album by the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, capturing performances from their 1970 tour.
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C.
The Street
The Street is a British television drama series known for its gritty, character-driven stories set in a working-class neighborhood.
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D.
Millionnaya Street
Millionnaya Street is a historic central street in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its 18th–19th century aristocratic mansions and proximity to major imperial landmarks.
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E.
The Avenue
The Avenue is an upmarket shopping and dining destination located within the Spinningfields district of Manchester, England.
- 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: The Crookedest Street in the World Target entity description: The Crookedest Street in the World is a famously winding, brick-paved roadway in Burlington, Iowa, known for its sharp curves and steep incline.
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A.
Zig Zag Road
Zig Zag Road is a steep, winding hill road on Box Hill in Surrey, England, famed for its scenic views and use in major cycling events such as the London 2012 Olympic road race.
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B.
4 Way Street
4 Way Street is a live double album by the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, capturing performances from their 1970 tour.
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C.
The Street
The Street is a British television drama series known for its gritty, character-driven stories set in a working-class neighborhood.
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D.
Millionnaya Street
Millionnaya Street is a historic central street in Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its 18th–19th century aristocratic mansions and proximity to major imperial landmarks.
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E.
The Avenue
The Avenue is an upmarket shopping and dining destination located within the Spinningfields district of Manchester, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasCity | Burlington ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFeature |
sharp curves
ⓘ
steep incline ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
brick-paved surface
ⓘ
multiple tight switchbacks ⓘ |
| hasPavingMaterial | brick ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| hasReputation | crookedest street in the world ⓘ |
| hasState | Iowa ⓘ |
| hasSurface | brick ⓘ |
| hasTopography | steep hill ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | roadside attraction ⓘ |
| isAlsoKnownAs | Snake Alley ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
sharp curves
ⓘ
steep grade ⓘ winding roadway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Burlington, Iowa
ⓘ
Des Moines County, Iowa ⓘ Iowa ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| usedFor |
pedestrian tourism
ⓘ
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: The Crookedest Street in the World Description of subject: The Crookedest Street in the World is a famously winding, brick-paved roadway in Burlington, Iowa, known for its sharp curves and steep incline.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.