New York State Route 240
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New York State Route 240 is a north–south state highway in western New York that connects several suburbs and rural communities south of Buffalo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New York State Route 240 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2851892 — 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: New York State Route 240 Context triple: [Orchard Park, New York, transportation, New York State Route 240]
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A.
New York State Route 213
New York State Route 213 is a state highway in Ulster County, New York, that connects several small communities and rural areas in the Hudson Valley region.
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B.
New York State Route 295
New York State Route 295 is a state highway in eastern New York that connects rural communities near the Massachusetts border with major routes in Columbia County.
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C.
New York State Route 403
New York State Route 403 is a short state highway in New York’s Hudson Valley that connects local communities to major routes such as US 9 and NY 9D near the Hudson River.
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D.
New York State Route 128
New York State Route 128 is a state highway in Westchester County, New York, that serves as a key north–south connector through communities including Armonk.
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E.
New York State Route 347
New York State Route 347 is a major east–west arterial highway on Long Island that serves as a key commuter and commercial corridor in Suffolk County.
- 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: New York State Route 240 Target entity description: New York State Route 240 is a north–south state highway in western New York that connects several suburbs and rural communities south of Buffalo.
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A.
New York State Route 213
New York State Route 213 is a state highway in Ulster County, New York, that connects several small communities and rural areas in the Hudson Valley region.
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B.
New York State Route 295
New York State Route 295 is a state highway in eastern New York that connects rural communities near the Massachusetts border with major routes in Columbia County.
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C.
New York State Route 403
New York State Route 403 is a short state highway in New York’s Hudson Valley that connects local communities to major routes such as US 9 and NY 9D near the Hudson River.
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D.
New York State Route 128
New York State Route 128 is a state highway in Westchester County, New York, that serves as a key north–south connector through communities including Armonk.
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E.
New York State Route 347
New York State Route 347 is a major east–west arterial highway on Long Island that serves as a key commuter and commercial corridor in Suffolk County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York State Route
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
rural communities south of Buffalo
ⓘ
suburbs south of Buffalo ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasDirectionA | South ⓘ |
| hasDirectionB | North ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith | other regional highways in Western New York ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 240 ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Western New York ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York State Route system
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State Route System
|
| passesThroughCounty |
Cattaraugus County, New York
ⓘ
Erie County, New York ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved roadway ⓘ |
| roadType | state highway ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Buffalo metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
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| servesFunction | regional connector route ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| terminusDirectionNorth | north terminus in Erie County, New York ⓘ |
| terminusDirectionSouth | south terminus in Cattaraugus County, New York ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local commuting
ⓘ
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
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: New York State Route 240 Description of subject: New York State Route 240 is a north–south state highway in western New York that connects several suburbs and rural communities south of Buffalo.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.