New York State Route 270
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New York State Route 270 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves the Buffalo suburban area, including the hamlet of Getzville.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New York State Route 270 canonical | 5 |
| NY 270 | 1 |
| New York State Route 263 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2858351 — 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 270 Context triple: [Getzville, New York, hasTransportation, New York State Route 270]
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A.
New York State Route 277
New York State Route 277 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves suburban communities south of Buffalo, including Orchard Park.
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B.
New York State Route 372
New York State Route 372 is a state highway in upstate New York that serves as an east–west connector between small rural communities and larger regional routes.
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C.
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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D.
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 27 is a major east–west highway on Long Island that connects New York City to numerous communities and resort areas along the island’s South Shore.
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E.
New York State Route 240
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.
- 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 270 Target entity description: New York State Route 270 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves the Buffalo suburban area, including the hamlet of Getzville.
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A.
New York State Route 277
New York State Route 277 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves suburban communities south of Buffalo, including Orchard Park.
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B.
New York State Route 372
New York State Route 372 is a state highway in upstate New York that serves as an east–west connector between small rural communities and larger regional routes.
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C.
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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D.
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 27 is a major east–west highway on Long Island that connects New York City to numerous communities and resort areas along the island’s South Shore.
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E.
New York State Route 240
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
NY 270
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State Route 270
NY270 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| directionOrientation | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith | other regional highways in Western New York ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple traffic lanes ⓘ |
| hasSpeedRegulation | posted speed limits set by New York State law ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 270 ⓘ |
| highwayType |
New York State Route
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State Route System
|
| isPublicRoad | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York State
ⓘ
Western New York ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York State Route system
ⓘ
linked to:
New York State Route System
|
| passesThrough | hamlet of Getzville ⓘ |
| roadFunction | connector between suburban communities ⓘ |
| serves |
Buffalo metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
Buffalo suburban area ⓘ |
| servesLocalityType | suburban communities ⓘ |
| surfaceType | paved road ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile transportation
ⓘ
local commuting ⓘ |
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 270 Description of subject: New York State Route 270 is a north–south state highway in western New York that serves the Buffalo suburban area, including the hamlet of Getzville.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: New York State Route 270
subject linked to:
Interstate 990 in Amherst
linked to: New York State Route 270
subject linked to:
Interstate 990 in New York