Maine State Route 257
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Maine State Route 257 is a short state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector within the state’s numbered route network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine State Route 257 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1527131 — 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 257 Context triple: [Maine State Route system, hasComponent, Maine State Route 257]
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A.
Maine State Route 256
Maine State Route 256 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route, linking local communities and other primary roads within the state’s transportation network.
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B.
Maine State Route 252
Maine State Route 252 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector road within the state's numbered route network.
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C.
Maine State Route 251
Maine State Route 251 is a numbered state highway in Maine that serves as a minor connector route within the state’s transportation network.
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D.
Maine State Route 253
Maine State Route 253 is a short state highway in Maine that serves local traffic by connecting small communities within the state’s secondary road network.
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E.
Maine State Route 254
Maine State Route 254 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route within the state’s numbered highway network.
- 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 257 Target entity description: Maine State Route 257 is a short state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector within the state’s numbered route network.
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A.
Maine State Route 256
Maine State Route 256 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route, linking local communities and other primary roads within the state’s transportation network.
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B.
Maine State Route 252
Maine State Route 252 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector road within the state's numbered route network.
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C.
Maine State Route 251
Maine State Route 251 is a numbered state highway in Maine that serves as a minor connector route within the state’s transportation network.
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D.
Maine State Route 253
Maine State Route 253 is a short state highway in Maine that serves local traffic by connecting small communities within the state’s secondary road network.
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E.
Maine State Route 254
Maine State Route 254 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route within the state’s numbered highway network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
ME 257
ⓘ
SR 257 ⓘ |
| belongsToNetwork | state highway network of Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function | local connector route ⓘ |
| hasAccess | local communities in Maine ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| highwayType | state route ⓘ |
| isNumberedRoute | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
New England ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maine State Route system
ⓘ
Maine numbered route network ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| regulatoryAuthority |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| roadClassification | minor state highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 257 ⓘ |
| signageStandard | Maine state route shield ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| surface | paved ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local traffic
ⓘ
regional connectivity ⓘ |
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: Maine State Route 257 Description of subject: Maine State Route 257 is a short state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector within the state’s numbered route network.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.