17th Street NW
E493633
17th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through downtown and connecting key federal, commercial, and residential areas near the White House.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 17th Street NW canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4571231 — 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: 17th Street NW Context triple: [K Street, crosses, 17th Street NW]
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A.
7th Street NW
7th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the city's downtown and connecting several important commercial and historic areas.
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B.
18th Street NW
18th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through several prominent neighborhoods and near key federal landmarks.
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C.
15th Street NW
15th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the downtown area near the National Mall and several key federal landmarks.
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D.
23rd Street NW
23rd Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Foggy Bottom area near the U.S. Department of State and George Washington University.
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E.
19th Street NW
19th Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running through several neighborhoods including the Dupont Circle area.
- 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: 17th Street NW Target entity description: 17th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through downtown and connecting key federal, commercial, and residential areas near the White House.
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A.
7th Street NW
7th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the city's downtown and connecting several important commercial and historic areas.
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B.
18th Street NW
18th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through several prominent neighborhoods and near key federal landmarks.
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C.
15th Street NW
15th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the downtown area near the National Mall and several key federal landmarks.
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D.
23rd Street NW
23rd Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through the Foggy Bottom area near the U.S. Department of State and George Washington University.
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E.
19th Street NW
19th Street NW is a major north–south street in Washington, D.C., running through several neighborhoods including the Dupont Circle area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
street
ⓘ
thoroughfare ⓘ |
| connectsAreaType |
commercial areas
ⓘ
federal areas ⓘ residential areas ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| governedBy | District Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentLandUse |
commercial buildings
ⓘ
federal office buildings ⓘ parks and public spaces ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
on-street parking
ⓘ
sidewalks ⓘ signalized intersections ⓘ |
| hasFunction | connects central business district with nearby neighborhoods ⓘ |
| hasLanes | multiple traffic lanes ⓘ |
| hasUrbanContext | central Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| isPartOfNetwork | Washington, D.C. major street network ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
District of Columbia government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of the District of Columbia
|
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| namedAfter | number 17 in the Washington, D.C. numbered street system ⓘ |
| near | White House ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwest Washington, D.C.
|
| roadType | urban arterial road ⓘ |
| runsThrough | downtown Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| transportationMode |
automobile
ⓘ
bicycle ⓘ bus ⓘ pedestrian ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
local traffic ⓘ |
| zoningAlong | mixed-use ⓘ |
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: 17th Street NW Description of subject: 17th Street NW is a major north–south thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., running through downtown and connecting key federal, commercial, and residential areas near the White House.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Constitution Avenue NW (in Mall area)