Maine State Route 272
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Maine State Route 272 is a short state highway in Maine that provides local connectivity in the northern part of the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maine State Route 272 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1527146 — 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 272 Context triple: [Maine State Route system, hasComponent, Maine State Route 272]
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A.
Maine State Route 271
Maine State Route 271 is a short state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route within the state’s numbered highway network.
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B.
Maine State Route 270
Maine State Route 270 is a short state highway in northern Maine that serves as a local connector route in Aroostook County.
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C.
Maine State Route 237
Maine State Route 237 is a short state highway in Maine that connects local communities in Cumberland County, serving as a minor connector route between larger regional roads.
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D.
Maine State Route 232
Maine State Route 232 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route in the western part of the state.
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E.
Maine State Route 227
Maine State Route 227 is a state highway in northern Maine that serves as a local connector route in Aroostook 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: Maine State Route 272 Target entity description: Maine State Route 272 is a short state highway in Maine that provides local connectivity in the northern part of the state.
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A.
Maine State Route 271
Maine State Route 271 is a short state highway in Maine that serves as a local connector route within the state’s numbered highway network.
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B.
Maine State Route 270
Maine State Route 270 is a short state highway in northern Maine that serves as a local connector route in Aroostook County.
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C.
Maine State Route 237
Maine State Route 237 is a short state highway in Maine that connects local communities in Cumberland County, serving as a minor connector route between larger regional roads.
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D.
Maine State Route 232
Maine State Route 232 is a state highway in Maine that serves as a regional connector route in the western part of the state.
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E.
Maine State Route 227
Maine State Route 227 is a state highway in northern Maine that serves as a local connector route in Aroostook County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
ME 272
ⓘ
SR 272 ⓘ |
| accessControl | at-grade intersections ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in Maine
ⓘ
Transportation in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function | provides local connectivity ⓘ |
| hasDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| hasLaneCount | 2 ⓘ |
| highwaySystem |
Maine State Route System
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| jurisdiction |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| locatedIn | rural area ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Maine ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | state highway network of Maine ⓘ |
| roadType | two-lane highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 272 ⓘ |
| signageStandard | Maine state route shield ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| surface | paved road ⓘ |
| transportMode | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| 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 272 Description of subject: Maine State Route 272 is a short state highway in Maine that provides local connectivity in the northern part of the state.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.