I-294
E50136
I-294 is a major tollway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway system, carrying heavy regional and interstate traffic around the city.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I-294 canonical | 4 |
| I-294 (Illinois) | 1 |
| I-294 corridor | 1 |
| Interstate 294 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82583 — 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: I-294 Context triple: [DuPage County, Illinois, contains, I-294]
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A.
Interstate 29
Interstate 29 is a major north–south U.S. highway running through the Great Plains from Missouri to North Dakota, connecting cities such as Kansas City, Sioux City, and Fargo.
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B.
I-290
I-290 is a major Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter route connecting Chicago with its western suburbs.
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C.
Interstate 205
Interstate 205 is a major auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves as an eastern bypass of Portland, Oregon, connecting I-5 in Oregon to I-5 in Washington across the Columbia River.
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D.
Interstate 35E
Interstate 35E is the eastern branch of Interstate 35 that runs through Dallas, Texas, serving as a key north–south transportation corridor in the region.
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E.
Interstate 94
Interstate 94 is a major east–west U.S. Interstate Highway running from Montana to Michigan, serving key Midwestern cities such as Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
- 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: I-294 Target entity description: I-294 is a major tollway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway system, carrying heavy regional and interstate traffic around the city.
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A.
Interstate 29
Interstate 29 is a major north–south U.S. highway running through the Great Plains from Missouri to North Dakota, connecting cities such as Kansas City, Sioux City, and Fargo.
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B.
I-290
I-290 is a major Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter route connecting Chicago with its western suburbs.
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C.
Interstate 205
Interstate 205 is a major auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves as an eastern bypass of Portland, Oregon, connecting I-5 in Oregon to I-5 in Washington across the Columbia River.
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D.
Interstate 35E
Interstate 35E is the eastern branch of Interstate 35 that runs through Dallas, Texas, serving as a key north–south transportation corridor in the region.
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E.
Interstate 94
Interstate 94 is a major east–west U.S. Interstate Highway running from Montana to Michigan, serving key Midwestern cities such as Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Interstate Highway
ⓘ
bypass highway ⓘ toll road ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tri-State Tollway ⓘ |
| bypasses |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
linked to:
Windy City
|
| carries |
interstate traffic
ⓘ
regional traffic ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
I-290
ⓘ
I-355 ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 355
I-55 ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 55
I-80 ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 80
I-88 ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 88
I-90 ⓘ
linked to:
Interstate 90
I-94 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formsCorridor | western and southern bypass of Chicago ⓘ |
| function |
interstate traffic corridor
ⓘ
regional bypass of Chicago ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration | multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ |
| hasServicePlazas | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | typically 55–70 mph (varies by segment) ⓘ |
| hasTollCollection |
cashless tolling (phased in)
ⓘ
electronic toll collection ⓘ |
| hasTruckTraffic | heavy ⓘ |
| highwayType | Interstate ⓘ |
| isNumberedBy | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ⓘ |
| isSegmentOf | Chicago-area beltway system ⓘ |
| isTollRoadFor |
cars
ⓘ
trucks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority ⓘ |
| opened | 1950s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Illinois Tollway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Interstate Highway System ⓘ Tri-State Tollway ⓘ |
| passesNear | O'Hare International Airport ⓘ |
| regulates | hazardous materials transport (subject to restrictions) ⓘ |
| roadwayClass | limited-access highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 294 ⓘ |
| serves | suburbs of Chicago ⓘ |
| toll | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter travel
ⓘ
freight movement ⓘ |
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: I-294 Description of subject: I-294 is a major tollway in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Tri-State Tollway system, carrying heavy regional and interstate traffic around the city.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: I-294
linked to: I-294
linked to: I-294