A40
E50853
A40 is a major French motorway, also known as the "Autoroute Blanche," that connects Mâcon to the Mont Blanc region through the Jura and Alps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A40 canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T401399 — 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: A40 Context triple: [A40 motorway (France), roadNumber, A40]
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A.
A44
A44 is a major trunk road in the United Kingdom that runs across central and western England into mid Wales, linking several important towns and regions.
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B.
C40
C40 is a global network of major cities collaborating to address climate change and drive urban climate leadership.
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C.
AT4
AT4 is an off-road-focused trim level of the GMC Sierra pickup truck, featuring enhanced suspension, rugged styling, and all-terrain capability.
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D.
A35
A35 is a major French motorway in the Alsace region that runs north–south near the German border, connecting cities such as Strasbourg and Mulhouse.
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E.
A's
A's is the common nickname for the Philadelphia Athletics, a historic Major League Baseball franchise.
- 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: A40 Target entity description: A40 is a major French motorway, also known as the "Autoroute Blanche," that connects Mâcon to the Mont Blanc region through the Jura and Alps.
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A.
A44
A44 is a major trunk road in the United Kingdom that runs across central and western England into mid Wales, linking several important towns and regions.
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B.
C40
C40 is a global network of major cities collaborating to address climate change and drive urban climate leadership.
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C.
AT4
AT4 is an off-road-focused trim level of the GMC Sierra pickup truck, featuring enhanced suspension, rugged styling, and all-terrain capability.
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D.
A35
A35 is a major French motorway in the Alsace region that runs north–south near the German border, connecting cities such as Strasbourg and Mulhouse.
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E.
A's
A's is the common nickname for the Philadelphia Athletics, a historic Major League Baseball franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French motorway
ⓘ
controlled-access highway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Autoroute Blanche ⓘ |
| connects |
Mont Blanc region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mont Blanc massif
Mâcon ⓘ
linked to:
Chapeauroux
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
A39
ⓘ
A41 ⓘ A42 ⓘ A6 ⓘ |
| lanes | dual carriageway in most sections ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | French motorway concessionaires ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
crosses the Jura mountains
ⓘ
provides access towards the Mont Blanc Tunnel ⓘ |
| officialName | Autoroute A40 ⓘ |
| partOf | French autoroute network ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Alps
ⓘ
Jura ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
link Burgundy to the Alps
ⓘ
provide access to Mont Blanc area ⓘ
linked to:
Espace Mont-Blanc
|
| region |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
ⓘ
linked to:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
|
| roadNumberingSystem | A-road (autoroute) in France ⓘ |
| roadType | autoroute ⓘ |
| terminusEast |
Mont Blanc region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mont Blanc massif
|
| terminusWest | Mâcon ⓘ |
| toll | yes ⓘ |
| traverses | mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
long-distance traffic ⓘ tourist traffic to ski resorts ⓘ |
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: A40 Description of subject: A40 is a major French motorway, also known as the "Autoroute Blanche," that connects Mâcon to the Mont Blanc region through the Jura and Alps.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.