Jamaica Plank Road
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Jamaica Plank Road was a historic 19th-century toll road in Queens, New York, that served as a major transportation route and precursor to modern Jamaica Avenue.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jamaica Plank Road canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6710073 — 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: Jamaica Plank Road Context triple: [Jamaica Avenue, followsFormerRouteOf, Jamaica Plank Road]
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A.
Jamaica Way
Jamaica Way is a scenic parkway in Boston, Massachusetts, that forms part of the Emerald Necklace and runs along Jamaica Pond and the Arnold Arboretum.
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B.
Jamaica Pass
Jamaica Pass is a strategic mountain pass in Brooklyn, New York, that played a key role in the British flanking maneuver during the 1776 Battle of Long Island in the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Jamaica–Van Wyck
Jamaica–Van Wyck is an underground New York City Subway station in Queens on the IND Queens Boulevard Line, served by the E train.
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D.
Fen Causeway
Fen Causeway is a major road in Cambridge, England, forming part of the city’s inner ring road and crossing the River Cam near the city centre.
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E.
Griggstown Causeway
Griggstown Causeway is a small local roadway and crossing in Griggstown, New Jersey, known for spanning the Millstone River and providing access through the surrounding rural and canal-side landscape.
- 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: Jamaica Plank Road Target entity description: Jamaica Plank Road was a historic 19th-century toll road in Queens, New York, that served as a major transportation route and precursor to modern Jamaica Avenue.
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A.
Jamaica Way
Jamaica Way is a scenic parkway in Boston, Massachusetts, that forms part of the Emerald Necklace and runs along Jamaica Pond and the Arnold Arboretum.
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B.
Jamaica Pass
Jamaica Pass is a strategic mountain pass in Brooklyn, New York, that played a key role in the British flanking maneuver during the 1776 Battle of Long Island in the American Revolutionary War.
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C.
Jamaica–Van Wyck
Jamaica–Van Wyck is an underground New York City Subway station in Queens on the IND Queens Boulevard Line, served by the E train.
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D.
Fen Causeway
Fen Causeway is a major road in Cambridge, England, forming part of the city’s inner ring road and crossing the River Cam near the city centre.
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E.
Griggstown Causeway
Griggstown Causeway is a small local roadway and crossing in Griggstown, New Jersey, known for spanning the Millstone River and providing access through the surrounding rural and canal-side landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic toll road
ⓘ
transportation route ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Jamaica Avenue ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | pre-automobile era ⓘ |
| followedBy | paved Jamaica Avenue ⓘ |
| function | toll road ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceType | plank road ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | 19th-century infrastructure in New York City ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early overland route in Queens ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York State ⓘ Queens, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Queens
|
| material | wooden planks ⓘ |
| partOf | transportation network of Queens in the 19th century ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier dirt road routes in Queens ⓘ |
| precursorTo | Jamaica Avenue ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Jamaica, Queens
ⓘ
eastern Queens ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern paved roadway ⓘ |
| servedAs | major transportation route ⓘ |
| significance | contributed to development of Jamaica, Queens ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| tollStatus | toll was charged for use ⓘ |
| transportMode |
horse-drawn vehicles
ⓘ
wagons ⓘ |
| usedDuring | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedFor |
movement of goods
ⓘ
movement of people ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jamaica Plank Road Description of subject: Jamaica Plank Road was a historic 19th-century toll road in Queens, New York, that served as a major transportation route and precursor to modern Jamaica Avenue.
Referenced by (1)
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