SR 16
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SR 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs east–west across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SR 16 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8072378 — 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: SR 16 Context triple: [Maine State Route 16, abbreviation, SR 16]
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A.
SR 16
SR 16 is a state highway in Georgia that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting several towns and major routes.
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B.
SR 167
SR 167 is a state highway designation used for specific numbered routes within a U.S. state's transportation system.
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C.
SR 168
SR 168 is a state highway designated as State Route 168 within a U.S. state’s numbered road system.
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D.
SR 18
SR 18 is a state highway in Georgia that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting several small towns and regional routes.
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E.
SR 116
SR 116 is a state highway in Georgia that serves as an east–west transportation route connecting several communities in the west-central part of the state.
- 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: SR 16 Target entity description: SR 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs east–west across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
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A.
SR 16
SR 16 is a state highway in Georgia that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting several towns and major routes.
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B.
SR 167
SR 167 is a state highway designation used for specific numbered routes within a U.S. state's transportation system.
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C.
SR 168
SR 168 is a state highway designated as State Route 168 within a U.S. state’s numbered road system.
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D.
SR 18
SR 18 is a state highway in Georgia that runs east–west across the central part of the state, connecting several small towns and regional routes.
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E.
SR 116
SR 116 is a state highway in Georgia that serves as an east–west transportation route connecting several communities in the west-central part of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SR 16
ⓘ
State Route 16 ⓘ |
| connects |
major routes in Maine
ⓘ
rural communities in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasDirectionA | West ⓘ |
| hasDirectionB | East ⓘ |
| hasNumberingScheme | Maine state route numbering system ⓘ |
| highwaySystem |
Maine State Route System
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| isPublicRoad | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Maine
ⓘ
western Maine ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maine state highway network
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| passesThroughRegion | rural Maine ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | state route ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 16 ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local access
ⓘ
regional connectivity ⓘ vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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: SR 16 Description of subject: SR 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs east–west across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.