Route 117
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Route 117 is a state highway in Maine that runs through several counties, connecting multiple towns and serving as a regional north–south and east–west corridor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Route 117 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8966405 — 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: Route 117 Context triple: [Maine State Route 117, abbreviation, Route 117]
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A.
Route 110
Route 110 is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reimagines episodes from Homer’s Odyssey within the landscapes and experiences of modern Ireland.
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B.
Route 107
Route 107 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs through cities such as Revere and Lynn, serving as a key north–south arterial route north of Boston.
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C.
Route 107
Route 107 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut that serves as a local connector through towns such as Redding and Georgetown.
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D.
Route 17
Route 17 is a state highway designation in Massachusetts used for a specific segment of roadway within the state's numbered route system.
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E.
Route 17
Route 17 is a major state highway in New York that serves as a key transportation corridor through the southern part of the state, connecting numerous towns and villages.
- 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: Route 117 Target entity description: Route 117 is a state highway in Maine that runs through several counties, connecting multiple towns and serving as a regional north–south and east–west corridor.
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A.
Route 110
Route 110 is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reimagines episodes from Homer’s Odyssey within the landscapes and experiences of modern Ireland.
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B.
Route 107
Route 107 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs through cities such as Revere and Lynn, serving as a key north–south arterial route north of Boston.
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C.
Route 107
Route 107 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut that serves as a local connector through towns such as Redding and Georgetown.
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D.
Route 17
Route 17 is a state highway designation in Massachusetts used for a specific segment of roadway within the state's numbered route system.
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E.
Route 17
Route 17 is a major state highway in New York that serves as a key transportation corridor through the southern part of the state, connecting numerous towns and villages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
numbered route in Maine
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| access | public road ⓘ |
| category | State highways in Maine ⓘ |
| connects | multiple towns in Maine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| function |
regional east–west corridor
ⓘ
regional north–south corridor ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
east–west
ⓘ
north–south ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 117 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Androscoggin County, Maine
ⓘ
Cumberland County, Maine ⓘ Oxford County, Maine ⓘ Sagadahoc County, Maine ⓘ York County, Maine ⓘ multiple counties in Maine ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maine state highway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| regulation | subject to Maine traffic laws ⓘ |
| roadClassification | arterial road ⓘ |
| routeType | state route ⓘ |
| serves |
rural areas in Maine
ⓘ
small towns in Maine ⓘ |
| signage | marked with Maine state route shields ⓘ |
| state | Maine ⓘ |
| surfaceType | paved road ⓘ |
| transportMode | motor vehicle traffic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local traffic
ⓘ
regional 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: Route 117 Description of subject: Route 117 is a state highway in Maine that runs through several counties, connecting multiple towns and serving as a regional north–south and east–west corridor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.