U.S. Route 31 nearby
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U.S. Route 31 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the Midwest that serves as a key regional transportation corridor near Tipton, Indiana.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 31 (nearby) | 1 |
| U.S. Route 31 nearby canonical | 1 |
| US Highway 31 (nearby) | 1 |
| near U.S. Route 31 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10885331 — 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: U.S. Route 31 nearby Context triple: [Tipton, Indiana, hasTransportation, U.S. Route 31 nearby]
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A.
U.S. Route 11 nearby
U.S. Route 11 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the eastern United States, providing regional connectivity through states such as Alabama.
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B.
U.S. Route 231 (nearby)
U.S. Route 231 is a major north–south United States highway running through several states in the central and southeastern U.S., providing regional connectivity for communities along its route.
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C.
U.S. Route 11W nearby
U.S. Route 11W is a major U.S. highway in the Appalachian region that connects several communities in Tennessee and Virginia, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
U.S. Route 29 (nearby)
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the eastern United States that passes near Burlington, North Carolina, providing regional connectivity to cities such as Greensboro and Danville.
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E.
U.S. Route 71 (nearby)
U.S. Route 71 is a major north–south United States highway running through the central states, providing regional connectivity near Lamar, Missouri.
- 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: U.S. Route 31 nearby Target entity description: U.S. Route 31 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the Midwest that serves as a key regional transportation corridor near Tipton, Indiana.
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A.
U.S. Route 11 nearby
U.S. Route 11 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the eastern United States, providing regional connectivity through states such as Alabama.
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B.
U.S. Route 231 (nearby)
U.S. Route 231 is a major north–south United States highway running through several states in the central and southeastern U.S., providing regional connectivity for communities along its route.
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C.
U.S. Route 11W nearby
U.S. Route 11W is a major U.S. highway in the Appalachian region that connects several communities in Tennessee and Virginia, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
U.S. Route 29 (nearby)
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the eastern United States that passes near Burlington, North Carolina, providing regional connectivity to cities such as Greensboro and Danville.
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E.
U.S. Route 71 (nearby)
U.S. Route 71 is a major north–south United States highway running through the central states, providing regional connectivity near Lamar, Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| connects |
communities in Alabama
ⓘ
communities in Indiana ⓘ communities in Kentucky ⓘ communities in Michigan ⓘ communities in Tennessee ⓘ |
| connectsRegion | Midwest to the southern United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| generalDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionNear | Tipton, Indiana ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 31 ⓘ |
| highwayType | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | state departments of transportation along its route ⓘ |
| numberingSystem | odd-numbered U.S. Highway (indicating north–south orientation) ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesNear | Tipton, Indiana ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
rural areas
ⓘ
small towns ⓘ urban areas ⓘ |
| regionServed | Midwest ⓘ |
| roadClassification | principal arterial ⓘ |
| roadFunction |
intercity highway
ⓘ
regional connector ⓘ |
| role | regional transportation corridor ⓘ |
| routeOrientation | generally parallel to Interstate 65 in parts of its length ⓘ |
| servesAs | key regional transportation corridor near Tipton, Indiana ⓘ |
| stateTraversed |
Alabama
ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Michigan ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| transportationRoleNear | Tipton, Indiana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight movement
ⓘ
passenger travel ⓘ |
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: U.S. Route 31 nearby Description of subject: U.S. Route 31 is a major north–south U.S. highway in the Midwest that serves as a key regional transportation corridor near Tipton, Indiana.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: U.S. Route 31 nearby
linked to: U.S. Route 31 nearby
linked to: U.S. Route 31 nearby