State Route 16
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State Route 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| State Route 16 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8072379 — 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: State Route 16 Context triple: [Maine State Route 16, abbreviation, State Route 16]
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A.
State Route 16
State Route 16 is a primary Washington state highway that connects Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, including via the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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B.
State Route 16
State Route 16 is a California state highway that runs through the Sacramento Valley, connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in counties such as Colusa to the broader state highway network.
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C.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a significant east–west state highway in northern Ohio that connects multiple communities and serves as a key regional transportation corridor.
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D.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a California mountain highway that winds through the San Bernardino Mountains, providing a primary route to destinations such as Big Bear Lake and surrounding resort communities.
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E.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a major east–west highway in Washington State that connects the Auburn area to Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie, serving as a key commuter and freight corridor in the region.
- 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: State Route 16 Target entity description: State Route 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
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A.
State Route 16
State Route 16 is a primary Washington state highway that connects Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, including via the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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B.
State Route 16
State Route 16 is a California state highway that runs through the Sacramento Valley, connecting rural communities and agricultural areas in counties such as Colusa to the broader state highway network.
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C.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a significant east–west state highway in northern Ohio that connects multiple communities and serves as a key regional transportation corridor.
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D.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a California mountain highway that winds through the San Bernardino Mountains, providing a primary route to destinations such as Big Bear Lake and surrounding resort communities.
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E.
State Route 18
State Route 18 is a major east–west highway in Washington State that connects the Auburn area to Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie, serving as a key commuter and freight corridor in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
ME 16
ⓘ
Route 16 ⓘ SR 16 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | public road network ⓘ |
| connects |
major routes in Maine
ⓘ
rural communities in Maine ⓘ |
| connectsAreaType |
local service centers
ⓘ
rural areas ⓘ small towns ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
U.S. numbered highways in Maine
ⓘ
other Maine State Routes ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasAccessControl | at-grade intersections ⓘ |
| hasDirection | generally east–west alignment ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
State of Maine
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine
|
| hasLaneConfiguration | primarily two-lane roadway ⓘ |
| highwayType | State Route ⓘ |
| isPartOfNetwork | state-maintained road network of Maine ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
central and western parts of Maine ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maine Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| openTo | general public traffic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maine State Highway System
ⓘ
linked to:
Maine State Route system
|
| regulatingAuthority | State of Maine traffic laws ⓘ |
| roadClassification | state secondary highway ⓘ |
| roadFunction |
regional connector
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rural access route ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved highway ⓘ |
| runsThroughRegion |
central Maine
ⓘ
western Maine ⓘ |
| speedRegulation | posted speed limits set by MaineDOT ⓘ |
| supports |
commuter traffic in rural regions
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local commerce ⓘ tourism travel in Maine ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile traffic
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local travel ⓘ regional travel ⓘ truck 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: State Route 16 Description of subject: State Route 16 is a state highway in Maine that runs across the central and western parts of the state, connecting several rural communities and major routes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
SR 16