North Dakota state highway system
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The North Dakota state highway system is the network of state-maintained roads that connects cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of North Dakota.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Dakota state highway system canonical | 4 |
| North Dakota state highway | 2 |
| North Dakota state highways | 2 |
| North Dakota state highway truck route | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11787092 — 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: North Dakota state highway system Context triple: [North Dakota Highway 59, highwaySystem, North Dakota state highway system]
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A.
South Dakota state highway system
The South Dakota state highway system is the network of state-maintained roads that connects cities, towns, and rural areas throughout South Dakota, complementing the federal and local road systems.
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B.
Montana state highway system
The Montana state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of Montana.
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C.
Nebraska State Highway System
The Nebraska State Highway System is the network of state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates regional and statewide transportation across Nebraska.
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D.
Minnesota state trunk highway system
The Minnesota state trunk highway system is the network of primary state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates major intra- and interstate travel throughout Minnesota.
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E.
Oklahoma state highway system
The Oklahoma state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Oklahoma.
- 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: North Dakota state highway system Target entity description: The North Dakota state highway system is the network of state-maintained roads that connects cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of North Dakota.
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A.
South Dakota state highway system
The South Dakota state highway system is the network of state-maintained roads that connects cities, towns, and rural areas throughout South Dakota, complementing the federal and local road systems.
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B.
Montana state highway system
The Montana state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of Montana.
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C.
Nebraska State Highway System
The Nebraska State Highway System is the network of state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates regional and statewide transportation across Nebraska.
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D.
Minnesota state trunk highway system
The Minnesota state trunk highway system is the network of primary state-maintained roads and highways that facilitates major intra- and interstate travel throughout Minnesota.
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E.
Oklahoma state highway system
The Oklahoma state highway system is the network of numbered state-maintained roads and highways that connect cities, towns, and regions throughout the state of Oklahoma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ND ⓘ |
| connects |
cities in North Dakota
ⓘ
rural areas in North Dakota ⓘ towns in North Dakota ⓘ |
| connectsTo | state highway systems of neighboring states ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formsBackboneOf | state road network of North Dakota ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
federal-aid highway programs
ⓘ
state government of North Dakota ⓘ
linked to:
government of North Dakota
|
| governingLawJurisdiction | state law of North Dakota ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
North Dakota Highway 1
ⓘ
North Dakota Highway 13 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 1804 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 1806 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 200 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 22 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 23 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 3 ⓘ North Dakota Highway 46 ⓘ |
| includesRouteType |
North Dakota state highway
ⓘ
linked to:
North Dakota state highway system
North Dakota state highway alternate route ⓘ North Dakota state highway business route ⓘ North Dakota state highway bypass route ⓘ North Dakota state highway spur route ⓘ North Dakota state highway truck route ⓘ
linked to:
North Dakota state highway system
|
| includesSegmentType |
multi-lane divided highways
ⓘ
two-lane rural highways ⓘ |
| intersectsWith |
Interstate Highway System in North Dakota
ⓘ
United States Numbered Highway System in North Dakota ⓘ
linked to:
United States Numbered Highway System
|
| jurisdiction |
state of North Dakota
ⓘ
linked to:
North Dakota
|
| locatedIn | North Dakota ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | North Dakota Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| neighboringStateConnection |
Manitoba provincial highway network
ⓘ
Minnesota state highway system ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota state trunk highway system
Montana state highway system ⓘ South Dakota state highway system ⓘ |
| networkType | road transportation network ⓘ |
| partOf | transportation in North Dakota ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate intrastate travel
ⓘ
provide access to rural communities ⓘ support economic activity in North Dakota ⓘ |
| regulates | state highway numbering in North Dakota ⓘ |
| roadSurfaceType | primarily paved ⓘ |
| routeMarkerBorderColor | black ⓘ |
| routeMarkerShape | white square ⓘ |
| routeMarkerText | ND and route number ⓘ |
| routeMarkerTextColor | black ⓘ |
| signedWith | standard North Dakota state highway shields ⓘ |
| trafficRegulationBy | North Dakota traffic laws ⓘ |
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: North Dakota state highway system Description of subject: The North Dakota state highway system is the network of state-maintained roads that connects cities, towns, and rural areas throughout the state of North Dakota.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Inkster
subject linked to:
Buxton
linked to: North Dakota state highway system
subject linked to:
Strasburg, North Dakota, United States
linked to: North Dakota state highway system
linked to: North Dakota state highway system
linked to: North Dakota state highway system
linked to: North Dakota state highway system