M23
E97997
M23 is a major motorway in South East England connecting London to Gatwick Airport and the Brighton area via the M25 and A23.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T831820 — 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: M23 Context triple: [M23 motorway, routeNumber, M23]
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A.
S-23
S-23 is an International Hydrographic Organization publication that standardizes the naming and limits of the world’s oceans and seas.
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B.
M-22
M-22 is a scenic state highway in Michigan renowned for its picturesque route along the Lake Michigan shoreline and through the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
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C.
M3
M3 is a major motorway in the United Kingdom that connects London to Southampton, serving as a key route through southern England.
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D.
M62
M62 is a major trans-Pennine motorway in northern England connecting cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Hull.
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E.
M-28
M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
- 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: M23 Target entity description: M23 is a major motorway in South East England connecting London to Gatwick Airport and the Brighton area via the M25 and A23.
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A.
S-23
S-23 is an International Hydrographic Organization publication that standardizes the naming and limits of the world’s oceans and seas.
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B.
M-22
M-22 is a scenic state highway in Michigan renowned for its picturesque route along the Lake Michigan shoreline and through the Leelanau Peninsula near Traverse City.
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C.
M3
M3 is a major motorway in the United Kingdom that connects London to Southampton, serving as a key route through southern England.
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D.
M62
M62 is a major trans-Pennine motorway in northern England connecting cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Hull.
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E.
M-28
M-28 is a major east–west state highway running across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, connecting numerous communities along the southern shore of Lake Superior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
motorway
ⓘ
road in England ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
A23
ⓘ
Brighton area ⓘ Gatwick Airport ⓘ London ⓘ M25 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
northbound
ⓘ
southbound ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
A23 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M25 motorway ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | 70 mph (typical UK motorway limit) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
South East England ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Crawley
ⓘ
Reigate and Banstead area ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Highways ⓘ |
| partOfCorridor |
London–Brighton corridor
ⓘ
linked to:
Brighton Main Line
|
| partOfNetwork | British motorway network ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
link London with Gatwick Airport
ⓘ
provide route towards Brighton via A23 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Gatwick Airport area
ⓘ
linked to:
Gatwick Airport
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Surrey ⓘ West Sussex ⓘ |
| roadNumber | M23 ⓘ |
| roadType | dual carriageway ⓘ |
| terminusNorth |
A23 junction near Coulsdon/Hooley
ⓘ
near Hooley ⓘ |
| terminusSouth |
junction with A23 near Crawley
ⓘ
near Pease Pottage ⓘ |
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: M23 Description of subject: M23 is a major motorway in South East England connecting London to Gatwick Airport and the Brighton area via the M25 and A23.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: M23