IL 40
E1029319
IL 40 is a north–south state highway in Illinois that connects several communities between the Peoria area and the northwestern part of the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IL 40 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13235033 — 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: IL 40 Context triple: [Illinois Route 40, abbreviation, IL 40]
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A.
IL 43
IL 43 is a major north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois that runs through Chicago’s western suburbs, serving as a key arterial route for local and commuter traffic.
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B.
IL 50
IL 50 is a north–south state highway in Illinois that runs through the Chicago metropolitan area and several northeastern Illinois communities.
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C.
IL 47
IL 47 is a major north–south state highway in Illinois that connects several suburban and rural communities across the state.
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D.
IL 19
IL 19 is a major east–west state highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter and commercial route through Chicago’s northwest suburbs.
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E.
IL 56
IL 56 is a state highway in Illinois that runs through the western suburbs of Chicago, connecting communities in DuPage and Kane counties.
- 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: IL 40 Target entity description: IL 40 is a north–south state highway in Illinois that connects several communities between the Peoria area and the northwestern part of the state.
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A.
IL 43
IL 43 is a major north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois that runs through Chicago’s western suburbs, serving as a key arterial route for local and commuter traffic.
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B.
IL 50
IL 50 is a north–south state highway in Illinois that runs through the Chicago metropolitan area and several northeastern Illinois communities.
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C.
IL 47
IL 47 is a major north–south state highway in Illinois that connects several suburban and rural communities across the state.
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D.
IL 19
IL 19 is a major east–west state highway in northeastern Illinois that serves as a key commuter and commercial route through Chicago’s northwest suburbs.
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E.
IL 56
IL 56 is a state highway in Illinois that runs through the western suburbs of Chicago, connecting communities in DuPage and Kane counties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| connectsArea |
Peoria area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Illinois ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Illinois Route 17
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois Route 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Illinois Route 92 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 74 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 80 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 34 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasJunctionWith | Interstate 88 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanes |
multi-lane segments
ⓘ
two-lane segments ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 40 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Illinois Route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
central Illinois
ⓘ
northwestern Illinois ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Illinois Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf | Illinois State Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear | Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Buda, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bureau County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Deer Grove, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunlap, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ East Peoria, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Moline, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Peoria County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Falls, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Island County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheffield, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Stark County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterling, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiteside County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| servesRegion | Peoria metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| terminusDirectionNorth | near Rock Island, Illinois ⓘ |
| terminusDirectionSouth | near East Peoria, Illinois ⓘ |
| 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: IL 40 Description of subject: IL 40 is a north–south state highway in Illinois that connects several communities between the Peoria area and the northwestern part of the state.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.