North Carolina Highway 96
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North Carolina Highway 96 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs north–south through several counties, connecting small towns and communities in the central and northern part of the state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Carolina Highway 96 canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T837883 — 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 Carolina Highway 96 Context triple: [Wake Forest, servedBy, North Carolina Highway 96]
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A.
North Carolina Highway 98
North Carolina Highway 98 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs east–west through the Research Triangle region, connecting communities such as Durham, Wake Forest, and surrounding areas.
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B.
North Carolina Highway 87
North Carolina Highway 87 is a primary state highway running through central and southeastern North Carolina, connecting multiple counties and communities as a major regional transportation corridor.
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C.
North Carolina Highway 902
North Carolina Highway 902 is a primary state highway in central North Carolina that serves as an important east–west route through rural Chatham County and surrounding areas.
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D.
North Carolina Highway 55
North Carolina Highway 55 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs through the town of Apex and connects several communities in the central and eastern parts of the state.
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E.
North Carolina Highway 54
North Carolina Highway 54 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that connects the Research Triangle’s major communities, including Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary, serving as a key commuter and commercial corridor.
- 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 Carolina Highway 96 Target entity description: North Carolina Highway 96 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs north–south through several counties, connecting small towns and communities in the central and northern part of the state.
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A.
North Carolina Highway 98
North Carolina Highway 98 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs east–west through the Research Triangle region, connecting communities such as Durham, Wake Forest, and surrounding areas.
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B.
North Carolina Highway 87
North Carolina Highway 87 is a primary state highway running through central and southeastern North Carolina, connecting multiple counties and communities as a major regional transportation corridor.
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C.
North Carolina Highway 902
North Carolina Highway 902 is a primary state highway in central North Carolina that serves as an important east–west route through rural Chatham County and surrounding areas.
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D.
North Carolina Highway 55
North Carolina Highway 55 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs through the town of Apex and connects several communities in the central and eastern parts of the state.
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E.
North Carolina Highway 54
North Carolina Highway 54 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that connects the Research Triangle’s major communities, including Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary, serving as a key commuter and commercial corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Carolina state highway
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NC 96 ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in North Carolina
ⓘ
Transportation in Durham County, North Carolina ⓘ Transportation in Franklin County, North Carolina ⓘ Transportation in Granville County, North Carolina ⓘ Transportation in Vance County, North Carolina ⓘ Transportation in Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| connects |
small towns in central North Carolina
ⓘ
small towns in northern North Carolina ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
North Carolina Highway 39
ⓘ
NC Highway 50 ⓘ
surface form:
North Carolina Highway 50
North Carolina Highway 56 ⓘ U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina
U.S. Route 158 in North Carolina ⓘ |
| highwaySystem |
North Carolina Highway System
ⓘ
surface form:
North Carolina State Highway System
|
| locatedIn |
central North Carolina
ⓘ
northern North Carolina ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | North Carolina Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf |
North Carolina Highway System
ⓘ
surface form:
North Carolina primary state highway network
|
| passesThrough |
Durham County, North Carolina
ⓘ
Franklin County, North Carolina ⓘ Granville County, North Carolina ⓘ Vance County, North Carolina ⓘ Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| regionServed | Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ |
| roadType | primary state highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 96 ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local travel
ⓘ
regional connectivity ⓘ |
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 Carolina Highway 96 Description of subject: North Carolina Highway 96 is a primary state highway in North Carolina that runs north–south through several counties, connecting small towns and communities in the central and northern part of the state.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.