IA 38
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IA 38 is a state highway in Iowa that runs north–south through the eastern part of the state, connecting several small communities and regional routes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IA 38 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1135113 — 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: IA 38 Context triple: [Iowa Highway 38, hasAbbreviation, IA 38]
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A.
I 395
I 395 is a designation used for auxiliary Interstate 395 highways in the United States that typically serve as spur or connector routes linking primary interstates to major cities or urban centers.
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B.
SA3
SA3 is the 3GPP security working group responsible for specifying and evolving security architecture and mechanisms across mobile communication standards.
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C.
Studio 880
Studio 880 is a professional recording studio known for hosting sessions by various rock and alternative artists, including the band Green Day.
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D.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
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E.
IA
IA is the standard two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Iowa.
- 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: IA 38 Target entity description: IA 38 is a state highway in Iowa that runs north–south through the eastern part of the state, connecting several small communities and regional routes.
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A.
I 395
I 395 is a designation used for auxiliary Interstate 395 highways in the United States that typically serve as spur or connector routes linking primary interstates to major cities or urban centers.
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B.
SA3
SA3 is the 3GPP security working group responsible for specifying and evolving security architecture and mechanisms across mobile communication standards.
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C.
Studio 880
Studio 880 is a professional recording studio known for hosting sessions by various rock and alternative artists, including the band Green Day.
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D.
BB-38
BB-38 is the hull number of USS Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during both World Wars.
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E.
IA
IA is the standard two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Iowa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
IA 38
ⓘ
Iowa 38 ⓘ |
| accessControl | at-grade intersections ⓘ |
| connects |
regional routes in eastern Iowa
ⓘ
small communities in eastern Iowa ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Iowa Highway 1
ⓘ
Iowa Highway 64 ⓘ US 151 ⓘ US 20 ⓘ US 61 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| highwaySystem |
Iowa primary road system
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa State Highway System
|
| lanes | two-lane highway for most of its length ⓘ |
| locationRegion | eastern Iowa ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Iowa Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf | regional transportation network of eastern Iowa ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Anamosa, Iowa, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Anamosa, Iowa
Cedar County, Iowa ⓘ Colesburg, Iowa ⓘ Delaware County, Iowa ⓘ Delhi, Iowa ⓘ Dubuque County, Iowa ⓘ Greeley, Iowa ⓘ Hopkinton, Iowa ⓘ Jones County, Iowa ⓘ Martelle, Iowa ⓘ Monticello, Iowa ⓘ Olin, Iowa ⓘ Stanwood, Iowa ⓘ Tipton, Iowa ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 38 ⓘ |
| serves | local traffic in eastern Iowa ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| terminusNorth | near Dyersville, Iowa ⓘ |
| terminusSouth | near Muscatine, Iowa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile travel
ⓘ
local commuting ⓘ regional connectivity between small towns ⓘ truck travel ⓘ |
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: IA 38 Description of subject: IA 38 is a state highway in Iowa that runs north–south through the eastern part of the state, connecting several small communities and regional routes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.