Maryland Route 355
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Maryland Route 355 is a major north–south state highway in Maryland that closely parallels Interstate 270, connecting Washington, D.C.’s northwest suburbs with communities such as Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Frederick.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maryland Route 355 canonical | 15 |
| Maryland Route 355 corridor | 2 |
| Maryland Route 355 (Frederick Road) | 1 |
| Maryland Route 355 in Gaithersburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T910317 — 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: Maryland Route 355 Context triple: [Rockville, Maryland, servedBy, Maryland Route 355]
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A.
Maryland Route 32
Maryland Route 32 is a major state highway in central Maryland that serves as a key east–west commuter and freight corridor connecting suburbs between the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.
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B.
Maryland Route 202
Maryland Route 202 is a state highway in Maryland that serves as a major arterial road in Prince George’s County, providing access to key destinations including FedExField and surrounding communities.
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C.
Baltimore–Washington Parkway
The Baltimore–Washington Parkway is a major scenic highway in Maryland that connects the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., serving as a key commuter and transportation route in the region.
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D.
Virginia State Route 55
Virginia State Route 55 is an east–west state highway in northern Virginia that generally parallels Interstate 66, connecting communities such as Gainesville with towns in the Shenandoah Valley.
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E.
U.S. Route 209
U.S. Route 209 is a U.S. highway running through eastern Pennsylvania and southeastern New York, connecting rural communities, small cities, and scenic areas in the Appalachian and Catskill regions.
- 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: Maryland Route 355 Target entity description: Maryland Route 355 is a major north–south state highway in Maryland that closely parallels Interstate 270, connecting Washington, D.C.’s northwest suburbs with communities such as Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Frederick.
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A.
Maryland Route 32
Maryland Route 32 is a major state highway in central Maryland that serves as a key east–west commuter and freight corridor connecting suburbs between the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.
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B.
Maryland Route 202
Maryland Route 202 is a state highway in Maryland that serves as a major arterial road in Prince George’s County, providing access to key destinations including FedExField and surrounding communities.
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C.
Baltimore–Washington Parkway
The Baltimore–Washington Parkway is a major scenic highway in Maryland that connects the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., serving as a key commuter and transportation route in the region.
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D.
Virginia State Route 55
Virginia State Route 55 is an east–west state highway in northern Virginia that generally parallels Interstate 66, connecting communities such as Gainesville with towns in the Shenandoah Valley.
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E.
U.S. Route 209
U.S. Route 209 is a U.S. highway running through eastern Pennsylvania and southeastern New York, connecting rural communities, small cities, and scenic areas in the Appalachian and Catskill regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Frederick Road (in parts of Montgomery County)
ⓘ
Market Street (Frederick, Maryland) ⓘ
surface form:
Market Street (in downtown Frederick)
Rockville Pike ⓘ
surface form:
Rockville Pike (in the Bethesda–Rockville area)
Urbana Pike (near Urbana and south of Frederick) ⓘ Wisconsin Avenue (Maryland Route 355) ⓘ
surface form:
Wisconsin Avenue (near the Washington, D.C. line)
|
| connects |
residential areas with employment centers in Frederick County
ⓘ
residential areas with employment centers in Montgomery County ⓘ suburbs of Washington, D.C. with Frederick, Maryland ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Washington metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| formerDesignation | U.S. Route 240 (in part of its corridor) ⓘ |
| function |
commercial arterial road
ⓘ
major commuter corridor ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 495
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 495 (via connecting roads near Bethesda)
Interstate 70 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 70 (via connecting roads in Frederick)
Maryland Route 118 ⓘ Maryland Route 124 ⓘ Maryland Route 27 ⓘ Maryland Route 28 ⓘ Maryland Route 85 ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransitService |
local bus routes in Frederick County
ⓘ
local bus routes in Montgomery County ⓘ |
| highwayType |
Maryland State Highway System
ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland state highway
|
| isPartOfCorridor | I-270 technology corridor (surface route component) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Maryland State Highway Administration ⓘ |
| nearbyMajorFacility |
National Institutes of Health campus (via Rockville Pike)
ⓘ
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (via Rockville Pike)
|
| parallelFunctionTo | Interstate 270 as an alternative surface route ⓘ |
| parallels | Interstate 270 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Maryland State Highway System
ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland state highway system
|
| passesThrough |
Frederick County, Maryland
ⓘ
Montgomery County ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery County, Maryland
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| region |
Piedmont region
ⓘ
surface form:
Piedmont region of Maryland
Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| roadClassification | principal arterial ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 355 ⓘ |
| serves |
Bethesda, Maryland
ⓘ
Frederick, Maryland ⓘ Gaithersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland ⓘ suburban communities northwest of Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial freight deliveries
ⓘ
commuter traffic ⓘ local access 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: Maryland Route 355 Description of subject: Maryland Route 355 is a major north–south state highway in Maryland that closely parallels Interstate 270, connecting Washington, D.C.’s northwest suburbs with communities such as Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Frederick.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maryland Route 355 (Frederick Road)
this entity surface form:
Maryland Route 355 in Gaithersburg
this entity surface form:
Maryland Route 355 corridor
this entity surface form:
Maryland Route 355 corridor
subject surface form:
Bethesda, Maryland
subject surface form:
Montgomery County, Maryland