Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is a state agency that builds, operates, and maintains the tollway system in Illinois.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois State Toll Highway Authority canonical | 16 |
| Illinois Tollway system | 2 |
| Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Board | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1497413 — 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: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Context triple: [I-355, maintainedBy, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority]
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A.
Indiana Department of Transportation
The Indiana Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Indiana’s transportation infrastructure, including highways and related systems.
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B.
Iowa Department of Transportation
The Iowa Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways and interstates.
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C.
Indiana Toll Road
The Indiana Toll Road is a major east–west highway running across northern Indiana, forming part of the Interstate 80/90 corridor and providing a key link between the Chicago area and the Ohio Turnpike.
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D.
Illinois Prairie Path Corporation
Illinois Prairie Path Corporation is a nonprofit organization that oversees and maintains the Illinois Prairie Path, a major multi-use recreational trail system in northeastern Illinois.
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E.
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was a former state agency that operated and maintained the Massachusetts Turnpike and related transportation facilities before its functions were absorbed into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
- 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: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Target entity description: The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is a state agency that builds, operates, and maintains the tollway system in Illinois.
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A.
Indiana Department of Transportation
The Indiana Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Indiana’s transportation infrastructure, including highways and related systems.
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B.
Iowa Department of Transportation
The Iowa Department of Transportation is the state government agency responsible for planning, building, and maintaining Iowa’s transportation infrastructure, including its highways and interstates.
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C.
Indiana Toll Road
The Indiana Toll Road is a major east–west highway running across northern Indiana, forming part of the Interstate 80/90 corridor and providing a key link between the Chicago area and the Ohio Turnpike.
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D.
Illinois Prairie Path Corporation
Illinois Prairie Path Corporation is a nonprofit organization that oversees and maintains the Illinois Prairie Path, a major multi-use recreational trail system in northeastern Illinois.
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E.
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was a former state agency that operated and maintained the Massachusetts Turnpike and related transportation facilities before its functions were absorbed into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
state agency
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toll road operator ⓘ |
| appliesTollTo | motor vehicles ⓘ |
| builds | toll highways in Illinois ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fundingModel | toll revenues ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority self-link ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
facilitate vehicular travel in Illinois
ⓘ
provide and maintain toll highway infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasService |
highway maintenance
ⓘ
road construction ⓘ toll collection ⓘ traffic management ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Illinois ⓘ |
| industry |
road infrastructure
ⓘ
toll road operations ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| legalForm | government agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintains |
Illinois Tollway
ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois Tollway system
|
| modeOfTransport | road transport ⓘ |
| operates |
Illinois Tollway
ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois Tollway system
|
| operatesInJurisdiction | Illinois ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Illinois
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surface form:
State of Illinois
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| parentOrganization |
Illinois
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surface form:
State of Illinois
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| regulates | use of Illinois tollways ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
construction of toll roads in Illinois
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maintenance of toll roads in Illinois ⓘ operation of toll roads in Illinois ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
northern Illinois ⓘ |
| shortName | Illinois Tollway ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
United States federal transportation regulations
ⓘ
laws of the State of Illinois ⓘ |
| transportNetwork | highway network in Illinois ⓘ |
| usesSystem |
cashless tolling
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electronic toll collection ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Description of subject: The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is a state agency that builds, operates, and maintains the tollway system in Illinois.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
I-355
subject surface form:
I-355
this entity surface form:
Illinois Tollway system
this entity surface form:
Illinois Tollway system
subject surface form:
Interstate 88 (Illinois)
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
→
hasOfficialName
→
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
self-link
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Board