California State Route 36
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California State Route 36 is a scenic, winding east–west highway in Northern California that connects the Pacific coast near Fortuna to inland communities through rugged, forested terrain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State Route 36 canonical | 7 |
| California State Route 36 (within district boundaries) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T705965 — 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: California State Route 36 Context triple: [Humboldt County, transportInfrastructure, California State Route 36]
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A.
California State Route 28
California State Route 28 is a scenic state highway that runs along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, connecting communities in the Sierra Nevada region of California.
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B.
California State Route 2
California State Route 2 is a major east–west state highway in Southern California that runs from the Pacific Coast through the Los Angeles area into the San Gabriel Mountains.
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C.
California State Route 89
California State Route 89 is a scenic north–south highway in California that winds through the Sierra Nevada and other mountainous regions, connecting small communities, national forests, and popular outdoor recreation areas.
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D.
California State Route 120
California State Route 120 is a scenic east–west highway in California that crosses the Sierra Nevada and provides one of the main road entrances to Yosemite National Park via Tioga Pass.
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E.
California State Route 190
California State Route 190 is an east–west state highway in California that traverses the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley, providing access to Death Valley National Park and connecting remote desert and mountain communities.
- 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: California State Route 36 Target entity description: California State Route 36 is a scenic, winding east–west highway in Northern California that connects the Pacific coast near Fortuna to inland communities through rugged, forested terrain.
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A.
California State Route 28
California State Route 28 is a scenic state highway that runs along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, connecting communities in the Sierra Nevada region of California.
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B.
California State Route 2
California State Route 2 is a major east–west state highway in Southern California that runs from the Pacific Coast through the Los Angeles area into the San Gabriel Mountains.
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C.
California State Route 89
California State Route 89 is a scenic north–south highway in California that winds through the Sierra Nevada and other mountainous regions, connecting small communities, national forests, and popular outdoor recreation areas.
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D.
California State Route 120
California State Route 120 is a scenic east–west highway in California that crosses the Sierra Nevada and provides one of the main road entrances to Yosemite National Park via Tioga Pass.
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E.
California State Route 190
California State Route 190 is an east–west state highway in California that traverses the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley, providing access to Death Valley National Park and connecting remote desert and mountain communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CA 36
ⓘ
SR 36 ⓘ |
| connects | Pacific coast to inland Northern California communities ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 5
ⓘ
U.S. Route 101 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| easternTerminusAt | Interstate 5 ⓘ |
| easternTerminusNear | Red Bluff, California ⓘ |
| hasLanes | two-lane highway (most segments) ⓘ |
| highwayType | state route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Humboldt County
ⓘ
surface form:
Humboldt County, California
Shasta County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Tehama County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinity County, California ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
|
| notableFeature | scenic highway ⓘ |
| partOf |
California state highway system
ⓘ
surface form:
California State Highway System
|
| passesThrough |
Humboldt County
ⓘ
surface form:
Humboldt County, California
Shasta County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Tehama County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinity County, California ⓘ |
| region | Northern California ⓘ |
| roadCharacteristic | winding ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 36 ⓘ |
| scenicReputation | noted for curves and mountain driving ⓘ |
| serves |
Bridgeville, California
ⓘ
Fortuna, California ⓘ Mad River, California ⓘ Platina, California ⓘ Red Bluff, California ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| surface | paved ⓘ |
| terrain |
forested
ⓘ
rugged ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile travel
ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ tourism and recreation travel ⓘ |
| westernTerminusAt | U.S. Route 101 ⓘ |
| westernTerminusNear | Fortuna, California ⓘ |
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: California State Route 36 Description of subject: California State Route 36 is a scenic, winding east–west highway in Northern California that connects the Pacific coast near Fortuna to inland communities through rugged, forested terrain.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
District 1 (Caltrans)
this entity surface form:
California State Route 36 (within district boundaries)