Iowa Highway 9
E188920
Iowa Highway 9 is an east–west state highway spanning northern Iowa, connecting numerous small towns and regional centers near the Minnesota border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iowa Highway 9 canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T941218 — 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: Iowa Highway 9 Context triple: [Decorah, Iowa, transport, Iowa Highway 9]
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A.
Iowa Highway 92
Iowa Highway 92 is an east–west state highway running across southern Iowa, connecting multiple communities and serving as a key regional transportation route.
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B.
Iowa Highway 5
Iowa Highway 5 is a state highway in southern Iowa that serves as a key east–west route connecting communities and facilitating regional travel.
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C.
Iowa Highway 10
Iowa Highway 10 is an east–west state highway in northwestern Iowa that serves communities including Orange City and connects to several major regional routes.
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D.
Iowa Highway 27
Iowa Highway 27 is a north–south state highway in Iowa that largely follows the Avenue of the Saints corridor, connecting several major cities across the state.
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E.
Iowa Highway 58
Iowa Highway 58 is a state highway in Iowa that serves as a key north–south route through the Cedar Falls–Waterloo area, connecting local traffic to major regional roads.
- 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: Iowa Highway 9 Target entity description: Iowa Highway 9 is an east–west state highway spanning northern Iowa, connecting numerous small towns and regional centers near the Minnesota border.
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A.
Iowa Highway 92
Iowa Highway 92 is an east–west state highway running across southern Iowa, connecting multiple communities and serving as a key regional transportation route.
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B.
Iowa Highway 5
Iowa Highway 5 is a state highway in southern Iowa that serves as a key east–west route connecting communities and facilitating regional travel.
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C.
Iowa Highway 10
Iowa Highway 10 is an east–west state highway in northwestern Iowa that serves communities including Orange City and connects to several major regional routes.
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D.
Iowa Highway 27
Iowa Highway 27 is a north–south state highway in Iowa that largely follows the Avenue of the Saints corridor, connecting several major cities across the state.
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E.
Iowa Highway 58
Iowa Highway 58 is a state highway in Iowa that serves as a key north–south route through the Cedar Falls–Waterloo area, connecting local traffic to major regional roads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Minnesota state line ⓘ |
| approximateOrientation | west to east ⓘ |
| connects |
regional centers in northern Iowa
ⓘ
small towns in northern Iowa ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Minnesota ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| crossesVia | Black Hawk Bridge ⓘ |
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | U.S. Highway 61 at Lansing, Iowa ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
U.S. Highway 61
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 75 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem |
Iowa State Highway
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa State Highway System
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| highwayType | Iowa State Highway ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Iowa ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Iowa Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Minnesota border ⓘ |
| partOf | surface road network of Iowa ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Allamakee County, Iowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clay County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Decorah, Iowa ⓘ Dickinson County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Estherville, Iowa ⓘ Forest City, Iowa ⓘ Howard County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kossuth County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lansing, Iowa ⓘ Lyon County, Iowa ⓘ Mitchell County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Osage, Iowa ⓘ Osceola County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Palo Alto County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Rapids, Iowa ⓘ Sibley, Iowa ⓘ Spirit Lake, Iowa ⓘ Waukon, Iowa ⓘ Winnebago County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Winneshiek County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Worth County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| servesAs | regional east–west corridor in northern Iowa ⓘ |
| state | Iowa ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automobile transportation
ⓘ
truck transportation ⓘ |
| westernTerminus |
U.S. Route 75 in Sioux County, Iowa
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surface form:
U.S. Route 75 in Rock Rapids, Iowa
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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: Iowa Highway 9 Description of subject: Iowa Highway 9 is an east–west state highway spanning northern Iowa, connecting numerous small towns and regional centers near the Minnesota border.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.