California State Route 140
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California State Route 140 is a state highway in central California that serves as a primary access route from the San Joaquin Valley to Yosemite National Park.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California State Route 140 canonical | 9 |
| served by California State Route 140 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T844206 — 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 140 Context triple: [Merced, hasMajorHighway, California State Route 140]
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A.
California State Route 14
California State Route 14 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that connects the Los Angeles area to the Antelope Valley and the western Mojave Desert.
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B.
California State Route 188
California State Route 188 is a short state highway in San Diego County that serves as a connector between the U.S.–Mexico border at Tecate and State Route 94.
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C.
California State Route 178
California State Route 178 is a major east–west highway in California that runs from Bakersfield through the Kern River Canyon and across the Mojave Desert toward Death Valley National Park.
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D.
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.
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E.
California State Route 108
California State Route 108 is a scenic east–west highway in central California that crosses the Sierra Nevada via the high-elevation Sonora Pass, connecting the Central Valley with the eastern Sierra region.
- 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 140 Target entity description: California State Route 140 is a state highway in central California that serves as a primary access route from the San Joaquin Valley to Yosemite National Park.
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A.
California State Route 14
California State Route 14 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that connects the Los Angeles area to the Antelope Valley and the western Mojave Desert.
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B.
California State Route 188
California State Route 188 is a short state highway in San Diego County that serves as a connector between the U.S.–Mexico border at Tecate and State Route 94.
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C.
California State Route 178
California State Route 178 is a major east–west highway in California that runs from Bakersfield through the Kern River Canyon and across the Mojave Desert toward Death Valley National Park.
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D.
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.
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E.
California State Route 108
California State Route 108 is a scenic east–west highway in central California that crosses the Sierra Nevada via the high-elevation Sonora Pass, connecting the Central Valley with the eastern Sierra region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
road transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CA 140
ⓘ
SR 140 ⓘ |
| connects |
San Joaquin Valley
ⓘ
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| connectsCities |
Gustine, California
ⓘ
Mariposa, California ⓘ Merced ⓘ
surface form:
Merced, California
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesRiver | Merced River ⓘ |
| easternTerminus |
Yosemite National Park road network
ⓘ
surface form:
El Portal Road at Yosemite National Park boundary
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| followsRiver | Merced River ⓘ |
| hasOfficialDesignation | State Route 140 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScenicSection |
Merced River canyon
ⓘ
surface form:
Merced River Canyon
|
| highwayNumber | 140 ⓘ |
| intersects |
California State Route 49
ⓘ
surface form:
California State Route 49 in Mariposa
California State Route 99 in Merced ⓘ |
| isNumberedIn | California state highway numbering system ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Central California
ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ Yosemite National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Yosemite National Park area
|
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
|
| near | Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| partOf |
California state highway system
ⓘ
surface form:
California State Route System
|
| passesThrough |
Catheys Valley, California
ⓘ
El Portal, California ⓘ Mariposa, California ⓘ Merced ⓘ
surface form:
Merced, California
|
| primaryAccessTo | Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mariposa County
ⓘ
surface form:
Mariposa County, California
Merced County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanislaus County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeType | east–west highway ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subjectTo |
rockslides
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seasonal weather-related closures ⓘ |
| touristRouteFor | Yosemite National Park visitors ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial transport
ⓘ
local travel ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| westernTerminus |
Interstate 5 near Gustine
ⓘ
near Gustine, 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 140 Description of subject: California State Route 140 is a state highway in central California that serves as a primary access route from the San Joaquin Valley to Yosemite National Park.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
served by California State Route 140