Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation
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Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation is a section of U.S. federal transportation law that establishes policies, programs, and regulations to support and coordinate freight movement across multiple transportation modes such as rail, highway, air, and maritime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2251120 — 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: Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation Context triple: [Title 49 of the United States Code, hasPart, Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation]
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Planning, Programming and Modal Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation
The Planning, Programming and Modal Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation is the branch responsible for statewide transportation planning, project programming, and coordination of various transportation modes across Iowa.
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National Cooperative Highway Research Program
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program is a U.S. research initiative that develops practical, implementable solutions to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the nation’s highways.
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C.
Strategic Transport Projects Review
The Strategic Transport Projects Review is a long-term planning document that outlines Scotland’s national transport investment priorities and major infrastructure projects.
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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is a landmark U.S. federal law that reoriented national transportation policy toward integrated, multimodal planning and investment, emphasizing flexibility, environmental considerations, and state and local decision-making.
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E.
Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements
The Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements is a priority agenda issued by the National Transportation Safety Board that highlights the most critical safety changes needed across U.S. transportation modes to prevent accidents and save lives.
- 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: Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation Target entity description: Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation is a section of U.S. federal transportation law that establishes policies, programs, and regulations to support and coordinate freight movement across multiple transportation modes such as rail, highway, air, and maritime.
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A.
Planning, Programming and Modal Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation
The Planning, Programming and Modal Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation is the branch responsible for statewide transportation planning, project programming, and coordination of various transportation modes across Iowa.
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B.
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program is a U.S. research initiative that develops practical, implementable solutions to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the nation’s highways.
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C.
Strategic Transport Projects Review
The Strategic Transport Projects Review is a long-term planning document that outlines Scotland’s national transport investment priorities and major infrastructure projects.
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D.
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is a landmark U.S. federal law that reoriented national transportation policy toward integrated, multimodal planning and investment, emphasizing flexibility, environmental considerations, and state and local decision-making.
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E.
Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements
The Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements is a priority agenda issued by the National Transportation Safety Board that highlights the most critical safety changes needed across U.S. transportation modes to prevent accidents and save lives.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
component of United States transportation statute
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subtitle of federal transportation law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enhance freight system efficiency
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enhance freight system reliability ⓘ enhance freight system safety ⓘ enhance freight system security ⓘ support economic competitiveness through freight transportation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
freight transportation planning
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freight transportation policy ⓘ freight transportation programs ⓘ freight transportation regulation ⓘ multimodal freight transportation ⓘ |
| concerns |
air freight transportation
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highway freight transportation ⓘ intermodal freight connectivity ⓘ maritime freight transportation ⓘ national freight policy ⓘ rail freight transportation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| governs |
federal involvement in multimodal freight infrastructure
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federal support for freight transportation projects ⓘ planning and coordination of multimodal freight corridors ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to establish federal policies for multimodal freight transportation
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to establish federal programs for multimodal freight transportation ⓘ to establish federal regulations for multimodal freight transportation ⓘ to improve coordination among freight transportation modes ⓘ to support efficient freight movement across multiple transportation modes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal law ⓘ |
| partOf | Title 49 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| regulates |
coordination of freight transportation modes
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freight movement across rail, highway, air, and maritime modes ⓘ |
| sector | transportation ⓘ |
| subjectOf | United States federal transportation policy discussions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Department of Transportation
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Transportation
federal freight transportation planners ⓘ freight transportation policymakers ⓘ state departments of transportation ⓘ |
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: Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation Description of subject: Subtitle IX—Multimodal Freight Transportation is a section of U.S. federal transportation law that establishes policies, programs, and regulations to support and coordinate freight movement across multiple transportation modes such as rail, highway, air, and maritime.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.