VA 243
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VA 243 is a short primary state highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, connecting Vienna to the surrounding road network near the Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302428 — 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: VA 243 Context triple: [Virginia State Route 243, abbreviation, VA 243]
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A.
VA 234
VA 234 is a primary state highway in Virginia that connects the Manassas area with Interstate 95 and other major routes in Northern Virginia.
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B.
VA 28
VA 28 is a major north–south state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a key commuter and freight corridor connecting Dulles International Airport and surrounding suburbs to other regional routes.
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C.
Fort Eustis, Virginia
Fort Eustis, Virginia is a major U.S. Army installation in Newport News known for its role in training, logistics, and aviation support.
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D.
Fort Walker (formerly Fort A.P. Hill)
Fort Walker (formerly Fort A.P. Hill) is a major U.S. Army training installation in Virginia known for its extensive maneuver areas and live-fire ranges used for large-scale military exercises.
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E.
The Plains, Virginia
The Plains, Virginia is a small rural town in Northern Virginia known for its historic charm, equestrian culture, and scenic Piedmont countryside.
- 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: VA 243 Target entity description: VA 243 is a short primary state highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, connecting Vienna to the surrounding road network near the Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station.
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A.
VA 234
VA 234 is a primary state highway in Virginia that connects the Manassas area with Interstate 95 and other major routes in Northern Virginia.
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B.
VA 28
VA 28 is a major north–south state highway in Northern Virginia that serves as a key commuter and freight corridor connecting Dulles International Airport and surrounding suburbs to other regional routes.
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C.
Fort Eustis, Virginia
Fort Eustis, Virginia is a major U.S. Army installation in Newport News known for its role in training, logistics, and aviation support.
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D.
Fort Walker (formerly Fort A.P. Hill)
Fort Walker (formerly Fort A.P. Hill) is a major U.S. Army training installation in Virginia known for its extensive maneuver areas and live-fire ranges used for large-scale military exercises.
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E.
The Plains, Virginia
The Plains, Virginia is a small rural town in Northern Virginia known for its historic charm, equestrian culture, and scenic Piedmont countryside.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virginia state highway
ⓘ
primary state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SR 243
ⓘ
State Route 243 ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Vienna, Virginia
ⓘ
Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station ⓘ surrounding road network near Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ |
| directionA | south ⓘ |
| directionB | north ⓘ |
| function | connector between Vienna and regional transportation network ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith | local roads near Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station ⓘ |
| hasTerminus |
northern terminus in Vienna, Virginia
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southern terminus near Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | Virginia primary state highway system ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1.0 mile ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Virginia Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Town of Vienna, Virginia ⓘ |
| region | Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 243 ⓘ |
| serves | commuters accessing Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
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: VA 243 Description of subject: VA 243 is a short primary state highway in Fairfax County, Virginia, connecting Vienna to the surrounding road network near the Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Metro station.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Georgetown Pike
this entity surface form:
VA 193