N40 South Ring Road
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N40 South Ring Road is a major orbital route around Cork city in Ireland, designed to carry high volumes of traffic and connect key national primary roads.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| N40 South Ring Road canonical | 3 |
| South Ring Road (N40) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350572 — 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: N40 South Ring Road Context triple: [Douglas, County Cork, Ireland, hasRoadConnection, N40 South Ring Road]
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A.
Nordwestring
Nordwestring is a terminus station on the Nuremberg U-Bahn rapid transit network in Nuremberg, Germany.
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B.
Ring Road
Ring Road is a major arterial circular highway in Delhi, India, that connects numerous key neighborhoods and facilitates high-volume traffic flow around the city.
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C.
S20 Outer Ring Expressway
The S20 Outer Ring Expressway is a major ring road in Shanghai that encircles the urban core and connects multiple districts, including Minhang.
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D.
O-4 motorway
The O-4 motorway is a major Turkish highway that runs across the Asian side of Istanbul, forming part of the main expressway connection between Istanbul and Ankara.
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E.
E.C. Row Expressway
The E.C. Row Expressway is a major east–west freeway in Windsor, Ontario, serving as a primary urban arterial route across the city.
- 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: N40 South Ring Road Target entity description: N40 South Ring Road is a major orbital route around Cork city in Ireland, designed to carry high volumes of traffic and connect key national primary roads.
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A.
Nordwestring
Nordwestring is a terminus station on the Nuremberg U-Bahn rapid transit network in Nuremberg, Germany.
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B.
Ring Road
Ring Road is a major arterial circular highway in Delhi, India, that connects numerous key neighborhoods and facilitates high-volume traffic flow around the city.
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C.
S20 Outer Ring Expressway
The S20 Outer Ring Expressway is a major ring road in Shanghai that encircles the urban core and connects multiple districts, including Minhang.
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D.
O-4 motorway
The O-4 motorway is a major Turkish highway that runs across the Asian side of Istanbul, forming part of the main expressway connection between Istanbul and Ankara.
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E.
E.C. Row Expressway
The E.C. Row Expressway is a major east–west freeway in Windsor, Ontario, serving as a primary urban arterial route across the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national primary road
ⓘ
orbital road ⓘ road ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Cork Airport via N27
ⓘ
Cork Harbour area via N28 ⓘ East Cork via N25 ⓘ N22 road ⓘ N25 road ⓘ N27 road ⓘ R610 road ⓘ R635 road ⓘ Southwest Ireland via N22 ⓘ West Cork via N71 ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| crosses | River Lee ⓘ |
| designationChangedTo | N40 ⓘ |
| function |
carries high volumes of traffic
ⓘ
connects key national primary roads ⓘ orbital route around Cork city ⓘ |
| hasBypassFunctionFor | Cork city centre through-traffic ⓘ |
| hasGradeSeparation | mostly grade-separated junctions ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
M8 motorway
ⓘ
N28 road ⓘ N71 road ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration | multiple lanes in each direction on most sections ⓘ |
| hasSpeedLimit | typical Irish national road speed limits apply ⓘ |
| hasStructure | Jack Lynch Tunnel ⓘ |
| hasTrafficRole |
distributor for commuter traffic in Cork area
ⓘ
strategic freight route around Cork ⓘ |
| isKeyCorridorFor | regional and national traffic around Cork ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cork city
ⓘ
County Cork ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Transport Infrastructure Ireland ⓘ |
| openedAs | South Ring Road (various stages) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cork city road network
ⓘ
Irish national primary road network ⓘ |
| region | Munster ⓘ |
| roadNumber | N40 ⓘ |
| roadSurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| roadType | dual carriageway ⓘ |
| serves |
Cork city
ⓘ
surface form:
Cork city centre
Cork metropolitan area ⓘ Cork suburbs ⓘ |
| tollStatus | Jack Lynch Tunnel formerly tolled ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: N40 South Ring Road Description of subject: N40 South Ring Road is a major orbital route around Cork city in Ireland, designed to carry high volumes of traffic and connect key national primary roads.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Ring Road (N40)
subject surface form:
Douglas, Cork
this entity surface form:
South Ring Road (N40)