Tohoku Expressway

E275265

expressway highway in Japan toll road

The Tohoku Expressway is a major Japanese toll highway that runs north from the Tokyo area through several prefectures toward the Tohoku region, serving as one of the country’s primary north–south transportation arteries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tōhoku Expressway	6
Tohoku Expressway canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2327819 — 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: Tohoku Expressway
Context triple: [Saitama Prefecture, hasExpressway, Tohoku Expressway]

A. Higashi-Kanto Expressway
The Higashi-Kanto Expressway is a major Japanese expressway in the Kanto region that connects the Tokyo area with Chiba Prefecture and serves as a key route to Narita International Airport.
B. Tōmei Expressway
The Tōmei Expressway is a major Japanese expressway connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, serving as a key artery for traffic and freight along the Pacific coast of Honshu.
C. Hokuriku Expressway
The Hokuriku Expressway is a major Japanese expressway running along the Sea of Japan coast, linking the Hokuriku region with central and western Honshu.
D. Nishi-Meihan Expressway
Nishi-Meihan Expressway is a major expressway in Japan’s Kansai region that connects parts of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, serving as an important route for regional traffic and logistics.
E. Shin-Meishin Expressway
The Shin-Meishin Expressway is a major Japanese expressway that serves as an alternative and bypass route to the original Meishin Expressway, helping to alleviate congestion in the Kansai 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: Tohoku Expressway
Target entity description: The Tohoku Expressway is a major Japanese toll highway that runs north from the Tokyo area through several prefectures toward the Tohoku region, serving as one of the country’s primary north–south transportation arteries.

A. Higashi-Kanto Expressway
The Higashi-Kanto Expressway is a major Japanese expressway in the Kanto region that connects the Tokyo area with Chiba Prefecture and serves as a key route to Narita International Airport.
B. Tōmei Expressway
The Tōmei Expressway is a major Japanese expressway connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, serving as a key artery for traffic and freight along the Pacific coast of Honshu.
C. Hokuriku Expressway
The Hokuriku Expressway is a major Japanese expressway running along the Sea of Japan coast, linking the Hokuriku region with central and western Honshu.
D. Nishi-Meihan Expressway
Nishi-Meihan Expressway is a major expressway in Japan’s Kansai region that connects parts of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, serving as an important route for regional traffic and logistics.
E. Shin-Meishin Expressway
The Shin-Meishin Expressway is a major Japanese expressway that serves as an alternative and bypass route to the original Meishin Expressway, helping to alleviate congestion in the Kansai region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expressway ⓘ highway in Japan ⓘ toll road ⓘ
connectsRegion	East Japan ⓘ surface form: Northern Honshu Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Tokyo area
connectsTo	Aomori NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
endingCity	Aomori NERFINISHED ⓘ
endingPoint	Aomori Interchange ⓘ
endingPrefecture	Aomori Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	Aomori Expressway ⓘ Hachinohe Expressway ⓘ Jōban Expressway ⓘ Kan-Etsu Expressway ⓘ Kita-Kantō Expressway ⓘ
hasParkingArea	multiple parking areas along route ⓘ
hasServiceArea	Abukuma Service Area ⓘ Morioka Service Area ⓘ Nasu Service Area ⓘ Sano Service Area ⓘ Sukagawa Service Area ⓘ
hasSpeedLimit	typically 100 km/h on many sections ⓘ
laneConfiguration	dual carriageway on most sections ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Honshu ⓘ
maintainedBy	East Nippon Expressway Company ⓘ
managedBy	East Nippon Expressway Company ⓘ surface form: NEXCO East Japan
openedInStages	true ⓘ
operator	East Nippon Expressway Company ⓘ
partOfNetwork	national expressway network of Japan ⓘ
passesThroughPrefecture	Aomori Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Iwate Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyagi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	Kantō region ⓘ Tohoku ⓘ surface form: Tōhoku region
roadStandard	controlled-access highway ⓘ
servesAs	primary north–south transportation artery in eastern Japan ⓘ
startingCity	Kawaguchi ⓘ
startingPoint	Kawaguchi Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ
startingPrefecture	Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
toll	yes ⓘ
usedFor	freight transport ⓘ long-distance passenger transport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saitama Prefecture, Japan → hasExpressway → Tohoku Expressway ⓘ

subject surface form: Saitama Prefecture

Tokyo Gaikan Expressway → connectsTo → Tohoku Expressway ⓘ