Vermont Route 9
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Vermont Route 9 is an east–west state highway in southern Vermont that connects the New York state line to the New Hampshire border, passing through towns such as Bennington and Brattleboro.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vermont Route 9 canonical | 3 |
| Molly Stark Trail (Vermont Route 9) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2963609 — 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: Vermont Route 9 Context triple: [Bennington, Vermont, traversedBy, Vermont Route 9]
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A.
Vermont Route 103
Vermont Route 103 is a state highway in Vermont that connects several communities in the southeastern part of the state and serves as a key route between the Connecticut River Valley and the interior.
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B.
Vermont Route 121
Vermont Route 121 is a state highway in southeastern Vermont that runs through rural communities and river valleys, including the village of Bellows Falls.
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C.
New Hampshire Route 101
New Hampshire Route 101 is a major east–west state highway that connects the Manchester area with other key regions across southern New Hampshire.
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D.
New Hampshire Route 16
New Hampshire Route 16 is a major north–south state highway in New Hampshire that serves as a primary access route to the White Mountains region and popular outdoor destinations.
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E.
Rhode Island Route 138
Rhode Island Route 138 is a major east–west state highway that crosses much of Rhode Island, connecting inland communities with coastal areas and key routes such as the bridges to Aquidneck Island.
- 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: Vermont Route 9 Target entity description: Vermont Route 9 is an east–west state highway in southern Vermont that connects the New York state line to the New Hampshire border, passing through towns such as Bennington and Brattleboro.
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A.
Vermont Route 103
Vermont Route 103 is a state highway in Vermont that connects several communities in the southeastern part of the state and serves as a key route between the Connecticut River Valley and the interior.
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B.
Vermont Route 121
Vermont Route 121 is a state highway in southeastern Vermont that runs through rural communities and river valleys, including the village of Bellows Falls.
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C.
New Hampshire Route 101
New Hampshire Route 101 is a major east–west state highway that connects the Manchester area with other key regions across southern New Hampshire.
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D.
New Hampshire Route 16
New Hampshire Route 16 is a major north–south state highway in New Hampshire that serves as a primary access route to the White Mountains region and popular outdoor destinations.
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E.
Rhode Island Route 138
Rhode Island Route 138 is a major east–west state highway that crosses much of Rhode Island, connecting inland communities with coastal areas and key routes such as the bridges to Aquidneck Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
numbered highway in Vermont
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| adjacentRouteEast | New Hampshire Route 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adjacentRouteWest | New York State Route 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Route 9 (Vermont)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
VT 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in Vermont
ⓘ
Transportation in Bennington County, Vermont ⓘ Transportation in Windham County, Vermont ⓘ |
| connects |
New Hampshire border
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York state line ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
New Hampshire Route 9
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York State Route 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Bennington County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windham County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses |
Deerfield River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ West River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easternTerminus | New Hampshire state line at Brattleboro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScenicCharacteristics |
mountainous terrain
ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Vermont state highway ⓘ |
| locationRegion | southern Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Vermont Agency of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorJunction |
Interstate 91 in Brattleboro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Route 5 in Brattleboro NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 7 in Bennington NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermont Route 100 in Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermont Route 8 in Searsburg area ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf | Vermont state highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Bennington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brattleboro NERFINISHED ⓘ Marlboro NERFINISHED ⓘ Searsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | regional connector between Albany area and southwestern New Hampshire ⓘ |
| routeNumberingSystem | Vermont state route numbering ⓘ |
| servesAs | primary east–west corridor in southern Vermont ⓘ |
| state | Vermont ⓘ |
| traverses | Green Mountain National Forest vicinity ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | New York state line in Bennington County ⓘ |
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: Vermont Route 9 Description of subject: Vermont Route 9 is an east–west state highway in southern Vermont that connects the New York state line to the New Hampshire border, passing through towns such as Bennington and Brattleboro.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Molly Stark Trail (Vermont Route 9)