Route 140
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Route 140 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting several cities and towns between New Bedford and the Franklin area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Route 140 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4399817 — 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: Route 140 Context triple: [Massachusetts Route 140, abbreviation, Route 140]
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A.
Route 146
Route 146 is a major north–south highway in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that connects the Worcester area to the Providence metropolitan region.
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B.
Route 160
Route 160 is a regional transportation route that serves as a key roadway connection for the city of Lota in Chile’s Biobío Region.
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C.
Route 440
Route 440 is a key New Jersey state highway that serves as a major north–south transportation corridor connecting communities such as Perth Amboy with regional routes and bridges.
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D.
Route 107
Route 107 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs through cities such as Revere and Lynn, serving as a key north–south arterial route north of Boston.
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E.
Route 100
Route 100 is the former designation of the Norristown High Speed Line, an interurban rapid transit route in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
- 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: Route 140 Target entity description: Route 140 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting several cities and towns between New Bedford and the Franklin area.
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A.
Route 146
Route 146 is a major north–south highway in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that connects the Worcester area to the Providence metropolitan region.
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B.
Route 160
Route 160 is a regional transportation route that serves as a key roadway connection for the city of Lota in Chile’s Biobío Region.
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C.
Route 440
Route 440 is a key New Jersey state highway that serves as a major north–south transportation corridor connecting communities such as Perth Amboy with regional routes and bridges.
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D.
Route 107
Route 107 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs through cities such as Revere and Lynn, serving as a key north–south arterial route north of Boston.
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E.
Route 100
Route 100 is the former designation of the Norristown High Speed Line, an interurban rapid transit route in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
numbered route in Massachusetts
ⓘ
state highway ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Foxborough, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franklin, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Mansfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ New Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Taunton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| generalDirection | north–south ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 140 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Massachusetts state route ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Massachusetts Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| northernGeneralArea | Franklin, Massachusetts area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Massachusetts state highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Foxborough, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franklin, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Mansfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ New Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Norton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Taunton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bristol County, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts South Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Norfolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| southernTerminus | New Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: Route 140 Description of subject: Route 140 is a state highway in Massachusetts that runs generally north–south, connecting several cities and towns between New Bedford and the Franklin area.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.