Connecticut Route 12
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Connecticut Route 12 is a north–south state highway in eastern Connecticut that runs from Groton to the Massachusetts state line, passing through towns such as Norwich, Plainfield, and Killingly.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Connecticut Route 12 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4740158 — 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: Connecticut Route 12 Context triple: [Killingly, Connecticut, traversedBy, Connecticut Route 12]
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A.
Connecticut Route 15
Connecticut Route 15 is a historic limited-access highway in Connecticut, including the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways, that serves as a major north–south commuter and regional route parallel to Interstate 91 and Interstate 95.
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B.
Connecticut Route 10
Connecticut Route 10 is a north–south state highway in Connecticut that runs through several central communities, including Farmington, serving as a key local arterial route.
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C.
Connecticut Route 32
Connecticut Route 32 is a primary north–south state highway in eastern Connecticut that connects several communities, including Norwich, and serves as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
Connecticut Route 2
Connecticut Route 2 is a primary east–west state highway in Connecticut that connects Hartford to southeastern parts of the state, serving as a key commuter and regional travel corridor.
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E.
Connecticut Route 8
Connecticut Route 8 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects cities such as Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Torrington along the Naugatuck River Valley.
- 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: Connecticut Route 12 Target entity description: Connecticut Route 12 is a north–south state highway in eastern Connecticut that runs from Groton to the Massachusetts state line, passing through towns such as Norwich, Plainfield, and Killingly.
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A.
Connecticut Route 15
Connecticut Route 15 is a historic limited-access highway in Connecticut, including the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways, that serves as a major north–south commuter and regional route parallel to Interstate 91 and Interstate 95.
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B.
Connecticut Route 10
Connecticut Route 10 is a north–south state highway in Connecticut that runs through several central communities, including Farmington, serving as a key local arterial route.
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C.
Connecticut Route 32
Connecticut Route 32 is a primary north–south state highway in eastern Connecticut that connects several communities, including Norwich, and serves as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
Connecticut Route 2
Connecticut Route 2 is a primary east–west state highway in Connecticut that connects Hartford to southeastern parts of the state, serving as a key commuter and regional travel corridor.
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E.
Connecticut Route 8
Connecticut Route 8 is a major north–south state highway in Connecticut that connects cities such as Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Torrington along the Naugatuck River Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Massachusetts Route 12 at the Massachusetts state line ⓘ |
| continuesAs | Massachusetts Route 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasDirectionA | South ⓘ |
| hasDirectionB | North ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| highwayType | state highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
New London County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Windham County, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Connecticut Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Groton, Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Killingly, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Ledyard, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisbon, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwich, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Plainfield, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | eastern Connecticut ⓘ |
| roadFunction | regional arterial route ⓘ |
| state | Connecticut ⓘ |
| terminusA | Groton, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusB | Massachusetts state line ⓘ |
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: Connecticut Route 12 Description of subject: Connecticut Route 12 is a north–south state highway in eastern Connecticut that runs from Groton to the Massachusetts state line, passing through towns such as Norwich, Plainfield, and Killingly.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thompson, Connecticut