BR-230
E579933
BR-230 is a major Brazilian federal highway, known as the Trans-Amazonian Highway, that crosses several states in the north and northeast of Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BR-230 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6226646 — 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: BR-230 Context triple: [João Pessoa, roadConnection, BR-230]
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A.
BR-163 highway
BR-163 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that runs through the Amazon region, linking the interior agricultural areas to key river ports and export routes.
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B.
BR-110
BR-110 is a federal highway in Brazil that connects the city of Mossoró to other regions in the country’s Northeast.
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C.
Rodovia Rio-Santos
Rodovia Rio-Santos is a scenic coastal highway in southeastern Brazil that links Rio de Janeiro to Santos, passing through numerous beach towns and Atlantic rainforest landscapes.
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D.
Rodovia Anhanguera
Rodovia Anhanguera is one of Brazil’s major highways in the state of São Paulo, serving as a key transportation corridor that connects the interior region, including cities like Campinas, to the São Paulo metropolitan area.
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E.
Rodovia Hélio Smidt
Rodovia Hélio Smidt is a major access highway in the São Paulo metropolitan area that serves as the primary road link to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport.
- 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: BR-230 Target entity description: BR-230 is a major Brazilian federal highway, known as the Trans-Amazonian Highway, that crosses several states in the north and northeast of Brazil.
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A.
BR-163 highway
BR-163 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that runs through the Amazon region, linking the interior agricultural areas to key river ports and export routes.
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B.
BR-110
BR-110 is a federal highway in Brazil that connects the city of Mossoró to other regions in the country’s Northeast.
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C.
Rodovia Rio-Santos
Rodovia Rio-Santos is a scenic coastal highway in southeastern Brazil that links Rio de Janeiro to Santos, passing through numerous beach towns and Atlantic rainforest landscapes.
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D.
Rodovia Anhanguera
Rodovia Anhanguera is one of Brazil’s major highways in the state of São Paulo, serving as a key transportation corridor that connects the interior region, including cities like Campinas, to the São Paulo metropolitan area.
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E.
Rodovia Hélio Smidt
Rodovia Hélio Smidt is a major access highway in the São Paulo metropolitan area that serves as the primary road link to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian federal highway
ⓘ
road transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Trans-Amazonian Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionContext | Brazilian military government era ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| crosses |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ several Brazilian states ⓘ |
| hasDirection | east–west ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole |
access to remote communities
ⓘ
regional development in Amazon ⓘ |
| hasHazard |
flooding risk in rainy season
ⓘ
landslides in some stretches ⓘ |
| hasPart |
paved sections
ⓘ
unpaved sections ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | long-distance highway ⓘ |
| knownFor |
difficult driving conditions in rainy season
ⓘ
environmental impact concerns ⓘ role in Amazon colonization projects ⓘ |
| localName | Rodovia Transamazônica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | South America ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
North Region of Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Brazilian federal government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Amazon region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
northeastern Brazil
ⓘ
northern Brazil ⓘ |
| purpose |
integration of Amazon region with rest of Brazil
ⓘ
support for settlement and agricultural projects ⓘ |
| roadNumber | 230 ⓘ |
| roadSystem | Brazilian Federal Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadType | federal highway ⓘ |
| transportMode | road transport ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
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: BR-230 Description of subject: BR-230 is a major Brazilian federal highway, known as the Trans-Amazonian Highway, that crosses several states in the north and northeast of Brazil.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.