Interstate 540 (nearby)
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Interstate 540 is a major beltway segment around the Raleigh–Durham area in North Carolina that provides regional freeway access and connectivity for nearby communities such as Apex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interstate 540 (nearby) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7321153 — 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: Interstate 540 (nearby) Context triple: [Apex, North Carolina, servedByHighway, Interstate 540 (nearby)]
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A.
Interstate 84 (nearby)
Interstate 84 is a major east–west highway in the northeastern United States that provides regional connectivity and access to communities such as Beacon, New York.
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B.
Interstate 376 (nearby)
Interstate 376 is a major highway in western Pennsylvania that connects the Pittsburgh area with nearby communities and regional routes, providing significant transportation access for places like Neshannock Township.
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C.
Interstate 95 (nearby)
Interstate 95 (nearby) is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast that provides primary regional and long-distance access to St. Augustine, Florida.
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D.
Interstate 86 (nearby)
Interstate 86 is a major east–west highway in the Southern Tier of New York State that provides regional connectivity between communities such as Endicott and larger urban centers.
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E.
Interstate 820 (nearby)
Interstate 820 is a beltway loop around Fort Worth, Texas, that connects multiple major highways and provides regional access to surrounding communities.
- 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: Interstate 540 (nearby) Target entity description: Interstate 540 is a major beltway segment around the Raleigh–Durham area in North Carolina that provides regional freeway access and connectivity for nearby communities such as Apex.
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A.
Interstate 84 (nearby)
Interstate 84 is a major east–west highway in the northeastern United States that provides regional connectivity and access to communities such as Beacon, New York.
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B.
Interstate 376 (nearby)
Interstate 376 is a major highway in western Pennsylvania that connects the Pittsburgh area with nearby communities and regional routes, providing significant transportation access for places like Neshannock Township.
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C.
Interstate 95 (nearby)
Interstate 95 (nearby) is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the East Coast that provides primary regional and long-distance access to St. Augustine, Florida.
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D.
Interstate 86 (nearby)
Interstate 86 is a major east–west highway in the Southern Tier of New York State that provides regional connectivity between communities such as Endicott and larger urban centers.
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E.
Interstate 820 (nearby)
Interstate 820 is a beltway loop around Fort Worth, Texas, that connects multiple major highways and provides regional access to surrounding communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Interstate Highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | I-540 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accessControl | fully controlled-access highway ⓘ |
| beltwayFor |
Raleigh, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Beltways in the United States
ⓘ
Interstate Highways in North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Transportation in Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 40 in North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NC Highway 55 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| function |
beltway segment
ⓘ
regional freeway access ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
east–west
ⓘ
north–south (various segments) ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | Interstate Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Research Triangle region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | North Carolina Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Apex, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cary, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrisville, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Raleigh–Durham International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | outer beltway around Raleigh ⓘ |
| region | Wake County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
northern Wake County, North Carolina
ⓘ
western Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| roadType | freeway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 540 ⓘ |
| routeType | Interstate Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Durham, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesFacility | Raleigh–Durham International Airport vicinity ⓘ |
| servesMetropolitanArea | Raleigh–Durham metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesTown |
Apex, North Carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cary, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Morrisville, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Wake Forest, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Interstate 540 (nearby) Description of subject: Interstate 540 is a major beltway segment around the Raleigh–Durham area in North Carolina that provides regional freeway access and connectivity for nearby communities such as Apex.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.