Provincial Trunk Highway 16
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Provincial Trunk Highway 16 is the Manitoba segment of the trans-provincial Yellowhead Highway, serving as a major east–west transportation corridor across the province.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Provincial Trunk Highway 16 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7921834 — 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: Provincial Trunk Highway 16 Context triple: [Yellowhead Highway, routeNumberInManitoba, Provincial Trunk Highway 16]
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A.
Ontario Highway 17
Ontario Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, forming the primary east–west route across Northern Ontario and constituting the longest segment of the Trans-Canada Highway within the province.
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B.
Ontario Highway 19
Ontario Highway 19 is a provincial highway in southwestern Ontario that connects several communities, including Stratford, and serves as an important regional transportation route.
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C.
Ontario Highway 11
Ontario Highway 11 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, that runs north–south through much of Northern Ontario and serves as a key route connecting numerous remote and rural communities.
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D.
Ontario Highway 21
Ontario Highway 21 is a provincial highway in southwestern Ontario that runs along the southeastern shore of Lake Huron, connecting several lakeside communities and inland towns.
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E.
Ontario Highway 12
Ontario Highway 12 is a provincial highway in south-central Ontario that connects communities along the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe and serves as a key regional transportation route.
- 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: Provincial Trunk Highway 16 Target entity description: Provincial Trunk Highway 16 is the Manitoba segment of the trans-provincial Yellowhead Highway, serving as a major east–west transportation corridor across the province.
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A.
Ontario Highway 17
Ontario Highway 17 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, forming the primary east–west route across Northern Ontario and constituting the longest segment of the Trans-Canada Highway within the province.
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B.
Ontario Highway 19
Ontario Highway 19 is a provincial highway in southwestern Ontario that connects several communities, including Stratford, and serves as an important regional transportation route.
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C.
Ontario Highway 11
Ontario Highway 11 is a major provincial highway in Ontario, Canada, that runs north–south through much of Northern Ontario and serves as a key route connecting numerous remote and rural communities.
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D.
Ontario Highway 21
Ontario Highway 21 is a provincial highway in southwestern Ontario that runs along the southeastern shore of Lake Huron, connecting several lakeside communities and inland towns.
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E.
Ontario Highway 12
Ontario Highway 12 is a provincial highway in south-central Ontario that connects communities along the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe and serves as a key regional transportation route.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
provincial highway
ⓘ
road transportation corridor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Manitoba Highway 16
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowhead Highway (Manitoba segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Manitoba provincial highway network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Provincial Trunk Highways in Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roads in Manitoba ⓘ Yellowhead Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
PTH 10
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PTH 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ PTH 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ PTH 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ PTH 68 NERFINISHED ⓘ PTH 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ PTH 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Canada Highway 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| function | major east–west transportation corridor ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith | Saskatchewan Highway 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 16 ⓘ |
| highwayType | Provincial Trunk Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | primarily two-lane highway ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Manitoba ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Manitoba Infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Trans-Canada Highway system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellowhead Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCorridor | interprovincial Yellowhead transportation corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Minnedosa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neepawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell, Manitoba NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoal Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Portage la Prairie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
central Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Manitoba ⓘ |
| shortName | PTH 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surfaceType | paved ⓘ |
| terminusEast | near Portage la Prairie ⓘ |
| terminusWest | Manitoba–Saskatchewan border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local access to rural communities
ⓘ
long-distance travel ⓘ regional freight transport ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Provincial Trunk Highway 16 Description of subject: Provincial Trunk Highway 16 is the Manitoba segment of the trans-provincial Yellowhead Highway, serving as a major east–west transportation corridor across the province.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.