US 280
E719029
US 280 is a major U.S. highway running through Alabama and Georgia, linking cities such as Birmingham, Opelika, and Columbus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| US 280 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8216996 — 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: US 280 Context triple: [AL 21, connectsTo, US 280]
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A.
US 209
US 209 is a U.S. highway running through Pennsylvania and New York, connecting rural communities, small towns, and scenic areas in the northeastern United States.
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B.
US 70
US 70 is a major east–west United States highway that runs from eastern North Carolina to eastern Arizona, connecting numerous cities and regions across the southern part of the country.
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C.
US 23
US 23 is a major north–south United States highway running from Florida to Michigan, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
U.S. Route 285
U.S. Route 285 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through New Mexico into Colorado, serving as an important regional corridor for travel and commerce in the American Southwest.
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E.
Route 28E
Route 28E is a historic Lisbon tram line famed for its vintage yellow trams and scenic route through the city’s oldest and most picturesque neighborhoods.
- 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: US 280 Target entity description: US 280 is a major U.S. highway running through Alabama and Georgia, linking cities such as Birmingham, Opelika, and Columbus.
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A.
US 209
US 209 is a U.S. highway running through Pennsylvania and New York, connecting rural communities, small towns, and scenic areas in the northeastern United States.
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B.
US 70
US 70 is a major east–west United States highway that runs from eastern North Carolina to eastern Arizona, connecting numerous cities and regions across the southern part of the country.
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C.
US 23
US 23 is a major north–south United States highway running from Florida to Michigan, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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D.
U.S. Route 285
U.S. Route 285 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Texas through New Mexico into Colorado, serving as an important regional corridor for travel and commerce in the American Southwest.
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E.
Route 28E
Route 28E is a historic Lisbon tram line famed for its vintage yellow trams and scenic route through the city’s oldest and most picturesque neighborhoods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. Highways in Alabama
ⓘ
U.S. Highways in Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Birmingham, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbus, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Opelika, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesRiver | Chattahoochee River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 459
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 231 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 431 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 80 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Alabama Department of Transportation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgia Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Highway network in the Southeastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughCity |
Alexander City, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Chelsea, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbus, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dadeville, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoover, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Brook, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Opelika, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Phenix City, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylacauga, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughCounty |
Jefferson County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscogee County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelby County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Talladega County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallapoosa County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| roadType | principal arterial highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 280 ⓘ |
| stateHighwayDesignation |
US 280 (AL) in Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
US 280 (GA) in Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusCity | Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
intercity travel ⓘ |
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: US 280 Description of subject: US 280 is a major U.S. highway running through Alabama and Georgia, linking cities such as Birmingham, Opelika, and Columbus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.