CA 178
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CA 178 is a California state highway that runs east–west through the southern Sierra Nevada, connecting Bakersfield to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CA 178 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8296845 — 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: CA 178 Context triple: [California State Route 178, abbreviation, CA 178]
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A.
CA 180
CA 180 is a major California state highway that runs from the Central Valley city of Fresno eastward into the Sierra Nevada, providing access to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
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B.
CA 127
CA 127 is a California state highway running through the Mojave Desert that serves as a key route to Death Valley National Park.
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C.
CA 28
CA 28 is a state highway in California that runs along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, connecting communities in Placer and Nevada counties.
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D.
CA 108
CA 108 is a state highway in California that runs through the Sierra Nevada region, connecting Central Valley communities with mountain passes and recreational areas.
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E.
CA 110
CA 110 is a major California state highway in the Los Angeles area, best known for including the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway segment that connects downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena.
- 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: CA 178 Target entity description: CA 178 is a California state highway that runs east–west through the southern Sierra Nevada, connecting Bakersfield to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley region.
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A.
CA 180
CA 180 is a major California state highway that runs from the Central Valley city of Fresno eastward into the Sierra Nevada, providing access to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
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B.
CA 127
CA 127 is a California state highway running through the Mojave Desert that serves as a key route to Death Valley National Park.
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C.
CA 28
CA 28 is a state highway in California that runs along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, connecting communities in Placer and Nevada counties.
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D.
CA 108
CA 108 is a state highway in California that runs through the Sierra Nevada region, connecting Central Valley communities with mountain passes and recreational areas.
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E.
CA 110
CA 110 is a major California state highway in the Los Angeles area, best known for including the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway segment that connects downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | state highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SR 178 ⓘ |
| connectsCity | Bakersfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Death Valley region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mojave Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
State Route 14 (via local roads from Ridgecrest area)
ⓘ
US Route 395 (via Ridgecrest area) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesMountainRange | Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesRiver | Kern River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easternTerminusJunction | State Route 127 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| easternTerminusVicinity | Shoshone, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDesertHighwaySegmentIn | Mojave Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFreewaySegmentIn | Bakersfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTwoLaneHighwaySegmentIn | Kern River Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | California State Highway System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
State of California
|
| lanes | two to four lanes, depending on segment ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
|
| namedAfterFeature | Kern River (for canyon segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearNationalPark | Death Valley National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | east–west ⓘ |
| partOf |
California Freeway and Expressway System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Highway System (portions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| passesThroughCounty |
Inyo County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kern County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Great Basin fringe
ⓘ
Mojave Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadSurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| roadType | paved highway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 178 ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
Lake Isabella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ridgecrest NERFINISHED ⓘ Trona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesPurpose | regional east–west corridor between Bakersfield and desert regions ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| traversesArea |
Indian Wells Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kern River Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Isabella area NERFINISHED ⓘ Panamint Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Ridgecrest area NERFINISHED ⓘ Searles Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westernTerminus | Bakersfield, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westernTerminusJunction | State Route 99 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: CA 178 Description of subject: CA 178 is a California state highway that runs east–west through the southern Sierra Nevada, connecting Bakersfield to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.