BR-040 highway
E766209
BR-040 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that links Rio de Janeiro to Brasília and extends toward the state of Minas Gerais, serving as a key corridor for passenger and freight transport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BR-040 highway canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8866633 — 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-040 highway Context triple: [Duque de Caxias, hasTransportConnection, BR-040 highway]
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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-235 highway
BR-235 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that traverses the country’s Northeast and North regions, linking coastal cities like Aracaju to inland states and agricultural areas.
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C.
Linha Amarela expressway
The Linha Amarela expressway is a major toll highway in Rio de Janeiro that connects the city’s North Zone to the Barra da Tijuca area, helping to ease traffic between residential and commercial districts.
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D.
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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E.
Rodovia Tamoios
Rodovia Tamoios is a major highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, that links the Paraíba Valley region to the northern coast, serving as a key route for tourism and regional transport.
- 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-040 highway Target entity description: BR-040 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that links Rio de Janeiro to Brasília and extends toward the state of Minas Gerais, serving as a key corridor for passenger and freight transport.
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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-235 highway
BR-235 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that traverses the country’s Northeast and North regions, linking coastal cities like Aracaju to inland states and agricultural areas.
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C.
Linha Amarela expressway
The Linha Amarela expressway is a major toll highway in Rio de Janeiro that connects the city’s North Zone to the Barra da Tijuca area, helping to ease traffic between residential and commercial districts.
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D.
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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E.
Rodovia Tamoios
Rodovia Tamoios is a major highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, that links the Paraíba Valley region to the northern coast, serving as a key route for tourism and regional transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal highway
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| abbreviationMeaning | BR stands for Brazilian federal highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | national logistics corridors of Brazil ⓘ |
| connectsCapitalCity |
Brasília
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Brasília
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Federal District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coastal region of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ inland plateau of Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| connectsStateCapital | Belo Horizonte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| economicImportance | links major industrial and administrative centers ⓘ |
| hasConcessionSections | yes ⓘ |
| hasFunction | interregional integration route ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
BR-050
ⓘ
BR-116 NERFINISHED ⓘ BR-262 ⓘ BR-381 ⓘ |
| hasTollSections | yes ⓘ |
| isNumberedRoute | 040 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Brazilian federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialName | BR-040 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Brazilian federal highway system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNearCity |
Belo Horizonte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juiz de Fora NERFINISHED ⓘ Luziânia NERFINISHED ⓘ Paracatu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughState |
Goiás
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minas Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Central-West Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | BR (Brazilian federal highway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
key corridor for freight transport
ⓘ
key corridor for passenger transport ⓘ |
| terminusCity |
Brasília
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportMode | road transport ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo transport
ⓘ
long-distance passenger 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: BR-040 highway Description of subject: BR-040 highway is a major Brazilian federal road that links Rio de Janeiro to Brasília and extends toward the state of Minas Gerais, serving as a key corridor for passenger and freight transport.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.