US 281
E770968
US 281 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from the Mexican border in Texas through the central United States to the Canadian border in North Dakota.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| US 281 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8995101 — 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 281 Context triple: [U.S. Route 281, networkCode, US 281]
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A.
US 280
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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B.
US 231
US 231 is a major north–south United States highway running through several states in the eastern and central U.S., serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
US 82
US 82 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running across the southern United States, passing through states such as New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
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D.
US 80
US 80 is a major east–west U.S. Highway that historically linked the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and now runs across the southern United States.
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E.
US 71
US 71 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the central United States, notably traversing states such as Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
- 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 281 Target entity description: US 281 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from the Mexican border in Texas through the central United States to the Canadian border in North Dakota.
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A.
US 280
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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B.
US 231
US 231 is a major north–south United States highway running through several states in the eastern and central U.S., serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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C.
US 82
US 82 is a major east–west U.S. Highway running across the southern United States, passing through states such as New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
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D.
US 80
US 80 is a major east–west U.S. Highway that historically linked the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and now runs across the southern United States.
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E.
US 71
US 71 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running through the central United States, notably traversing states such as Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | U.S. Highway ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. Highways in Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Highways in Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Highways in North Dakota ⓘ U.S. Highways in Oklahoma ⓘ U.S. Highways in South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Highways in Texas ⓘ United States Numbered Highway 281 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crossesRiver |
Arkansas River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ Platte River NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River of the South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1930s ⓘ |
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 10
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 35 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 37 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 80 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 94 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwaySystem | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Kansas Department of Transportation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nebraska Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| northernTerminus |
International Peace Garden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Dakota–Manitoba border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| northernTerminusCountryBorder | Canada–United States border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Interstate 29 in the Dakotas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interstate 35 in portions of Texas ⓘ |
| partOf | Pan-American Highway corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughCity |
Aberdeen, South Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alice, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Alva, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Anadarko, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Blanco, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Brownsville, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Carrington, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunseith, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Edinburg, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Geary, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ George West, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Island, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Bend, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamilton, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Hastings, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinton, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoisington, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacksboro, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamestown, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson City, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Kearney, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampasas, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawton, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Marble Falls, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Medicine Lodge, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mineral Wells, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ O’Neill, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharr, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleasanton, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pratt, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Cloud, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ Rugby, North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ San Antonio, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephenville, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Rivers, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Watonga, Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Wichita Falls, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughState |
Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 281 ⓘ |
| southernTerminus |
Brownsville, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| southernTerminusCountryBorder | Mexico–United States border 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: US 281 Description of subject: US 281 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from the Mexican border in Texas through the central United States to the Canadian border in North Dakota.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.