Interstate 405
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Interstate 405 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that serves as a key bypass of downtown Los Angeles and one of the busiest highways in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interstate 405 canonical | 60 |
| Interstate 405 in Los Angeles County | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T159967 — 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: Interstate 405 Context triple: [Getty Center, overlooks, Interstate 405]
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A.
Interstate 710
Interstate 710 is a major freeway in Southern California that runs north from the Long Beach area through the Los Angeles metropolitan region, serving as a key route for freight and commuter traffic.
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B.
Interstate 110
Interstate 110 is a major north–south freeway in the Los Angeles area that links the Port of Los Angeles to downtown Los Angeles and the regional highway network.
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C.
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the West Coast from the Mexican border in California through Oregon and Washington to the Canadian border.
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D.
Interstate 480
Interstate 480 is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves as a key connector between downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, linking Interstate 80 and Interstate 29.
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E.
Interstate 580
Interstate 580 is a U.S. Interstate Highway that serves as a key north–south connector linking Carson City with Reno and the broader Interstate network in northern Nevada.
- 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: Interstate 405 Target entity description: Interstate 405 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that serves as a key bypass of downtown Los Angeles and one of the busiest highways in the United States.
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A.
Interstate 710
Interstate 710 is a major freeway in Southern California that runs north from the Long Beach area through the Los Angeles metropolitan region, serving as a key route for freight and commuter traffic.
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B.
Interstate 110
Interstate 110 is a major north–south freeway in the Los Angeles area that links the Port of Los Angeles to downtown Los Angeles and the regional highway network.
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C.
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is a major north–south U.S. highway running along the West Coast from the Mexican border in California through Oregon and Washington to the Canadian border.
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D.
Interstate 480
Interstate 480 is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway that serves as a key connector between downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, linking Interstate 80 and Interstate 29.
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E.
Interstate 580
Interstate 580 is a U.S. Interstate Highway that serves as a key north–south connector linking Carson City with Reno and the broader Interstate network in northern Nevada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Interstate Highway
ⓘ
freeway ⓘ limited-access highway ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
I-405
ⓘ
the 405 ⓘ |
| auxiliaryTo | Interstate 5 ⓘ |
| bypassOf |
Downtown Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
downtown Los Angeles
|
| connectsTo |
Interstate 10
ⓘ
Interstate 605 ⓘ State Route 22 ⓘ State Route 73 ⓘ State Route 91 ⓘ U.S. Route 101 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses |
Santa Monica Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Monica Mountains at Sepulveda Pass
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Sepulveda Pass segment ⓘ |
| hasHOVLanes | yes ⓘ |
| hasTerminus |
Interstate 5 near Irvine
ⓘ
Interstate 5 near San Fernando ⓘ |
| hasTollLanes | yes, in Orange County express lanes ⓘ |
| laneConfiguration | multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Los Angeles Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Los Angeles area
|
| locatedInCity |
Irvine
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Caltrans
ⓘ
surface form:
California Department of Transportation
|
| notableFor |
heavy traffic congestion
ⓘ
high traffic volumes ⓘ |
| numberingType | three-digit auxiliary Interstate ⓘ |
| opened | 1960s ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south primary alignment ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
Interstate 5
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 5 in Southern California
|
| partOf |
Interstate Highway System
ⓘ
auxiliary Interstate Highway network ⓘ |
| passesNear | Los Angeles International Airport ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Costa Mesa
ⓘ
Long Beach ⓘ Los Angeles County ⓘ Orange County, California ⓘ
surface form:
Orange County
San Fernando Valley ⓘ South Bay ⓘ
surface form:
South Bay (Los Angeles County)
Westside of Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Westside (Los Angeles)
|
| rankedAmong | busiest highways in the United States ⓘ |
| region | Southern California ⓘ |
| roadType | urban freeway ⓘ |
| routeNumber | 405 ⓘ |
| servesAs |
key bypass of central Los Angeles
ⓘ
major commuter route ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
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: Interstate 405 Description of subject: Interstate 405 is a major north–south freeway in Southern California that serves as a key bypass of downtown Los Angeles and one of the busiest highways in the United States.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Culver City, California
subject surface form:
Inglewood, California
this entity surface form:
Interstate 405 in Los Angeles County
subject surface form:
South Bay (Los Angeles County)
subject surface form:
Mission Hills, Los Angeles
subject surface form:
Sherman Oaks
subject surface form:
Hawthorne, California
this entity surface form:
Interstate 405 in Los Angeles County