Big Dig
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The Big Dig was a massive and controversial highway and tunnel megaproject in Boston that rerouted traffic underground to replace the city’s elevated Central Artery.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Big Dig canonical | 8 |
| Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig) consulting | 1 |
| The Big Dig highway project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T778726 — 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: Big Dig Context triple: [Interstate 93, associatedProject, Big Dig]
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A.
Downtown Tunnel
The Downtown Tunnel is a major underwater vehicular tunnel in the Hampton Roads region that carries traffic beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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B.
Road Hole
Road Hole is the famously challenging 17th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, renowned for its blind tee shot over buildings and treacherous road and bunker guarding the green.
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C.
Miracle Mile
Miracle Mile is a historic, museum-rich commercial and cultural district in Los Angeles known for its Art Deco architecture and role as a major urban thoroughfare.
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D.
Malinta Tunnel
Malinta Tunnel is a historic underground complex on Corregidor Island in the Philippines that served as a bomb-proof headquarters and hospital for American and Filipino forces during World War II.
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E.
Echo Bridge
Echo Bridge is a historic 19th-century stone arch aqueduct and pedestrian bridge spanning the Charles River between Newton and Needham, Massachusetts.
- 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: Big Dig Target entity description: The Big Dig was a massive and controversial highway and tunnel megaproject in Boston that rerouted traffic underground to replace the city’s elevated Central Artery.
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A.
Downtown Tunnel
The Downtown Tunnel is a major underwater vehicular tunnel in the Hampton Roads region that carries traffic beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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B.
Road Hole
Road Hole is the famously challenging 17th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, renowned for its blind tee shot over buildings and treacherous road and bunker guarding the green.
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C.
Miracle Mile
Miracle Mile is a historic, museum-rich commercial and cultural district in Los Angeles known for its Art Deco architecture and role as a major urban thoroughfare.
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D.
Malinta Tunnel
Malinta Tunnel is a historic underground complex on Corregidor Island in the Philippines that served as a bomb-proof headquarters and hospital for American and Filipino forces during World War II.
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E.
Echo Bridge
Echo Bridge is a historic 19th-century stone arch aqueduct and pedestrian bridge spanning the Charles River between Newton and Needham, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
highway project
ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ megaproject ⓘ tunnel project ⓘ |
| builtBy | joint venture contractors ⓘ |
| ceilingCollapseFatalities | 1 ⓘ |
| cityTransformed | Boston skyline and waterfront access ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Interstate 90
ⓘ
Logan International Airport ⓘ Massachusetts Turnpike ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1991 ⓘ |
| controversy |
construction defects
ⓘ
cost overruns ⓘ leaks in tunnels ⓘ political scandals ⓘ safety concerns ⓘ |
| cost | approximately 14.6 billion US dollars ⓘ |
| costIncludingInterest | over 20 billion US dollars ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| created | Rose Kennedy Greenway ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Bechtel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Bechtel
Parsons Brinckerhoff ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact |
creation of new parks and open space
ⓘ
reduction of surface traffic lanes downtown ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States government ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| includesStructure |
East Boston Tunnel
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort Point Channel Tunnel
O'Neill Tunnel ⓘ Ted Williams Tunnel (Boston) ⓘ
surface form:
Ted Williams Tunnel
Zakim Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
|
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| majorConstructionCompletion | 2004 ⓘ |
| managedBy | Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ⓘ |
| notableIncident | 2006 tunnel ceiling collapse ⓘ |
| officialName | Central Artery/Tunnel Project ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | 2003 ⓘ |
| plannedBy |
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
|
| projectCompletion | 2007 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to reconnect Boston neighborhoods separated by the elevated highway
ⓘ
to reduce traffic congestion in downtown Boston ⓘ to replace Boston's elevated Central Artery with an underground highway system ⓘ |
| replaced |
Central Artery
ⓘ
John F. Fitzgerald Expressway ⓘ |
| routeCarried |
Interstate 93
ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ |
| trafficEffect |
improved north–south traffic flow through Boston
ⓘ
persistent congestion at some interchanges after completion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Big Dig Description of subject: The Big Dig was a massive and controversial highway and tunnel megaproject in Boston that rerouted traffic underground to replace the city’s elevated Central Artery.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ted Williams Tunnel
this entity surface form:
Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig) consulting
this entity surface form:
The Big Dig highway project