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Information:  - The Illinois Country  sometimes referred to as Upper Louisiana  was a vast region of New France in what is now the Midwestern United States. While these names generally referred to the entire Upper Mississippi River watershed, French colonial settlement was concentrated along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers in what is now the U.S. states of Illinois and Missouri, with outposts in Indiana. Explored in 1673 from Green Bay to the Arkansas River by the "Canadien" expedition of Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette, the area was claimed by France. It was settled primarily from the "Pays d'en Haut" in the context of the fur trade. Overtime, the fur trade took some French to the far reaches of the Rocky Mountains, especially along the branches of the broad Missouri River valley. The French name, "Pays des Illinois", means "Land of the Illinois [plural]" and is a reference to the Illinois Confederation, a group of related Algonquian native peoples.  - Illinois Route 99 is a north -- south state road in western Illinois . It runs from Illinois Route 104 across the Illinois River and Meredosia , north to Illinois Route 101 in Brooklyn ( Schuyler County ) . This is a distance of 32.08 miles ( 51.63 km ) .  - The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is responsible for investing billions of dollars to build, support and maintain modern and efficient roadways, railways, airports and transit systems. This transportation network is an economic engine for the State of Illinois. It is IDOTs mission to provide safe, cost-effective transportation for Illinois in ways that enhance quality of life, promote economic prosperity, and demonstrate respect for the environment.  - Illinois Route 101 is a eastwest state road that runs from to the intersection of Illinois Route 61 in Augusta east to U.S. Highway 67 one mile (1.6 km) east of Littleton. The highway was officially established in 1924 along its current alignment. Route 101 is maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation.  - The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of . The drainage basin extends into Wisconsin and Indiana. This river was important among Native Americans and early French traders as the principal water route connecting the Great Lakes with the Mississippi. The French colonial settlements along the river formed the heart of the area known as the Illinois Country. After the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Hennepin Canal in the 19th century, the role of the river as link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi was extended into the era of modern industrial shipping. It now forms the basis for the Illinois Waterway.    Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'maintained by' with the subject 'illinois route 99'.  Choices: - illinois department of transportation  - marquette
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illinois department of transportation


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Information:  - Strings of Steel is a 1926 action film serial directed by Henry MacRae . The film is considered to be lost .  - Henry Alexander MacRae (August 29, 1876  October 2, 1944) was a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter during the silent era, working on many film serials for Universal Studios. One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, MacRae was credited with many innovations in film production, including artificial light for interiors, the wind machine, double exposures and shooting at night.  - Universal Studios (known professionally as Universal Pictures and also simply referred to as Universal) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. The company was founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, and is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States, the world's fourth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé and Nordisk Film, and the oldest in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. Universal Studios is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" studios.    Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'distributor' with the subject 'strings of steel'.  Choices: - nordisk film  - universal studios
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universal studios