Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming unused rail corridors and other pathways into multi-use trails for walking, cycling, and outdoor recreation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rails-to-Trails Conservancy canonical | 2 |
| Rails-to-Trails | 1 |
| Rails-to-Trails network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T105165 — 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: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Context triple: [Schuylkill River Trail, recognizedBy, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy]
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A.
Mystic River Watershed Association
Mystic River Watershed Association is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to protecting, restoring, and advocating for the Mystic River and its surrounding watershed in Massachusetts.
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B.
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a U.S. federal agency that administers national service programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to support volunteering and community development.
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C.
Schuylkill River Trail
The Schuylkill River Trail is a popular multi-use recreational path in southeastern Pennsylvania that follows the Schuylkill River, offering scenic routes for walking, running, and cycling through urban and natural landscapes.
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D.
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission is a regional transit agency in Northern Virginia that oversees and funds commuter rail and bus services for member jurisdictions south of Washington, D.C.
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E.
California State Lands Commission
The California State Lands Commission is a state agency that manages and protects California’s publicly owned lands and resources, including tidelands, submerged lands, and the beds of navigable waterways.
- 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: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Target entity description: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming unused rail corridors and other pathways into multi-use trails for walking, cycling, and outdoor recreation.
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A.
Mystic River Watershed Association
Mystic River Watershed Association is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to protecting, restoring, and advocating for the Mystic River and its surrounding watershed in Massachusetts.
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B.
Corporation for National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a U.S. federal agency that administers national service programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to support volunteering and community development.
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C.
Schuylkill River Trail
The Schuylkill River Trail is a popular multi-use recreational path in southeastern Pennsylvania that follows the Schuylkill River, offering scenic routes for walking, running, and cycling through urban and natural landscapes.
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D.
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission is a regional transit agency in Northern Virginia that oversees and funds commuter rail and bus services for member jurisdictions south of Washington, D.C.
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E.
California State Lands Commission
The California State Lands Commission is a state agency that manages and protects California’s publicly owned lands and resources, including tidelands, submerged lands, and the beds of navigable waterways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
501(c)(3) organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
equitable access to trails
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federal funding for trails ⓘ local trail networks ⓘ state funding for trails ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
enhance public health through physical activity
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preserve transportation corridors ⓘ repurpose disused rail corridors ⓘ support economic development through trails ⓘ support sustainable transportation ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
community organizations
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federal agencies ⓘ local governments ⓘ state agencies ⓘ trail user groups ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focus |
active transportation
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conservation ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ rail-trail development ⓘ trail advocacy ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1986 ⓘ |
| GreatAmericanRailTrailIs | planned cross-country multi-use trail ⓘ |
| GreatAmericanRailTrailRoute | from Washington, D.C. to Washington State ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mission |
to build healthier places for healthier people
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to create a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors ⓘ |
| notableProject | Great American Rail-Trail ⓘ |
| operates | TrailLink ⓘ |
| promotes |
bicycling
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multi-use trails ⓘ safe routes for active transportation ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| sector |
environmental nonprofit sector
ⓘ
transportation advocacy sector ⓘ |
| serves | trail users in the United States ⓘ |
| TrailLinkIs | online trail-finder database ⓘ |
| typeOfWork |
advocacy
ⓘ
public outreach ⓘ research ⓘ technical assistance ⓘ |
| website | https://www.railstotrails.org ⓘ |
| worksOn |
conversion of unused rail corridors into multi-use trails
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policy advocacy for trails and active transportation ⓘ public education about the benefits of trails ⓘ research on trail use and economic impact ⓘ technical assistance for trail planning and development ⓘ |
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: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Description of subject: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming unused rail corridors and other pathways into multi-use trails for walking, cycling, and outdoor recreation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
linked to: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy