MTA eTix
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MTA eTix is a mobile ticketing application that lets riders purchase and display Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad tickets on their smartphones.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MTA eTix canonical | 15 |
| MTA eTix (mobile tickets) | 1 |
| mTicket mobile app | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T936254 — 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: MTA eTix Context triple: [City Terminal Zone, fareSystem, MTA eTix]
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A.
CharlieTicket
CharlieTicket is a reusable paper smart card used for paying fares on Boston’s MBTA public transit system.
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B.
MetroCard
MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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C.
OMNY
OMNY is the contactless fare payment system used by New York City's public transit network, replacing the MetroCard with tap-and-go payments via cards, phones, and wearables.
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D.
Transportation and Ticket Center
The Transportation and Ticket Center is Walt Disney World's primary transit and ticketing hub, where guests park, purchase admission, and transfer via monorail or ferryboat to the Magic Kingdom and other resort areas.
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E.
MetroAccess
MetroAccess is a paratransit service providing door-to-door transportation for people with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- 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: MTA eTix Target entity description: MTA eTix is a mobile ticketing application that lets riders purchase and display Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad tickets on their smartphones.
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A.
CharlieTicket
CharlieTicket is a reusable paper smart card used for paying fares on Boston’s MBTA public transit system.
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B.
MetroCard
MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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C.
OMNY
OMNY is the contactless fare payment system used by New York City's public transit network, replacing the MetroCard with tap-and-go payments via cards, phones, and wearables.
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D.
Transportation and Ticket Center
The Transportation and Ticket Center is Walt Disney World's primary transit and ticketing hub, where guests park, purchase admission, and transfer via monorail or ferryboat to the Magic Kingdom and other resort areas.
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E.
MetroAccess
MetroAccess is a paratransit service providing door-to-door transportation for people with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare payment system
ⓘ
mobile ticketing application ⓘ |
| allows | offline display of activated tickets ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
MTA Long Island Rail Road
ⓘ
linked to:
Long Island Rail Road
MTA Metro-North Railroad ⓘ
linked to:
Metro-North Railroad
|
| category |
transportation app
ⓘ
travel app ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
Apple App Store
ⓘ
linked to:
App Store
Google Play Store ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
mobile barcode ticket
ⓘ
visual validation ticket ⓘ |
| feature |
account-based ticket storage
ⓘ
in-app ticket inspection display ⓘ purchase history tracking ⓘ support for multiple riders on one device ⓘ ticket activation before boarding ⓘ |
| governingBody |
MTA Board
ⓘ
linked to:
MTA
|
| integratedWith |
MTA fare collection systems for LIRR
ⓘ
MTA fare collection systems for Metro-North Railroad ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
Long Island Rail Road
ⓘ
Metro-North Railroad ⓘ |
| owner | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
credit card
ⓘ
debit card ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| purpose |
display digital train tickets
ⓘ
purchase railroad tickets via smartphone ⓘ |
| replaces | paper railroad tickets ⓘ |
| requires | internet connection for ticket purchase ⓘ |
| sector | public transportation technology ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
animated security elements on active tickets
ⓘ
time-limited ticket activation ⓘ |
| serviceType | public transit ticketing ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
management of multiple tickets in one account
ⓘ
refund or exchange of certain tickets ⓘ |
| supportsRailroad | commuter rail ⓘ |
| targetUser |
Long Island Rail Road riders
ⓘ
Metro-North Railroad riders ⓘ |
| ticketType |
monthly passes
ⓘ
one-way tickets ⓘ round-trip tickets ⓘ ten-trip tickets ⓘ weekly passes ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
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: MTA eTix Description of subject: MTA eTix is a mobile ticketing application that lets riders purchase and display Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad tickets on their smartphones.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MTA eTix
linked to: MTA eTix