Broadway–South Boston
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Broadway–South Boston was the former name of the MBTA Red Line rapid transit station now known simply as Broadway in South Boston, Massachusetts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadway–South Boston canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T598485 — 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: Broadway–South Boston Context triple: [Broadway, formerName, Broadway–South Boston]
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A.
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, lined with residential, commercial, and cultural landmarks and serving as a key local transit corridor.
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B.
Brattle Street
Brattle Street is a historic thoroughfare in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its colonial-era houses, cultural landmarks, and proximity to Harvard University.
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C.
Porter Square
Porter Square is a bustling commercial and transit hub in northern Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its shopping centers, restaurants, and MBTA Red Line and commuter rail station.
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D.
Beacon Street
Beacon Street is a historic thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, known for running along the Boston Common and past prominent landmarks in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.
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E.
King Street, Boston
King Street in Boston (now known as State Street) is the historic downtown thoroughfare where the Boston Massacre occurred in 1770, a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution.
- 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: Broadway–South Boston Target entity description: Broadway–South Boston was the former name of the MBTA Red Line rapid transit station now known simply as Broadway in South Boston, Massachusetts.
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A.
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, lined with residential, commercial, and cultural landmarks and serving as a key local transit corridor.
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B.
Brattle Street
Brattle Street is a historic thoroughfare in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its colonial-era houses, cultural landmarks, and proximity to Harvard University.
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C.
Porter Square
Porter Square is a bustling commercial and transit hub in northern Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its shopping centers, restaurants, and MBTA Red Line and commuter rail station.
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D.
Beacon Street
Beacon Street is a historic thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, known for running along the Boston Common and past prominent landmarks in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.
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E.
King Street, Boston
King Street in Boston (now known as State Street) is the historic downtown thoroughfare where the Boston Massacre occurred in 1770, a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former name of transit station
ⓘ
rapid transit station ⓘ |
| category | Former names of MBTA stations ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareCollection | MBTA faregates ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
MBTA subway
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| formerDesignation | Broadway–South Boston station ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Broadway ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentStation |
Andrew
ⓘ
South Station ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType | island platform ⓘ |
| hasTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| line | Red Line ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Broadway (street), South Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway (street) in South Boston
|
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
South Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
South Boston
|
| locatedInBorough | South Boston ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Greater Boston ⓘ |
| operator |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| owner |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| partOf |
MBTA Red Line
ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| replacedByName | Broadway ⓘ |
| servedBy |
MBTA Red Line trains
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA Red Line
|
| serves |
South Boston neighborhood
ⓘ
linked to:
South Boston
|
| structureType | underground station ⓘ |
| system |
MBTA subway system
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston subway
|
| transportationMode | rapid transit ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Broadway–South Boston Description of subject: Broadway–South Boston was the former name of the MBTA Red Line rapid transit station now known simply as Broadway in South Boston, Massachusetts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.