CharlieTicket
E16692
CharlieTicket is a reusable paper smart card used for paying fares on Boston’s MBTA public transit system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CharlieTicket canonical | 103 |
| CharlieTicket accepted | 1 |
| CharlieTicket magnetic stripe ticket | 1 |
| CharlieTicket system | 1 |
| mTicket mobile app | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T141764 — 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: CharlieTicket Context triple: [MBTA, fareSystem, CharlieTicket]
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A.
CharlieCard
The CharlieCard is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares on Boston's MBTA public transit system.
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B.
TAP card
The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.
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C.
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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D.
SmarTrip
SmarTrip is a rechargeable contactless smart card used to pay fares on the Washington, D.C. region’s public transit systems.
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E.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
- 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: CharlieTicket Target entity description: CharlieTicket is a reusable paper smart card used for paying fares on Boston’s MBTA public transit system.
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A.
CharlieCard
The CharlieCard is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares on Boston's MBTA public transit system.
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B.
TAP card
The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.
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C.
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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D.
SmarTrip
SmarTrip is a rechargeable contactless smart card used to pay fares on the Washington, D.C. region’s public transit systems.
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E.
Horseshoe
Horseshoe is a well-known casino and racetrack brand in the United States, recognized for its gambling, entertainment, and hospitality offerings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare card
ⓘ
reusable paper ticket ⓘ smart card ⓘ |
| allowsReload | yes ⓘ |
| canStore |
passes
ⓘ
single-ride fares ⓘ stored value ⓘ |
| cityServed | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency | US dollar ⓘ |
| expiration | limited validity period depending on product ⓘ |
| fareMediaFor |
MBTA bus
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA bus network
MBTA commuter rail ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA Commuter Rail network
MBTA ferry ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
MBTA subway ⓘ
linked to:
Boston subway
|
| fareSystemType | automated fare collection ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor | credit-card-sized ticket ⓘ |
| introducedBy | MBTA ⓘ |
| introducedFor | CharlieCard automated fare collection system ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom | CharlieCard ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
character Charlie from "Charlie on the MTA"
ⓘ
song "Charlie on the MTA" ⓘ |
| operatingArea | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| ownership | MBTA ⓘ |
| readBy |
MBTA fare gates
ⓘ
MBTA fareboxes ⓘ |
| replacedSystem |
MBTA token system
ⓘ
paper monthly passes ⓘ |
| reusability | reusable ⓘ |
| sector | public transportation ⓘ |
| supportsProduct |
LinkPass
ⓘ
stored-value pay-per-ride ⓘ |
| technology | magnetic stripe ⓘ |
| usedFor | paying transit fares ⓘ |
| usedInCity |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| usedInRegion | Greater Boston ⓘ |
| usedOn |
MBTA
ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| validOn |
MBTA Silver Line
ⓘ
MBTA commuter rail (selected products) ⓘ MBTA express bus ⓘ MBTA ferry (selected products) ⓘ MBTA light rail ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA Green Line
MBTA local bus ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA bus network
MBTA 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
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: CharlieTicket Description of subject: CharlieTicket is a reusable paper smart card used for paying fares on Boston’s MBTA public transit system.
Referenced by (107)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
MBTA contactless fare system "AFC 2.0" (planned)
linked to: CharlieTicket
subject linked to:
Central station (MBTA) on the Red Line
subject linked to:
Kendall/MIT MBTA station
subject linked to:
State Street MBTA station
linked to: CharlieTicket
linked to: CharlieTicket
subject linked to:
Wonderland MBTA station
subject linked to:
Alewife MBTA station
linked to: CharlieTicket