STL Metro
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STL Metro is a public transit system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with buses and light rail services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STL Metro canonical | 1 |
| St. Louis MetroLink | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1596775 — 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: STL Metro Context triple: [STL, hasRelatedAbbreviation, STL Metro]
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A.
STC Metro
STC Metro is the rapid transit system serving Mexico City and some surrounding areas, known as one of the largest and busiest metro networks in Latin America.
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B.
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area, operating extensive routes that connect the city with its surrounding suburbs.
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C.
METRO light rail
METRO light rail is a rapid transit system serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with multiple color-designated lines connecting key urban, suburban, and airport destinations.
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D.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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E.
MAX Red Line light rail
The MAX Red Line light rail is a public transit service in the Portland metropolitan area that connects downtown Portland with Portland International Airport and other key destinations.
- 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: STL Metro Target entity description: STL Metro is a public transit system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with buses and light rail services.
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A.
STC Metro
STC Metro is the rapid transit system serving Mexico City and some surrounding areas, known as one of the largest and busiest metro networks in Latin America.
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B.
Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area, operating extensive routes that connect the city with its surrounding suburbs.
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C.
METRO light rail
METRO light rail is a rapid transit system serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with multiple color-designated lines connecting key urban, suburban, and airport destinations.
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D.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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E.
MAX Red Line light rail
The MAX Red Line light rail is a public transit service in the Portland metropolitan area that connects downtown Portland with Portland International Airport and other key destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transit system
ⓘ
transportation agency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bi-State Development Agency Metro
ⓘ
linked to:
Bi-State Development Agency
Metro Transit ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareMedia |
mobile ticketing
ⓘ
paper tickets ⓘ passes ⓘ |
| fareSystem | integrated fare system ⓘ |
| goal | provide public transportation in the St. Louis region ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Bi-State Development Board of Commissioners
ⓘ
linked to:
Bi-State Development Agency
|
| hasBusBrand | MetroBus ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
accessible vehicles
ⓘ
bike racks on buses ⓘ park-and-ride facilities ⓘ transit centers ⓘ |
| hasLightRailBrand |
MetroLink
ⓘ
linked to:
MetroLink light rail
|
| hasParatransitBrand |
Metro Call‑A‑Ride
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro Call-A-Ride
|
| headquartersLocation |
St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|
| industry | public transit ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
light rail ⓘ |
| operates |
Metro Call‑A‑Ride
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro Call-A-Ride
MetroBus ⓘ MetroLink ⓘ
linked to:
MetroLink light rail
|
| operatesIn |
Illinois
ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Bi-State Development Agency ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| providesService | public transportation ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater St. Louis
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis metropolitan area
|
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serves |
City of St. Louis
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Madison County, Illinois ⓘ St. Clair County, Illinois ⓘ St. Louis County, Missouri ⓘ |
| serviceAreaCharacteristic | bi-state metropolitan area ⓘ |
| serviceType |
bus transit
ⓘ
light rail transit ⓘ paratransit ⓘ |
| ticketingMethod |
on-board fare collection on buses
ⓘ
proof-of-payment on light rail ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure |
bus transfer centers
ⓘ
dedicated light rail tracks ⓘ on-street bus stops ⓘ |
| website | https://www.metrostlouis.org/ ⓘ |
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: STL Metro Description of subject: STL Metro is a public transit system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with buses and light rail services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: STL Metro