SUBE card
E191067
The SUBE card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used as an integrated electronic payment system for public transportation across Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SUBE card canonical | 54 |
| SUBE | 13 |
| Sube card | 5 |
| SUBE integrated fare system | 3 |
| SUBE smart card | 3 |
| SUBE card (integrated fare system) | 1 |
| SUBE card accepted | 1 |
| SUBE card introduced in early 2010s | 1 |
| SUBE card system | 1 |
| SUBE smart card system | 1 |
| Subte fare system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1699317 — 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: SUBE card Context triple: [Buenos Aires Underground, hasFareSystem, SUBE card]
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A.
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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B.
Opal card
The Opal card is a reusable, contactless smartcard used to pay for public transport across much of New South Wales, Australia.
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C.
ORCA card
The ORCA card is a reusable, contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
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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.
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.
- 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: SUBE card Target entity description: The SUBE card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used as an integrated electronic payment system for public transportation across Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina.
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A.
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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B.
Opal card
The Opal card is a reusable, contactless smartcard used to pay for public transport across much of New South Wales, Australia.
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C.
ORCA card
The ORCA card is a reusable, contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
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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.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contactless smart card
ⓘ
public transport payment card ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico ⓘ |
| allows |
electronic validation at subway turnstiles
ⓘ
electronic validation at train stations ⓘ electronic validation on buses ⓘ |
| country | Argentina ⓘ |
| dataStored |
balance
ⓘ
card identifier ⓘ fare category of user ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fare discounts for eligible users
ⓘ
online balance consultation ⓘ online trip history ⓘ social fare programs ⓘ stored monetary balance ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalForm | plastic card ⓘ |
| identifies | individual user account ⓘ |
| introducedAs | integrated electronic payment system ⓘ |
| languageOfBrand | Spanish ⓘ |
| operator |
Argentine national government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Argentina
Ministerio de Transporte de la Nación ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Transport of Argentina
|
| paymentMethod | prepaid ⓘ |
| purpose |
fare integration across multiple transport modes
ⓘ
reduce use of cash on public transport ⓘ |
| rechargeable | true ⓘ |
| region |
Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Buenos Aires
|
| replaces | multiple legacy magnetic and cash-based fare systems ⓘ |
| sector | public transport ⓘ |
| technology | contactless RFID ⓘ |
| topUpMethod |
authorized retail locations
ⓘ
automatic teller machines ⓘ kiosks ⓘ mobile applications ⓘ online banking ⓘ subway stations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
bus fares
ⓘ
commuter train fares ⓘ public transportation fares ⓘ some urban rail systems ⓘ subway fares ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Buenos Aires
ⓘ
Córdoba ⓘ Greater Buenos Aires ⓘ Mar del Plata ⓘ Mendoza ⓘ Rosario ⓘ other Argentine cities ⓘ |
| validationMethod | tapping on card reader ⓘ |
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: SUBE card Description of subject: The SUBE card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used as an integrated electronic payment system for public transportation across Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina.
Referenced by (84)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Temperley
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subject linked to:
Temperley
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subject linked to:
Buenos Aires Underground public transit system
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subject linked to:
San José