R train
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The R train is a local service on the New York City Subway that runs through Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn along the Broadway and Fourth Avenue lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R train canonical | 56 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23959 — 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: R train Context triple: [New York City Subway, hasLine, R train]
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A.
C train
The C train is a local service on the New York City Subway’s Eighth Avenue Line, running primarily between Upper Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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B.
Q train
The Q train is a New York City Subway service that runs along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, connecting neighborhoods like Astoria, Midtown, and Coney Island.
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C.
E train
The E train is a New York City Subway service that runs primarily along the IND Eighth Avenue Line, providing rapid transit between Queens and Manhattan.
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D.
5 train
The 5 train is a New York City Subway service that runs primarily along the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan and the Eastern Parkway and Dyre Avenue lines in the Bronx, providing both local and express service.
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E.
4 train
The 4 train is a New York City Subway service that runs along the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan, providing express service between the Bronx and Brooklyn.
- 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: R train Target entity description: The R train is a local service on the New York City Subway that runs through Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn along the Broadway and Fourth Avenue lines.
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A.
C train
The C train is a local service on the New York City Subway’s Eighth Avenue Line, running primarily between Upper Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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B.
Q train
The Q train is a New York City Subway service that runs along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, connecting neighborhoods like Astoria, Midtown, and Coney Island.
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C.
E train
The E train is a New York City Subway service that runs primarily along the IND Eighth Avenue Line, providing rapid transit between Queens and Manhattan.
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D.
5 train
The 5 train is a New York City Subway service that runs primarily along the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan and the Eastern Parkway and Dyre Avenue lines in the Bronx, providing both local and express service.
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E.
4 train
The 4 train is a New York City Subway service that runs along the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan, providing express service between the Bronx and Brooklyn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway service
ⓘ
rapid transit service ⓘ |
| accessibility | partially accessible (only some stations accessible) ⓘ |
| boroughServed |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depotUsed |
Coney Island Yard (for much of its fleet, subject to change)
ⓘ
Jamaica Yard (historically and/or for some consists) ⓘ
linked to:
Jamaica Yard
|
| division |
B Division
ⓘ
IND/BMT ⓘ
linked to:
IND
|
| electrification | 600 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
MetroCard
ⓘ
OMNY ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system ⓘ |
| hasServiceDesignation |
Broadway Local
ⓘ
Fourth Avenue Local ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
BMT 2 (Fourth Avenue Local)
ⓘ
BMT RR service ⓘ
linked to:
BMT Division
|
| lateNightService | Brooklyn-only shuttle pattern (historically, subject to change) ⓘ |
| lineUsed |
BMT Broadway Line
ⓘ
BMT Fourth Avenue Line ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | subway ⓘ |
| operator |
New York City Transit Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
|
| owner | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| primaryBrooklynTrunkLine | Fourth Avenue Line local tracks ⓘ |
| primaryManhattanTrunkLine |
Broadway Line local tracks
ⓘ
linked to:
BMT Broadway Line
|
| publicTransportType | urban rail ⓘ |
| region |
New York State
ⓘ
linked to:
New York
|
| rollingStock |
R160 subway car
ⓘ
linked to:
R160 subway cars
R46 subway car ⓘ |
| safetySystem | wayside block signaling ⓘ |
| servesBoroughPair |
Manhattan–Brooklyn
ⓘ
Queens–Brooklyn ⓘ Queens–Manhattan ⓘ
linked to:
Queens
|
| serviceClass | lettered service ⓘ |
| serviceLetter | R ⓘ |
| serviceLetterColor | yellow ⓘ |
| serviceNature | local-only (no regular express segments) ⓘ |
| servicePattern | local ⓘ |
| serviceType | 24/7 service ⓘ |
| system | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge (1,435 mm) ⓘ |
| usesBridge |
Manhattan Bridge (historically, in some service patterns)
ⓘ
linked to:
Manhattan Bridge
|
| usesTunnel | Montague Street Tunnel ⓘ |
| weekdayService | Queens–Brooklyn via Manhattan ⓘ |
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: R train Description of subject: The R train is a local service on the New York City Subway that runs through Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn along the Broadway and Fourth Avenue lines.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Broadway Line in Manhattan
subject linked to:
Montague Street Tunnel (historical patterns)
subject linked to:
E train (nearby at Lexington Avenue–53rd Street and 7th Avenue–53rd Street)
subject linked to:
Rector Street subway station
subject linked to:
New York City Subway at Cortlandt Street
subject linked to:
New York City Subway at Whitehall Street–South Ferry
subject linked to:
New York City Subway at Whitehall Street–South Ferry