SkyTrain
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SkyTrain is an automated, driverless rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SkyTrain canonical | 76 |
| SkyTrain network | 5 |
| Vancouver SkyTrain | 5 |
| SkyTrain rapid transit system | 3 |
| Metro Vancouver SkyTrain | 2 |
| SkyTrain automated rapid transit system | 1 |
| SkyTrain rolling stock | 1 |
| SkyTrain rolling stock fleet | 1 |
| SkyTrain system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1745871 — 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: SkyTrain Context triple: [Metro Vancouver, rapidTransitSystem, SkyTrain]
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A.
SkyTrain Expo Line
The SkyTrain Expo Line is a major rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, forming part of the SkyTrain system and connecting downtown Vancouver with surrounding municipalities including Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey.
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B.
SkyTrain Millennium Line
The SkyTrain Millennium Line is a rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, forming part of the region’s automated SkyTrain system and connecting several municipalities including Burnaby.
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C.
BTS Skytrain
The BTS Skytrain is an elevated rapid transit system that serves as one of Bangkok’s primary urban rail networks, helping alleviate traffic congestion and connect key commercial and residential areas across the city.
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D.
Metro Rail
Metro Rail is the urban rapid transit rail system serving Los Angeles County, providing light rail and subway services across the region.
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E.
AeroTrain
AeroTrain is an automated underground people mover system that transports passengers between terminals at Washington Dulles International Airport.
- 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: SkyTrain Target entity description: SkyTrain is an automated, driverless rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada.
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A.
SkyTrain Expo Line
The SkyTrain Expo Line is a major rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, forming part of the SkyTrain system and connecting downtown Vancouver with surrounding municipalities including Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey.
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B.
SkyTrain Millennium Line
The SkyTrain Millennium Line is a rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, forming part of the region’s automated SkyTrain system and connecting several municipalities including Burnaby.
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C.
BTS Skytrain
The BTS Skytrain is an elevated rapid transit system that serves as one of Bangkok’s primary urban rail networks, helping alleviate traffic congestion and connect key commercial and residential areas across the city.
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D.
Metro Rail
Metro Rail is the urban rapid transit rail system serving Los Angeles County, providing light rail and subway services across the region.
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E.
AeroTrain
AeroTrain is an automated underground people mover system that transports passengers between terminals at Washington Dulles International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automated guideway transit system
ⓘ
driverless metro system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ |
| character |
mostly elevated
ⓘ
partly at-grade ⓘ partly underground ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
SeaBus
ⓘ
linked to:
SeaBus ferry
TransLink bus network ⓘ
linked to:
TransLink
West Coast Express ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| electrification | 750 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
Compass Card
ⓘ
zone-based fare system ⓘ |
| governingBody | TransLink ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Canada Line
ⓘ
Expo Line ⓘ Millennium Line ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.translink.ca/skytrain ⓘ |
| hasRollingStockManufacturer |
Alstom
ⓘ
linked to:
Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation)
Bombardier Transportation ⓘ
linked to:
Bombardier
Hyundai Rotem ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | British Columbia ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fully automated driverless operation
ⓘ
one of the longest fully automated driverless systems in the world ⓘ |
| openedForExpo | Expo 86 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1985-01-03 ⓘ |
| operator |
British Columbia Rapid Transit Company
ⓘ
linked to:
BC Rapid Transit Company
ProTrans BC ⓘ |
| owner | TransLink ⓘ |
| planningAuthority | TransLink ⓘ |
| primaryTechnology | linear induction motor ⓘ |
| propulsionType | electric ⓘ |
| region | Lower Mainland ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
automatic train control
ⓘ
automatic train operation ⓘ automatic train protection ⓘ |
| serves |
Metro Vancouver
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro Vancouver, Canada
|
| servesCity |
Burnaby
ⓘ
Coquitlam ⓘ New Westminster ⓘ Port Moody ⓘ Richmond ⓘ Surrey ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
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: SkyTrain Description of subject: SkyTrain is an automated, driverless rapid transit system serving the Metro Vancouver region in British Columbia, Canada.
Referenced by (95)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Metro Vancouver, Canada
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
subject linked to:
Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station
subject linked to:
Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre station (historically via branch)
→
partOf
→
SkyTrain network
ⓘ
linked to: SkyTrain
Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre station (historically via branch)
→
usesSystem
→
SkyTrain automated rapid transit system
ⓘ
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
linked to: SkyTrain
subject linked to:
Patterson SkyTrain station
linked to: SkyTrain
subject linked to:
Royal Oak SkyTrain station
linked to: SkyTrain