Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority
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The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region of Michigan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2690659 — 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: Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority Context triple: [Ypsilanti, hasPublicTransit, Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority]
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A.
Manchester Transit Authority
Manchester Transit Authority is the primary public bus and paratransit service provider for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire and surrounding areas.
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B.
Pierce Transit
Pierce Transit is a public transportation agency serving Pierce County, Washington, providing local bus, paratransit, and related transit services in the South Puget Sound region.
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C.
Detroit Transportation Corporation
Detroit Transportation Corporation is the public agency that owns and operates Detroit's downtown People Mover automated transit system.
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D.
Helena Area Transit System
Helena Area Transit System is the primary public bus service providing local transportation within Helena, Montana.
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E.
Milton Transit
Milton Transit is the public transportation system serving the town of Milton, Ontario, operating local bus services integrated with the regional transit network.
- 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: Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority Target entity description: The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region of Michigan.
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A.
Manchester Transit Authority
Manchester Transit Authority is the primary public bus and paratransit service provider for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire and surrounding areas.
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B.
Pierce Transit
Pierce Transit is a public transportation agency serving Pierce County, Washington, providing local bus, paratransit, and related transit services in the South Puget Sound region.
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C.
Detroit Transportation Corporation
Detroit Transportation Corporation is the public agency that owns and operates Detroit's downtown People Mover automated transit system.
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D.
Helena Area Transit System
Helena Area Transit System is the primary public bus service providing local transportation within Helena, Montana.
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E.
Milton Transit
Milton Transit is the public transportation system serving the town of Milton, Ontario, operating local bus services integrated with the regional transit network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transit agency
ⓘ
transportation authority ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | TheRide ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
University of Michigan
ⓘ
Washtenaw County government ⓘ
linked to:
Washtenaw County, Michigan
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
public transit accessibility
ⓘ
regional mobility ⓘ sustainable transportation ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
City of Ann Arbor
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| fundingSource |
fares
ⓘ
federal grants ⓘ local taxes ⓘ state grants ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Directors of the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Ann Arbor
ⓘ
Ypsilanti ⓘ Ypsilanti Township ⓘ
linked to:
Ypsilanti Township, Michigan
|
| hasOperator | Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.theride.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| legalForm | public authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
demand-response transport ⓘ paratransit ⓘ |
| offers |
ADA paratransit services
ⓘ
park-and-ride services ⓘ reduced fare programs ⓘ |
| primaryClient |
commuters
ⓘ
general public ⓘ students ⓘ |
| regulates | local bus services in Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region ⓘ |
| serves |
Ann Arbor
ⓘ
Washtenaw County NERFINISHED ⓘ Ypsilanti ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor metropolitan area
|
| serviceStatus | operational ⓘ |
| serviceType |
commuter service
ⓘ
fixed-route bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
|
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: Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority Description of subject: The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti region of Michigan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.