Sheppard station
E292927
Sheppard station was the original name of what is now Sheppard–Yonge station, a major interchange on Toronto’s subway system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sheppard West station | 1 |
| Sheppard station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2728427 — 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: Sheppard station Context triple: [Sheppard–Yonge station, formerName, Sheppard station]
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A.
Diversey station
Diversey station is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' train stop in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, served primarily by the Brown and Purple Lines.
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B.
Dundas station
Dundas station is a downtown Toronto subway station on the Toronto Transit Commission network, serving the busy Yonge–Dundas Square and Eaton Centre area.
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C.
Woodbine station
Woodbine station is a subway station on Toronto's Bloor–Danforth line serving the Woodbine Avenue and Danforth Avenue area in the city's east end.
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D.
Broadview station
Broadview station is a major Toronto Transit Commission subway and streetcar hub located in the city's east end near the Danforth.
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E.
Sheppard subway
Sheppard subway is a Toronto Transit Commission rapid transit line in North York that runs east–west along Sheppard Avenue.
- 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: Sheppard station Target entity description: Sheppard station was the original name of what is now Sheppard–Yonge station, a major interchange on Toronto’s subway system.
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A.
Diversey station
Diversey station is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' train stop in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, served primarily by the Brown and Purple Lines.
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B.
Dundas station
Dundas station is a downtown Toronto subway station on the Toronto Transit Commission network, serving the busy Yonge–Dundas Square and Eaton Centre area.
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C.
Woodbine station
Woodbine station is a subway station on Toronto's Bloor–Danforth line serving the Woodbine Avenue and Danforth Avenue area in the city's east end.
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D.
Broadview station
Broadview station is a major Toronto Transit Commission subway and streetcar hub located in the city's east end near the Danforth.
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E.
Sheppard subway
Sheppard subway is a Toronto Transit Commission rapid transit line in North York that runs east–west along Sheppard Avenue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
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: Sheppard station Description of subject: Sheppard station was the original name of what is now Sheppard–Yonge station, a major interchange on Toronto’s subway system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sheppard station