Westinghouse H2C
E311221
The Westinghouse H2C is a type of electric multiple-unit coupler system used to connect and control New York City’s R46 subway cars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westinghouse H2C canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2939256 — 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: Westinghouse H2C Context triple: [R46 subway cars, couplingType, Westinghouse H2C]
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A.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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B.
Hoover
Hoover is a suburban city in the Birmingham metropolitan area of central Alabama, known for its residential communities and shopping centers like the Riverchase Galleria.
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C.
Hoover
Hoover is a surname most prominently associated with Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States.
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D.
Modine
Modine is the surname of American actor Matthew Modine, known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
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E.
Hamilton Beach
Hamilton Beach is a small residential neighborhood in the Howard Beach area of Queens, New York City, known for its waterfront location and proximity to Jamaica Bay.
- 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: Westinghouse H2C Target entity description: The Westinghouse H2C is a type of electric multiple-unit coupler system used to connect and control New York City’s R46 subway cars.
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A.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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B.
Hoover
Hoover is a suburban city in the Birmingham metropolitan area of central Alabama, known for its residential communities and shopping centers like the Riverchase Galleria.
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C.
Hoover
Hoover is a surname most prominently associated with Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States.
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D.
Modine
Modine is the surname of American actor Matthew Modine, known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
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E.
Hamilton Beach
Hamilton Beach is a small residential neighborhood in the Howard Beach area of Queens, New York City, known for its waterfront location and proximity to Jamaica Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
control and communication coupler
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electric multiple-unit coupler system ⓘ train coupler ⓘ |
| componentOf | R46 trainset coupler arrangement ⓘ |
| connects |
control circuits between cars
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high-voltage power jumpers ⓘ low-voltage trainline circuits ⓘ |
| controlType | multiple-unit control ⓘ |
| countryOfUse |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| couples | R46 married pairs ⓘ |
| designedFor |
automatic coupling and uncoupling
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electric multiple-unit operation ⓘ |
| eraOfIntroduction | 1970s ⓘ |
| function |
mechanically couple R46 subway cars
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transmit control signals between R46 cars ⓘ transmit electrical power between R46 cars ⓘ |
| locationOfUse | New York City ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Westinghouse Electric Corporation ⓘ |
| operationalRole |
enable one operator to control entire R46 train
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ensure coordinated operation of R46 cars ⓘ |
| railwayApplication | rapid transit ⓘ |
| usedByOperator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| usedForTrainLength |
10-car R46 trains
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8-car R46 trains ⓘ |
| usedOnCarClass | R46 ⓘ |
| usedOnDivision | IND/BMT Division ⓘ |
| usedOnRollingStockType |
New York City Subway R46 cars
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linked to:
R46 subway cars
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| usedOnSystem | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| usedWithCarBuilder |
Pullman Standard R46 cars
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linked to:
Pullman-Standard
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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: Westinghouse H2C Description of subject: The Westinghouse H2C is a type of electric multiple-unit coupler system used to connect and control New York City’s R46 subway cars.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.