WMATA Metrobus routes
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WMATA Metrobus routes are a network of public bus lines operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority serving Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WMATA Metrobus routes canonical | 4 |
| WMATA Metrobus | 1 |
| WMATA Metrobus system | 1 |
| Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bus routes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3135736 — 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: WMATA Metrobus routes Context triple: [Pentagon City station, hasBusConnections, WMATA Metrobus routes]
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A.
Arlington Transit bus service
Arlington Transit bus service is a local public bus system in Arlington, Virginia that provides neighborhood and commuter routes connecting areas such as Clarendon to key destinations across the county and regional transit network.
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B.
MBTA bus network
The MBTA bus network is the system of public bus routes serving Cambridge and the greater Boston area as part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s regional transit services.
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C.
Transitway
Transitway is a bus rapid transit network in Ottawa, Ontario, providing high-capacity, grade-separated transit service across the city.
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D.
Washington Metro
Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive rail network connecting the city with its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.
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E.
Washington Metro Green Line
The Washington Metro Green Line is a rapid transit line in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that runs north–south through the city and into surrounding suburbs, including Prince George’s County, Maryland.
- 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: WMATA Metrobus routes Target entity description: WMATA Metrobus routes are a network of public bus lines operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority serving Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs.
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A.
Arlington Transit bus service
Arlington Transit bus service is a local public bus system in Arlington, Virginia that provides neighborhood and commuter routes connecting areas such as Clarendon to key destinations across the county and regional transit network.
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B.
MBTA bus network
The MBTA bus network is the system of public bus routes serving Cambridge and the greater Boston area as part of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s regional transit services.
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C.
Transitway
Transitway is a bus rapid transit network in Ottawa, Ontario, providing high-capacity, grade-separated transit service across the city.
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D.
Washington Metro
Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive rail network connecting the city with its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.
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E.
Washington Metro Green Line
The Washington Metro Green Line is a rapid transit line in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that runs north–south through the city and into surrounding suburbs, including Prince George’s County, Maryland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus route network
ⓘ
public transportation network ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide mobility in the Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Metrorail stations
ⓘ
Washington Metro ⓘ regional bus systems ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem |
SmarTrip
ⓘ
contactless payment cards ⓘ |
| hasColorScheme | red, white, and blue ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasRoute |
16Y bus route
ⓘ
28A bus route ⓘ 7Y bus route ⓘ 90 bus route ⓘ A12 bus route ⓘ C2 bus route ⓘ F4 bus route ⓘ J4 bus route ⓘ K6 bus route ⓘ P6 bus route ⓘ R4 bus route ⓘ S2 bus route ⓘ S4 bus route ⓘ S9 bus route ⓘ W4 bus route ⓘ X2 bus route ⓘ X9 bus route ⓘ Y8 bus route ⓘ Z8 bus route ⓘ |
| integratedWith | regional fare policy ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| operator | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
WMATA Metrobus system
ⓘ
linked to:
WMATA Metrobus routes
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority transit services ⓘ |
| purpose | public transit ⓘ |
| serves |
Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
linked to:
Suburban Maryland
Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Arlington County, Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Arlington County
City of Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ City of Fairfax, Virginia ⓘ
linked to:
City of Fairfax
City of Falls Church, Virginia ⓘ
linked to:
City of Falls Church
District of Columbia ⓘ Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ Montgomery County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Montgomery County
Prince George's County, Maryland ⓘ
linked to:
Prince George’s County, Maryland
|
| serviceType |
express bus service
ⓘ
limited-stop bus service ⓘ local bus service ⓘ priority bus corridors ⓘ |
| uses | public roads ⓘ |
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: WMATA Metrobus routes Description of subject: WMATA Metrobus routes are a network of public bus lines operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority serving Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WMATA Metrobus routes
linked to: WMATA Metrobus routes
linked to: WMATA Metrobus routes