Yikatong
E332219
Yikatong is Beijing’s contactless smart card system used for paying fares on public transportation and other city services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yikatong canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3161938 — 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: Yikatong Context triple: [Beijing Municipal Administration and Communication Card, shortName, Yikatong]
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A.
Qibao
Qibao is an ancient water town and popular tourist area in Shanghai, known for its historic streets, canals, and traditional architecture.
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B.
Yilibu
Yilibu was a Qing dynasty official and diplomat who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Nanking that ended the First Opium War between China and Britain.
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C.
Zhujiajiao
Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, famed for its historic canals, stone bridges, and traditional architecture.
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D.
Xintiandi
Xintiandi is a fashionable, pedestrian-only district in central Shanghai known for its upscale shopping, dining, nightlife, and preserved Shikumen-style architecture.
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E.
Jing
Jing is a common Chinese surname shared by various notable figures across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
- 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: Yikatong Target entity description: Yikatong is Beijing’s contactless smart card system used for paying fares on public transportation and other city services.
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A.
Qibao
Qibao is an ancient water town and popular tourist area in Shanghai, known for its historic streets, canals, and traditional architecture.
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B.
Yilibu
Yilibu was a Qing dynasty official and diplomat who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Nanking that ended the First Opium War between China and Britain.
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C.
Zhujiajiao
Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, famed for its historic canals, stone bridges, and traditional architecture.
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D.
Xintiandi
Xintiandi is a fashionable, pedestrian-only district in central Shanghai known for its upscale shopping, dining, nightlife, and preserved Shikumen-style architecture.
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E.
Jing
Jing is a common Chinese surname shared by various notable figures across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contactless smart card system
ⓘ
fare collection system ⓘ stored-value card ⓘ |
| allows | fare integration across multiple transport modes ⓘ |
| cardType | contactless IC card ⓘ |
| category |
Smart cards in China
ⓘ
Transport in Beijing ⓘ |
| cityServed | Beijing ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency | Chinese yuan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
contactless tap-in and tap-out
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discounted fares compared to cash on some routes ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early 2000s ⓘ |
| languageOfBrand | Chinese ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | one card pass ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Beijing ⓘ |
| operator | Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| paymentMethodType | prepaid ⓘ |
| rechargeable | true ⓘ |
| rechargeLocation |
bus hubs
ⓘ
convenience stores ⓘ subway stations ⓘ |
| region |
Beijing municipality
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing
|
| sector |
public transport
ⓘ
urban services ⓘ |
| supports |
distance-based fares
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stored value balance ⓘ time-based passes ⓘ |
| targetUser |
Beijing residents
ⓘ
tourists in Beijing ⓘ |
| technology |
RFID
ⓘ
contactless smart card ⓘ |
| transliteration | Yīkǎtōng ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airport express fare payment
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bus fare payment ⓘ commuter rail fare payment ⓘ payment for some city services ⓘ public transportation fares ⓘ small retail purchases at participating merchants ⓘ subway fare payment ⓘ taxi fare payment ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Beijing Capital Airport Express
ⓘ
linked to:
Capital Airport Express
Beijing Subway ⓘ Beijing public buses ⓘ some suburban rail lines in Beijing ⓘ |
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: Yikatong Description of subject: Yikatong is Beijing’s contactless smart card system used for paying fares on public transportation and other city services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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