Portland metropolitan transit system
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aerial tramway
commuter rail line
contactless smart card fare system
light rail system
mass transit system
public transit agency
public transportation system
streetcar system
The Portland metropolitan transit system is the integrated public transportation network serving the Portland, Oregon region, encompassing buses, light rail, streetcars, and related transit corridors.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3542045 — 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: Portland metropolitan transit system Context triple: [Portland Transit Mall, partOfNetwork, Portland metropolitan transit system]
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A.
Portland METRO bus system
The Portland METRO bus system is the primary public transit network serving the Greater Portland, Maine area, providing fixed-route bus service connecting downtown, surrounding neighborhoods, and nearby communities.
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B.
Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system
The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system is the public transportation network for the St. Louis region, operating MetroLink light rail, MetroBus services, and paratransit across Missouri and Illinois communities.
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C.
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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D.
StarMetro public transit system
StarMetro public transit system is the city-operated bus and paratransit network serving residents, students, and visitors throughout Tallahassee, Florida.
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E.
Bee-Line Bus System
The Bee-Line Bus System is a public transit network operating local and express bus routes throughout Westchester County, New York, and into parts of New York City.
- 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: Portland metropolitan transit system Target entity description: The Portland metropolitan transit system is the integrated public transportation network serving the Portland, Oregon region, encompassing buses, light rail, streetcars, and related transit corridors.
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A.
Portland METRO bus system
The Portland METRO bus system is the primary public transit network serving the Greater Portland, Maine area, providing fixed-route bus service connecting downtown, surrounding neighborhoods, and nearby communities.
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B.
Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system
The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system is the public transportation network for the St. Louis region, operating MetroLink light rail, MetroBus services, and paratransit across Missouri and Illinois communities.
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C.
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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D.
StarMetro public transit system
StarMetro public transit system is the city-operated bus and paratransit network serving residents, students, and visitors throughout Tallahassee, Florida.
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E.
Bee-Line Bus System
The Bee-Line Bus System is a public transit network operating local and express bus routes throughout Westchester County, New York, and into parts of New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerial tramway
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commuter rail line ⓘ contactless smart card fare system ⓘ light rail system ⓘ mass transit system ⓘ public transit agency ⓘ public transit agency ⓘ public transportation system ⓘ streetcar system ⓘ |
| connects |
Beaverton, Oregon
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Oregon Health & Science University Marquam Hill campus ⓘ
linked to:
OHSU Marquam Hill campus
Pearl District ⓘ South Waterfront ⓘ Wilsonville, Oregon ⓘ downtown Portland ⓘ
linked to:
City Center / Downtown Portland
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem | Hop Fastpass ⓘ |
| focusesOn | multimodal connectivity ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
ⓘ
linked to:
TriMet
|
| hasLine |
MAX Blue Line
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MAX Green Line ⓘ MAX Orange Line ⓘ MAX Red Line ⓘ MAX Yellow Line ⓘ |
| includesMode |
aerial tram
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bus ⓘ commuter rail ⓘ light rail ⓘ paratransit ⓘ streetcar ⓘ |
| includesService |
MAX Light Rail
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Portland Aerial Tram ⓘ
linked to:
Aerial Tram
Portland Streetcar ⓘ TriMet bus network ⓘ WES Commuter Rail ⓘ |
| integratesWith | C-TRAN ⓘ |
| notableFeature | transit-oriented development along MAX corridors ⓘ |
| operator | TriMet ⓘ |
| primaryOperator | TriMet ⓘ |
| serves |
Portland metropolitan area
ⓘ
Portland, Oregon metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
Portland
central Portland ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Clackamas County, Oregon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clark County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Multnomah County, Oregon ⓘ
linked to:
Multnomah County
Washington County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports | bicycle-and-transit integration ⓘ |
| usedBy |
C-TRAN
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Portland Streetcar ⓘ TriMet ⓘ |
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: Portland metropolitan transit system Description of subject: The Portland metropolitan transit system is the integrated public transportation network serving the Portland, Oregon region, encompassing buses, light rail, streetcars, and related transit corridors.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Portland metropolitan transit system
linked to: Portland metropolitan transit system
SMART (South Metro Area Regional Transit)
→
integratesWith
→
Portland metropolitan regional rail network
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linked to: Portland metropolitan transit system
linked to: Portland metropolitan transit system