Connect Transit
E372645
Connect Transit is the primary public bus system serving the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area in Illinois.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Connect Transit canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3624646 — 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: Connect Transit Context triple: [Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, hasPublicTransit, Connect Transit]
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A.
Transit Bureau
The Transit Bureau is the division of the New York City Police Department responsible for policing and ensuring safety within the city’s public transit system, particularly the subway.
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B.
Greenway Public Transportation
Greenway Public Transportation is a regional public transit agency providing bus and demand-response services in and around Newton, North Carolina.
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C.
C-TRAN
C-TRAN is the public transit agency serving Clark County and the Vancouver, Washington area, providing bus and express services often coordinated with Portland’s TriMet system.
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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.
Transitway
Transitway is a bus rapid transit network in Ottawa, Ontario, providing high-capacity, grade-separated transit service across the 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: Connect Transit Target entity description: Connect Transit is the primary public bus system serving the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area in Illinois.
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A.
Transit Bureau
The Transit Bureau is the division of the New York City Police Department responsible for policing and ensuring safety within the city’s public transit system, particularly the subway.
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B.
Greenway Public Transportation
Greenway Public Transportation is a regional public transit agency providing bus and demand-response services in and around Newton, North Carolina.
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C.
C-TRAN
C-TRAN is the public transit agency serving Clark County and the Vancouver, Washington area, providing bus and express services often coordinated with Portland’s TriMet system.
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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.
Transitway
Transitway is a bus rapid transit network in Ottawa, Ontario, providing high-capacity, grade-separated transit service across the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus transit system
ⓘ
public transit agency ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Illinois State University
ⓘ
Uptown Normal ⓘ downtown Bloomington ⓘ major employment centers in Bloomington–Normal ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem | fixed-fare system ⓘ |
| formerName | Bloomington–Normal Public Transit System ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bike racks on buses
ⓘ
designated bus stops ⓘ scheduled routes ⓘ wheelchair-accessible buses ⓘ |
| hasGoal | provide public transportation in Bloomington–Normal ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
City of Bloomington, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Bloomington, Illinois
Town of Normal, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Normal, Illinois
|
| hasRouteStructure | hub-and-spoke network centered on transfer points ⓘ |
| hasService |
ADA complementary paratransit
ⓘ
student transportation ⓘ |
| hasServiceType |
fixed-route bus service
ⓘ
paratransit service ⓘ |
| hasTicketingOption |
cash fares
ⓘ
passes ⓘ student passes ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.connect-transit.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Normal, Illinois ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| isPartOf | public transportation in Illinois ⓘ |
| isPrimaryTransitProviderFor | Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area ⓘ |
| isPublicAgency | true ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| operatesIn | McLean County, Illinois ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
Saturdays
ⓘ
weekdays ⓘ |
| operatesService |
local bus routes
ⓘ
university-oriented routes ⓘ |
| primaryServiceArea |
Bloomington–Normal urban area
ⓘ
linked to:
Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area
|
| providesInformationVia |
online schedules
ⓘ
printed timetables ⓘ |
| regulatesOrOversees | local bus operations in Bloomington–Normal ⓘ |
| serves |
Bloomington, Illinois
ⓘ
Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area ⓘ Normal, Illinois ⓘ |
| shortName | Connect Transit ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| uses |
diesel buses
ⓘ
low-floor buses ⓘ |
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: Connect Transit Description of subject: Connect Transit is the primary public bus system serving the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area in Illinois.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.