Metro TAP card
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The Metro TAP card is a reusable, reloadable smart fare card used for contactless payment across the Los Angeles County public transit system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Metro TAP card | 1 |
| Metro TAP card canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3876640 — 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: Metro TAP card Context triple: [Westlake/MacArthur Park station, hasFareSystem, Metro TAP card]
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A.
SmarTrip
SmarTrip is a rechargeable contactless smart card used to pay fares on the Washington, D.C. region’s public transit systems.
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B.
MetroCard
MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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C.
TransLink card
The TransLink card was a contactless smart card used for fare payment on public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area before being succeeded by the Clipper card.
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D.
Opal card
The Opal card is a reusable, contactless smartcard used to pay for public transport across much of New South Wales, Australia.
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E.
ORCA card
The ORCA card is a reusable, contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
- 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: Metro TAP card Target entity description: The Metro TAP card is a reusable, reloadable smart fare card used for contactless payment across the Los Angeles County public transit system.
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A.
SmarTrip
SmarTrip is a rechargeable contactless smart card used to pay fares on the Washington, D.C. region’s public transit systems.
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B.
MetroCard
MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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C.
TransLink card
The TransLink card was a contactless smart card used for fare payment on public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area before being succeeded by the Clipper card.
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D.
Opal card
The Opal card is a reusable, contactless smartcard used to pay for public transport across much of New South Wales, Australia.
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E.
ORCA card
The ORCA card is a reusable, contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contactless smart card
ⓘ
fare card ⓘ stored-value card ⓘ |
| acceptedOn |
Metro A Line (Blue)
ⓘ
linked to:
METRO Blue Line
Metro B Line (Red) ⓘ
linked to:
METRO B Line
Metro C Line (Green) ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles Metro Green Line
Metro D Line (Purple) ⓘ
linked to:
Metro D Line
Metro E Line (Expo) ⓘ
linked to:
Metro E Line
Metro J Line (Silver) ⓘ
linked to:
Metro J Line
Metro K Line ⓘ most municipal bus operators in Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
LA Metro Bus
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro Bus
LA Metro Rail ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles Metro Rail
Los Angeles County public transit system ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles County transportation network
participating municipal bus operators in Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| cardType | contactless smartcard ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem |
TAP (Transit Access Pass)
ⓘ
linked to:
Transit Access Pass
|
| hasFeature |
autoload for passes or stored value
ⓘ
balance protection when registered ⓘ online reloading ⓘ reduced-fare eligibility encoding ⓘ supports multiple fare products on one card ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
reduced-fare TAP card
ⓘ
regular TAP card ⓘ senior TAP card ⓘ student TAP card ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
prepaid balance
ⓘ
prepaid passes ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater Los Angeles area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Los Angeles Area
|
| reloadability | reloadable ⓘ |
| replaces |
magnetic stripe fare media in Los Angeles County
ⓘ
paper transit passes in Los Angeles County ⓘ |
| reusability | reusable ⓘ |
| shortName | TAP card ⓘ |
| supports |
inter-agency transfers
ⓘ
stored value ⓘ time-based passes ⓘ zone-based passes ⓘ |
| technology |
RFID
ⓘ
contactless smart card technology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
contactless payment
ⓘ
fare validation ⓘ paying transit fares ⓘ |
| validationMethod | tapping on card readers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.taptogo.net ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Metro TAP card Description of subject: The Metro TAP card is a reusable, reloadable smart fare card used for contactless payment across the Los Angeles County public transit system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Metro TAP card