QLine streetcar
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The QLine streetcar is a modern streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, providing fixed-rail public transit along the Woodward Avenue corridor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| QLine streetcar canonical | 4 |
| QLine | 1 |
| QLine streetcar (via downtown area proximity) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4313111 — 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: QLine streetcar Context triple: [Midtown Detroit, transportationServedBy, QLine streetcar]
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A.
Media Line Road
Media Line Road is a notable roadway in southeastern Pennsylvania that serves as a boundary and connector between communities in and around Delaware County.
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B.
City Line
City Line is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn, New York City, located near the borough’s border with Queens.
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C.
S Line
The S Line is a modern streetcar route in the Salt Lake City area that provides local transit service and links neighborhoods to the broader TRAX light rail network.
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D.
DART streetcar
The DART streetcar is a modern urban rail transit service in Dallas, Texas, providing short-distance connections through the downtown and nearby districts as part of the city’s public transportation system.
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E.
Queens Quay streetcar line
The Queens Quay streetcar line is a Toronto streetcar route that runs along the city’s central waterfront, serving key destinations and attractions on Queens Quay.
- 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: QLine streetcar Target entity description: The QLine streetcar is a modern streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, providing fixed-rail public transit along the Woodward Avenue corridor.
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A.
Media Line Road
Media Line Road is a notable roadway in southeastern Pennsylvania that serves as a boundary and connector between communities in and around Delaware County.
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B.
City Line
City Line is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn, New York City, located near the borough’s border with Queens.
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C.
S Line
The S Line is a modern streetcar route in the Salt Lake City area that provides local transit service and links neighborhoods to the broader TRAX light rail network.
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D.
DART streetcar
The DART streetcar is a modern urban rail transit service in Dallas, Texas, providing short-distance connections through the downtown and nearby districts as part of the city’s public transportation system.
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E.
Queens Quay streetcar line
The Queens Quay streetcar line is a Toronto streetcar route that runs along the city’s central waterfront, serving key destinations and attractions on Queens Quay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light rail transit
ⓘ
public transit system ⓘ streetcar line ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
DDOT bus system
ⓘ
Detroit People Mover ⓘ SMART bus system ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2014-07-28 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fareSystem | proof-of-payment ⓘ |
| formerName | M-1 Rail line ⓘ |
| fundingModel | public–private partnership ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasColor |
green
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
accessible vehicles
ⓘ
bike racks on vehicles ⓘ low-floor streetcars ⓘ real-time arrival information ⓘ |
| hasRollingStock | Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcar ⓘ |
| hasRouteType | single line ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://qlinedetroit.com/ ⓘ |
| lineLength |
3.3 miles
ⓘ
5.3 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Detroit, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
|
| locatedOn | Woodward Avenue ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | rail ⓘ |
| numberOfStations | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfVehicles | 6 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2017-05-12 ⓘ |
| operator | M-1 RAIL ⓘ |
| owner | M-1 RAIL ⓘ |
| partOf | public transportation in Detroit ⓘ |
| powerSupply | overhead catenary ⓘ |
| primaryCorridor | Woodward Avenue ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
improve mobility in central Detroit
ⓘ
revitalization of Woodward Avenue corridor ⓘ |
| regionServed | Wayne County, Michigan ⓘ |
| runsAlong | Woodward Avenue corridor ⓘ |
| serves |
Downtown Detroit
ⓘ
Midtown Detroit ⓘ New Center ⓘ |
| servesFunction | urban transit ⓘ |
| terminus |
Congress Street
ⓘ
Grand Boulevard ⓘ |
| trackType | fixed rail ⓘ |
| transitType | modern streetcar ⓘ |
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: QLine streetcar Description of subject: The QLine streetcar is a modern streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, providing fixed-rail public transit along the Woodward Avenue corridor.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.