Opal network
E442345
The Opal network is an integrated electronic ticketing system used across public transport services in New South Wales, Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opal network canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4466159 — 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: Opal network Context triple: [Newcastle Light Rail, partOf, Opal network]
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A.
OPAL
OPAL was one of the major particle physics experiments at CERN’s Large Electron–Positron Collider, designed to study electron-positron collisions and probe the Standard Model.
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B.
Aurora Network
Aurora Network is a European university alliance focused on collaboration in research, education, and innovation among its member institutions.
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C.
Emerald Network
The Emerald Network is a pan-European ecological network of protected areas aimed at conserving habitats and species of special importance under the Bern Convention.
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D.
Gulmakai Network
The Gulmakai Network is a Malala Fund initiative that supports and connects local education advocates and organizations working to advance girls’ secondary education in regions where it is most at risk.
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E.
Meta River
The Meta River is a major waterway in Colombia and Venezuela that drains the eastern Andes and Llanos plains before joining the Orinoco River.
- 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: Opal network Target entity description: The Opal network is an integrated electronic ticketing system used across public transport services in New South Wales, Australia.
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A.
OPAL
OPAL was one of the major particle physics experiments at CERN’s Large Electron–Positron Collider, designed to study electron-positron collisions and probe the Standard Model.
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B.
Aurora Network
Aurora Network is a European university alliance focused on collaboration in research, education, and innovation among its member institutions.
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C.
Emerald Network
The Emerald Network is a pan-European ecological network of protected areas aimed at conserving habitats and species of special importance under the Bern Convention.
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D.
Gulmakai Network
The Gulmakai Network is a Malala Fund initiative that supports and connects local education advocates and organizations working to advance girls’ secondary education in regions where it is most at risk.
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E.
Meta River
The Meta River is a major waterway in Colombia and Venezuela that drains the eastern Andes and Llanos plains before joining the Orinoco River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic ticketing system
ⓘ
public transport smartcard system ⓘ |
| beganTrial | 2012 ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Transport for NSW ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| fareStructure |
distance-based fares
ⓘ
time-of-day pricing ⓘ |
| feature |
Sunday travel cap
ⓘ
automatic top-up ⓘ daily fare caps ⓘ online account management ⓘ tap on and tap off validation ⓘ weekly fare caps ⓘ |
| fullRolloutCompleted | 2014 ⓘ |
| hasCardType |
Adult Opal card
ⓘ
Child/Youth Opal card ⓘ
linked to:
Opal card
Concession Opal card ⓘ Employee Opal card ⓘ School Opal card ⓘ Senior/Pensioner Opal card ⓘ |
| introduced | 2012 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | opal gemstone ⓘ |
| operatingArea |
Greater Sydney
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Sydney region
New South Wales ⓘ |
| operator | Transport for NSW ⓘ |
| publicLaunch | 2013 ⓘ |
| purpose | integrated ticketing across transport modes ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Blue Mountains
ⓘ
Central Coast ⓘ Newcastle ⓘ Sydney metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Sydney region
|
| replaced |
MyMulti tickets
ⓘ
MyZone paper tickets ⓘ Pensioner Excursion Ticket ⓘ TravelTen tickets ⓘ |
| supportsPaymentMethod |
Opal card
ⓘ
contactless credit card ⓘ contactless debit card ⓘ linked mobile wallet ⓘ |
| technology |
contactless smartcard
ⓘ
near-field communication ⓘ |
| ticketMedium |
contactless EMV card
ⓘ
contactless smartcard ⓘ mobile device ⓘ |
| usedOn |
buses in New South Wales
ⓘ
ferries in New South Wales ⓘ light rail in New South Wales ⓘ public transport services ⓘ trains in New South Wales ⓘ |
| website | https://www.opal.com.au/ ⓘ |
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: Opal network Description of subject: The Opal network is an integrated electronic ticketing system used across public transport services in New South Wales, Australia.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.