flat fare (Washington Metro)
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The flat fare in the Washington Metro is a simplified pricing system where riders pay a uniform fare regardless of travel distance or zones.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CTA flat fare zone | 1 |
| flat fare (Washington Metro) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4571890 — 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: flat fare (Washington Metro) Context triple: [Dunn Loring–Merrifield station, fareZoneSystem, flat fare (Washington Metro)]
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A.
MetroAccess
MetroAccess is a paratransit service providing door-to-door transportation for people with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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B.
MBTA CharlieTicket
MBTA CharlieTicket is a reusable paper fare card used for paying subway, bus, and commuter rail fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system.
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C.
MetroRide
MetroRide is a free downtown Denver circulator bus service providing frequent, short-distance connections within the city center.
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D.
Metro Express
Metro Express is a faster, limited-stop service operated as part of the broader Metro Bus public transportation system.
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E.
MARTA Breeze fare system
The MARTA Breeze fare system is the electronic ticketing and payment platform used by Atlanta’s public transit network, enabling riders to pay fares via smart cards and mobile devices.
- 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: flat fare (Washington Metro) Target entity description: The flat fare in the Washington Metro is a simplified pricing system where riders pay a uniform fare regardless of travel distance or zones.
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A.
MetroAccess
MetroAccess is a paratransit service providing door-to-door transportation for people with disabilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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B.
MBTA CharlieTicket
MBTA CharlieTicket is a reusable paper fare card used for paying subway, bus, and commuter rail fares on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system.
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C.
MetroRide
MetroRide is a free downtown Denver circulator bus service providing frequent, short-distance connections within the city center.
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D.
Metro Express
Metro Express is a faster, limited-stop service operated as part of the broader Metro Bus public transportation system.
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E.
MARTA Breeze fare system
The MARTA Breeze fare system is the electronic ticketing and payment platform used by Atlanta’s public transit network, enabling riders to pay fares via smart cards and mobile devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare policy
ⓘ
public transit pricing scheme ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
WMATA
ⓘ
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Metrorail system
ⓘ
Washington Metro ⓘ |
| appliesToRiderType | regular adult riders ⓘ |
| canBeCombinedWith | time-based passes ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
distance-based fares (Washington Metro)
ⓘ
zone-based fares ⓘ |
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| dependsOn | time of day ⓘ |
| doesNotDependOn |
number of zones crossed
ⓘ
origin-destination pair ⓘ travel distance ⓘ |
| fareCategory | base rail fare ⓘ |
| fareCollectionSystem | automated faregates ⓘ |
| fareIntegrationContext | WMATA regional fare policies ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
SmarTrip card
ⓘ
paper farecard ⓘ |
| fareStructureType |
distance-insensitive
ⓘ
zone-insensitive ⓘ |
| geographicScope | Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| goal |
improve fare system legibility
ⓘ
reduce passenger confusion about fares ⓘ simplify fare calculation for riders ⓘ speed up fare payment at gates ⓘ |
| influencedBy | public transit fare simplification practices ⓘ |
| isDesignedFor |
ease of understanding by occasional riders
ⓘ
predictable trip costs ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | flat fare system ⓘ |
| mayHaveVariantFor | reduced-fare riders ⓘ |
| mode |
heavy rail transit
ⓘ
rapid transit ⓘ |
| policyDomain |
public transportation
ⓘ
urban mobility ⓘ |
| pricingRule | uniform fare per trip ⓘ |
| stakeholder |
WMATA Board of Directors
ⓘ
Washington Metro riders ⓘ |
| tradeOff |
potential cross-subsidy between short and long trips
ⓘ
reduced price differentiation by distance ⓘ |
| usedFor | single-ride trips ⓘ |
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: flat fare (Washington Metro) Description of subject: The flat fare in the Washington Metro is a simplified pricing system where riders pay a uniform fare regardless of travel distance or zones.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: flat fare (Washington Metro)