Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District
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The Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District is the policy-making and oversight body that directs and supervises the operations, budget, and strategic planning of SamTrans public transportation services in San Mateo County, California.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District canonical | 1 |
| San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T369977 — 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: Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District Context triple: [SamTrans, governingBody, Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District]
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A.
Metro Board of Directors
The Metro Board of Directors is the policy-making body that oversees planning, funding, and operation of Los Angeles County’s public transportation system.
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B.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the city and county’s elected legislative body, responsible for passing local laws, approving budgets, and overseeing municipal agencies.
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C.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, light rail, and related transportation services throughout Santa Clara County in California’s Silicon Valley.
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D.
TriMet Board of Directors
The TriMet Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs the operations and strategic decisions of the Portland-area public transit agency TriMet.
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E.
San Francisco Muni
San Francisco Muni is the primary public transportation system in San Francisco, operating the city’s network of buses, light rail, historic streetcars, and cable cars.
- 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: Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District Target entity description: The Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District is the policy-making and oversight body that directs and supervises the operations, budget, and strategic planning of SamTrans public transportation services in San Mateo County, California.
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A.
Metro Board of Directors
The Metro Board of Directors is the policy-making body that oversees planning, funding, and operation of Los Angeles County’s public transportation system.
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B.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the city and county’s elected legislative body, responsible for passing local laws, approving budgets, and overseeing municipal agencies.
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C.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, light rail, and related transportation services throughout Santa Clara County in California’s Silicon Valley.
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D.
TriMet Board of Directors
The TriMet Board of Directors is the policy-making and oversight body that directs the operations and strategic decisions of the Portland-area public transit agency TriMet.
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E.
San Francisco Muni
San Francisco Muni is the primary public transportation system in San Francisco, operating the city’s network of buses, light rail, historic streetcars, and cable cars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
board of directors
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governing body ⓘ public transit governing board ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | San Mateo County, California ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governs | San Mateo County Transit District ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
SamTrans fares
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SamTrans routes ⓘ SamTrans service levels ⓘ San Mateo County Transit District annual budget ⓘ |
| hasParentOrganization | San Mateo County Transit District ⓘ |
| hasRole |
budget authority
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oversight body ⓘ policy-making body ⓘ strategic planning authority ⓘ |
| hasScope | county-level transit policy ⓘ |
| industry | public transit governance ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | San Mateo County Transit District ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | public agency board ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
San Mateo County, California
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State of California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| mandate | to direct and supervise SamTrans public transportation services in San Mateo County, California ⓘ |
| meetsIn | San Mateo County, California ⓘ |
| namedAfter | San Mateo County Transit District ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
mass transit
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paratransit ⓘ |
| oversees |
SamTrans bus services
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SamTrans paratransit services ⓘ SamTrans public transportation operations ⓘ San Mateo County Transit District budget ⓘ San Mateo County Transit District policies ⓘ San Mateo County Transit District strategic plans ⓘ |
| partOf | San Mateo County Transit District ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
adoption of SamTrans capital budget
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adoption of SamTrans operating budget ⓘ approval of SamTrans long-range plans ⓘ approval of major SamTrans contracts ⓘ oversight of SamTrans financial performance ⓘ oversight of SamTrans safety policies ⓘ oversight of SamTrans service performance ⓘ setting SamTrans service policies ⓘ |
| sector | public transportation ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
SamTrans service area
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San Mateo County, California ⓘ |
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: Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District Description of subject: The Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District is the policy-making and oversight body that directs and supervises the operations, budget, and strategic planning of SamTrans public transportation services in San Mateo County, California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
San Mateo County transportation system
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governingBody
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San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors
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linked to: Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District