Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, rail, and paratransit services throughout the Austin, Texas region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5452383 — 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: Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Context triple: [Greater Austin metropolitan area, transportationSystem, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority]
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A.
Metropolitan Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Transit Authority was a former public agency that operated and managed mass transit services in the Boston metropolitan area before being succeeded by the MBTA.
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B.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and overseeing much of the mass transit and commuter rail systems in the New York City metropolitan area.
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C.
Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system
The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system is the public transportation network for the St. Louis region, operating MetroLink light rail, MetroBus services, and paratransit across Missouri and Illinois communities.
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D.
Triangle Transit Authority
Triangle Transit Authority was the former name of GoTriangle, the regional public transit agency serving North Carolina’s Research Triangle area.
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E.
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation subway network
The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation subway network was a major early 20th-century rapid transit system in New York City that operated extensive lines in Brooklyn and Manhattan before being incorporated into today’s NYC Subway.
- 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: Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Target entity description: Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, rail, and paratransit services throughout the Austin, Texas region.
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A.
Metropolitan Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Transit Authority was a former public agency that operated and managed mass transit services in the Boston metropolitan area before being succeeded by the MBTA.
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B.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and overseeing much of the mass transit and commuter rail systems in the New York City metropolitan area.
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C.
Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system
The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro) transit system is the public transportation network for the St. Louis region, operating MetroLink light rail, MetroBus services, and paratransit across Missouri and Illinois communities.
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D.
Triangle Transit Authority
Triangle Transit Authority was the former name of GoTriangle, the regional public transit agency serving North Carolina’s Research Triangle area.
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E.
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation subway network
The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation subway network was a major early 20th-century rapid transit system in New York City that operated extensive lines in Brooklyn and Manhattan before being incorporated into today’s NYC Subway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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public transit agency ⓘ transportation authority ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem |
electronic fare cards
ⓘ
mobile ticketing ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Texas state legislation ⓘ |
| governingBody | Board of Directors of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.capmetro.org ⓘ |
| hasParentGovernment |
State of Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas
|
| hasServiceType |
demand-responsive transit
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fixed-route transit ⓘ paratransit ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
|
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
City of Austin
ⓘ
surrounding Austin suburbs ⓘ |
| legalName | Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Travis County, Texas
ⓘ
Williamson County, Texas ⓘ
linked to:
Williamson County
|
| modeOfTransport |
bus
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paratransit vehicles ⓘ rail ⓘ |
| operates |
MetroAccess
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MetroRail Red Line ⓘ MetroRapid ⓘ Pickup microtransit service ⓘ bus rapid transit service ⓘ bus service ⓘ commuter rail service ⓘ express bus service ⓘ local bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ |
| providesService |
accessible transportation for people with disabilities
ⓘ
commuter transportation ⓘ regional transit connections ⓘ |
| region |
Central Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
central Texas
|
| servesCity |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
|
| servesRegion | Austin metropolitan area ⓘ |
| serviceAreaIncludes |
Cedar Park, Texas
ⓘ
Leander, Texas ⓘ other communities in the Austin region ⓘ |
| shortName | CapMetro ⓘ |
| usesBrand | CapMetro ⓘ |
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: Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Description of subject: Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, rail, and paratransit services throughout the Austin, Texas region.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Greater Austin metropolitan area
→
transportationSystem
→
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Austin Convention Center MetroRail station
→
ownedBy
→
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Austin Convention Center MetroRail station
→
operator
→
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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legalName
→
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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