Van Ness station
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Van Ness station is a San Francisco Muni Metro underground transit station located along Market Street, serving multiple light rail lines and connecting riders to the Civic Center and surrounding downtown areas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Van Ness station canonical | 2 |
| Van Ness Muni Metro station (nearby) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5736190 — 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: Van Ness station Context triple: [Muni Metro N Judah line, hasStop, Van Ness station]
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A.
Montgomery Street station
Montgomery Street station is a major Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Muni Metro subway station serving downtown San Francisco’s Financial District.
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B.
Heath Street station
Heath Street station is the southern terminus of the MBTA Green Line E branch, serving Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood with light rail service.
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C.
City Hall Station
City Hall Station is a major subway station in central Seoul that serves as an important transit point near key government and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Wilshire/Normandie station
Wilshire/Normandie station is an underground Los Angeles Metro Rail station on the D Line serving the Koreatown and Wilshire Center neighborhoods.
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E.
Yerba Buena/Moscone station
Yerba Buena/Moscone station is an underground San Francisco Muni Metro stop serving the SoMa area and the nearby Moscone Center convention complex.
- 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: Van Ness station Target entity description: Van Ness station is a San Francisco Muni Metro underground transit station located along Market Street, serving multiple light rail lines and connecting riders to the Civic Center and surrounding downtown areas.
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A.
Montgomery Street station
Montgomery Street station is a major Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Muni Metro subway station serving downtown San Francisco’s Financial District.
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B.
Heath Street station
Heath Street station is the southern terminus of the MBTA Green Line E branch, serving Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood with light rail service.
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C.
City Hall Station
City Hall Station is a major subway station in central Seoul that serves as an important transit point near key government and cultural landmarks.
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D.
Wilshire/Normandie station
Wilshire/Normandie station is an underground Los Angeles Metro Rail station on the D Line serving the Koreatown and Wilshire Center neighborhoods.
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E.
Yerba Buena/Moscone station
Yerba Buena/Moscone station is an underground San Francisco Muni Metro stop serving the SoMa area and the nearby Moscone Center convention complex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muni Metro station
ⓘ
rapid transit station ⓘ underground station ⓘ |
| access |
elevators
ⓘ
escalators ⓘ stairs ⓘ |
| adjacentStation |
Church Street station
NERFINISHED
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Civic Center/UN Plaza station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates | 37.775°N 122.419°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem | Muni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConnection |
Muni bus
ⓘ
Muni trolleybus NERFINISHED ⓘ surface light rail stops ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fare gates
ⓘ
mezzanine level ⓘ ticket vending machines ⓘ underground concourse ⓘ |
| isPartOfNetwork | San Francisco Muni Metro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lineServed |
J Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
K Ingleside NERFINISHED ⓘ L Taraval NERFINISHED ⓘ M Ocean View NERFINISHED ⓘ N Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ T Third Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
San Francisco ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn | Market Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Van Ness Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Muni Metro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Muni Metro Market Street subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType | island platform ⓘ |
| publicTransitSystem | San Francisco Municipal Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesArea |
Civic Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
downtown San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | subway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Van Ness station Description of subject: Van Ness station is a San Francisco Muni Metro underground transit station located along Market Street, serving multiple light rail lines and connecting riders to the Civic Center and surrounding downtown areas.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Van Ness station