VBB fare system
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The VBB fare system is the integrated public transport tariff network covering Berlin and the surrounding Brandenburg region, allowing seamless travel across multiple transport operators and zones with unified tickets.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VBB tariff | 6 |
| VBB tariff system | 2 |
| VBB fare system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6230997 — 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: VBB fare system Context triple: [Berlin ABC, partOf, VBB fare system]
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A.
MARC fare system
The MARC fare system is the ticketing and pricing structure used by Maryland's MARC commuter rail service for travel across its network.
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B.
SL fare system
The SL fare system is Stockholm’s integrated public transport ticketing scheme that allows passengers to use a unified range of tickets and travel cards across buses, metro, commuter trains, and other regional services.
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C.
VBZ tram system
The VBZ tram system is the extensive urban tram network operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich that serves the city of Zurich and its surrounding areas.
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D.
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection)
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection) is an automated system used in public transportation networks to manage fare payment, ticketing, and access control through contactless cards, smart tokens, and electronic validation equipment.
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E.
MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
- 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: VBB fare system Target entity description: The VBB fare system is the integrated public transport tariff network covering Berlin and the surrounding Brandenburg region, allowing seamless travel across multiple transport operators and zones with unified tickets.
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A.
MARC fare system
The MARC fare system is the ticketing and pricing structure used by Maryland's MARC commuter rail service for travel across its network.
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B.
SL fare system
The SL fare system is Stockholm’s integrated public transport ticketing scheme that allows passengers to use a unified range of tickets and travel cards across buses, metro, commuter trains, and other regional services.
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C.
VBZ tram system
The VBZ tram system is the extensive urban tram network operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich that serves the city of Zurich and its surrounding areas.
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D.
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection)
AFC (Automatic Fare Collection) is an automated system used in public transportation networks to manage fare payment, ticketing, and access control through contactless cards, smart tokens, and electronic validation equipment.
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E.
MTA New York City Subway fare system
The MTA New York City Subway fare system is the payment and ticketing framework that governs how riders pay to use New York City’s subway network, including methods like MetroCard and OMNY.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
integrated tariff network
ⓘ
public transport fare system ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH
ⓘ
linked to:
Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg
|
| appliesToRegion |
Berlin
ⓘ
Brandenburg ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| currency | euro ⓘ |
| goal | unified tariff for Berlin-Brandenburg public transport ⓘ |
| hasConcessionaryFaresFor |
children
ⓘ
senior citizens ⓘ students ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
seamless travel across operators
ⓘ
time-based validity ⓘ transfer within validity period ⓘ zone-based pricing ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
electronic ticket
ⓘ
mobile ticket ⓘ paper ticket ⓘ smart card ⓘ |
| hasTariffZone |
Berlin A
ⓘ
linked to:
Berlin AB
Berlin B ⓘ Berlin C ⓘ |
| hasTariffZones |
Berlin ABC
ⓘ
Brandenburg tariff zones ⓘ |
| hasTicketIntegration |
S-Bahn Berlin
ⓘ
linked to:
Berlin S-Bahn
U-Bahn Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Berlin U-Bahn
buses ⓘ multiple transport operators ⓘ regional rail ⓘ selected ferries ⓘ trams ⓘ urban rail ⓘ |
| hasTicketType |
annual ticket
ⓘ
apprentice ticket ⓘ day ticket ⓘ extension ticket ⓘ job ticket ⓘ monthly ticket ⓘ semester ticket ⓘ senior ticket ⓘ short-trip ticket ⓘ single ticket ⓘ student ticket ⓘ tourist ticket ⓘ weekly ticket ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialInformation | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg ⓘ |
| supports |
cross-border commuting within Berlin-Brandenburg
ⓘ
intermodal travel ⓘ |
| website | https://www.vbb.de ⓘ |
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: VBB fare system Description of subject: The VBB fare system is the integrated public transport tariff network covering Berlin and the surrounding Brandenburg region, allowing seamless travel across multiple transport operators and zones with unified tickets.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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