TIMS card
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A TIMS card is a trekking permit required by Nepalese authorities to regulate and ensure the safety of hikers on popular routes such as the Annapurna Circuit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TIMS card canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8159216 — 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: TIMS card Context triple: [Annapurna Circuit, requires, TIMS card]
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A.
OPUS card
The OPUS card is a reusable, contactless smart card used for public transit fare payment across the greater Montreal area and other regions in Quebec.
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B.
Metcard
Metcard was Melbourne’s former magnetic stripe ticketing system used for public transport before the introduction of the Myki smartcard.
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C.
TAP card
The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.
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D.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Xtime
Xtime is a Cox Automotive company that provides software solutions to help automotive dealerships manage service scheduling, customer communications, and retention.
- 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: TIMS card Target entity description: A TIMS card is a trekking permit required by Nepalese authorities to regulate and ensure the safety of hikers on popular routes such as the Annapurna Circuit.
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A.
OPUS card
The OPUS card is a reusable, contactless smart card used for public transit fare payment across the greater Montreal area and other regions in Quebec.
-
B.
Metcard
Metcard was Melbourne’s former magnetic stripe ticketing system used for public transport before the introduction of the Myki smartcard.
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C.
TAP card
The TAP card is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares across public transit systems in the Los Angeles County region.
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D.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Xtime
Xtime is a Cox Automotive company that provides software solutions to help automotive dealerships manage service scheduling, customer communications, and retention.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hiking permit
ⓘ
trekking permit ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Nepalese authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Home Affairs of Nepal
|
| appliesTo |
Nepali trekkers
ⓘ
foreign trekkers ⓘ |
| category |
tourism regulation
ⓘ
travel document ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| dataCollected |
emergency contact information
ⓘ
trekker identity details ⓘ trekking dates ⓘ trekking route information ⓘ |
| exemptions | certain restricted areas with special permits ⓘ |
| feePaidIn | Nepalese rupees ⓘ |
| hasType |
group TIMS card
ⓘ
individual TIMS card ⓘ |
| introducedFor |
better record-keeping of trekkers
ⓘ
improving trekker safety ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
Nepal Tourism Board
ⓘ
Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ |
| purpose |
assist in search and rescue operations
ⓘ
collect trekker information ⓘ ensure safety of trekkers ⓘ manage trekking traffic ⓘ regulate trekking activities ⓘ support sustainable tourism ⓘ |
| regulatesActivity |
hiking
ⓘ
trekking ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
conservation area permits
ⓘ
national park entry permits ⓘ trekking agency licenses ⓘ |
| requiredFor |
Annapurna Circuit
ⓘ
Everest Base Camp trek ⓘ Langtang trek ⓘ
linked to:
Langtang Valley Trek
Manaslu region treks ⓘ
linked to:
Manaslu region
popular trekking routes in Nepal ⓘ |
| requiredFrom | trekkers without climbing permits ⓘ |
| requires |
passport details
ⓘ
passport-sized photographs ⓘ trek itinerary ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
independent trekkers
ⓘ
trekkers using registered trekking agencies ⓘ |
| usedIn | Himalayan trekking regions ⓘ |
| validIn | designated trekking regions of Nepal ⓘ |
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: TIMS card Description of subject: A TIMS card is a trekking permit required by Nepalese authorities to regulate and ensure the safety of hikers on popular routes such as the Annapurna Circuit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.