MTD
E72153
MTD is the public bus transit agency serving the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in Illinois.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MTD canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T580155 — 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: MTD Context triple: [Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District, shortName, MTD]
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A.
MDT
MDT is the stock ticker symbol for Medtronic, a leading global medical technology company specializing in devices and therapies for chronic diseases.
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B.
.mt
.mt is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Malta for use on the internet.
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C.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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D.
MTO
MTO is an abbreviation for the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the World War II combat zone encompassing Allied and Axis military campaigns around the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
MET
MET is the standard abbreviation used for the National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division.
- 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: MTD Target entity description: MTD is the public bus transit agency serving the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in Illinois.
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A.
MDT
MDT is the stock ticker symbol for Medtronic, a leading global medical technology company specializing in devices and therapies for chronic diseases.
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B.
.mt
.mt is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Malta for use on the internet.
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C.
MDA
MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) is IBM's original text-only video display standard for early IBM PCs, providing high-resolution monochrome output without graphics capabilities.
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D.
MTO
MTO is an abbreviation for the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the World War II combat zone encompassing Allied and Axis military campaigns around the Mediterranean Sea.
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E.
MET
MET is the standard abbreviation used for the National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus transit agency
ⓘ
mass transportation system ⓘ public transit agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| environmentalInitiative | use of low-emission buses ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
cash
ⓘ
passes ⓘ university ID card validation ⓘ |
| farePolicyIncludes | unlimited-ride passes for University of Illinois students ⓘ |
| fundingType | tax-supported transit district ⓘ |
| governingBodyType | mass transit district board ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp | MTD mobile trip planning app ⓘ |
| hasOperatorType | public ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://mtd.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Champaign, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign, Illinois, United States
|
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| offers |
online trip planning
ⓘ
real-time bus tracking ⓘ |
| officialName | Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District ⓘ |
| operatesInMetropolitanArea |
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
|
| primaryServiceArea | Champaign County, Illinois ⓘ |
| providesAccessibility | wheelchair-accessible buses ⓘ |
| providesServiceFor |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
|
| region | Central Illinois ⓘ |
| safetyFocus |
operator training programs
ⓘ
vehicle maintenance programs ⓘ |
| serves |
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
|
| servesCity |
Champaign, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Savoy, Illinois ⓘ Urbana, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Urbana, Illinois, United States
|
| serviceCategory |
campus shuttle service
ⓘ
local bus service ⓘ regional connector service ⓘ |
| serviceDays |
weekday service
ⓘ
weekend service ⓘ |
| serviceSpan |
daytime service
ⓘ
evening service ⓘ |
| serviceType |
fixed-route bus service
ⓘ
paratransit service ⓘ |
| shortName | MTD ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
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: MTD Description of subject: MTD is the public bus transit agency serving the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in Illinois.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.