Compass Card
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Compass Card is a reloadable smart card used as the primary electronic fare payment system for public transit in Metro Vancouver, Canada.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Compass Card canonical | 53 |
| Compass Card system | 5 |
| Compass Ticket | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8302853 — 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: Compass Card Context triple: [SkyTrain Expo Line, fareSystem, Compass Card]
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A.
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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B.
Breeze Card
The Breeze Card is a reusable smart fare card used for paying transit fares across the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system in Atlanta, Georgia.
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C.
Clipper card
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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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.
Pronto card
The Pronto card is a reloadable smart fare card used for paying public transit fares across the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and related services.
- 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: Compass Card Target entity description: Compass Card is a reloadable smart card used as the primary electronic fare payment system for public transit in Metro Vancouver, Canada.
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A.
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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B.
Breeze Card
The Breeze Card is a reusable smart fare card used for paying transit fares across the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system in Atlanta, Georgia.
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C.
Clipper card
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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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.
Pronto card
The Pronto card is a reloadable smart fare card used for paying public transit fares across the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and related services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transit fare card
ⓘ
smart card ⓘ |
| allows |
stored value pay-as-you-go fares
ⓘ
time-limited transfer between services ⓘ |
| brandOf |
TransLink fare collection system
ⓘ
linked to:
Translink integrated ticketing
|
| cardType |
adult card
ⓘ
compass ticket (disposable smart ticket) ⓘ concession card ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| currency | Canadian dollar ⓘ |
| dataCollected |
tap-in time and location
ⓘ
tap-out time and location ⓘ |
| fareMediumFor | TransLink fare products ⓘ |
| fareStructure | zone-based fares ⓘ |
| feature |
concession fares support
ⓘ
day passes ⓘ monthly passes ⓘ reloadable stored value ⓘ tap in and tap out validation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Compass Reader
ⓘ
Compass Vending Machine ⓘ
linked to:
Compass Vending Machines
|
| introducedBy | TransLink ⓘ |
| operator | TransLink ⓘ |
| owner | TransLink ⓘ |
| paymentType | electronic fare payment system ⓘ |
| regionServed | Greater Vancouver Regional District ⓘ |
| reloadMethod |
Compass Vending Machines
ⓘ
online ⓘ phone customer service ⓘ retail locations ⓘ |
| replaces |
FareSaver tickets in Metro Vancouver
ⓘ
paper monthly passes in Metro Vancouver ⓘ |
| sector | public transportation ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Clipper card
ⓘ
Oyster card ⓘ Presto card ⓘ |
| supports |
autoload feature for automatic top-ups
ⓘ
balance protection on registered cards ⓘ online account management ⓘ |
| technology | contactless smart card ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commuters in Metro Vancouver
ⓘ
tourists in Metro Vancouver ⓘ |
| usedFor | public transit fare payment ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Metro Vancouver
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro Vancouver, Canada
|
| usedOn |
HandyDART (limited or associated use)
ⓘ
linked to:
HandyDART
SeaBus ⓘ
linked to:
SeaBus ferry
SkyTrain ⓘ West Coast Express ⓘ buses in Metro Vancouver ⓘ |
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: Compass Card Description of subject: Compass Card is a reloadable smart card used as the primary electronic fare payment system for public transit in Metro Vancouver, Canada.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Compass Card
subject linked to:
Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station
linked to: Compass Card
subject linked to:
Patterson SkyTrain station
subject linked to:
Royal Oak SkyTrain station
linked to: Compass Card
linked to: Compass Card
subject linked to:
Stadium
linked to: Compass Card
linked to: Compass Card