IC RE Series
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The IC RE Series is a line of rear-engine school and commercial buses produced by IC Bus, known for their durability and high passenger capacity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IC RE Series canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8902446 — 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: IC RE Series Context triple: [IC Bus, hasModel, IC RE Series]
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A.
IC
IC is a common abbreviation for Iowa City, a university-centered community best known as the home of the University of Iowa and its renowned Writers' Workshop.
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B.
IC
IC is a category of long-distance passenger trains in Poland, operated by PKP Intercity and offering intercity connections between major cities.
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C.
IC
IC was the stock ticker symbol used by the historic Illinois Central Railroad, a major U.S. railroad that played a key role in Midwestern and Southern rail transport.
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D.
IC
IC is the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, renowned for its research and education in computer science, communications, and information technology.
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E.
IC19
IC19 is a major Portuguese roadway linking Lisbon to the Sintra area and serving as one of the country’s busiest commuter routes.
- 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: IC RE Series Target entity description: The IC RE Series is a line of rear-engine school and commercial buses produced by IC Bus, known for their durability and high passenger capacity.
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A.
IC
IC is a common abbreviation for Iowa City, a university-centered community best known as the home of the University of Iowa and its renowned Writers' Workshop.
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B.
IC
IC is a category of long-distance passenger trains in Poland, operated by PKP Intercity and offering intercity connections between major cities.
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C.
IC
IC was the stock ticker symbol used by the historic Illinois Central Railroad, a major U.S. railroad that played a key role in Midwestern and Southern rail transport.
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D.
IC
IC is the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL, renowned for its research and education in computer science, communications, and information technology.
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E.
IC19
IC19 is a major Portuguese roadway linking Lisbon to the Sintra area and serving as one of the country’s busiest commuter routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus model line
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commercial bus ⓘ rear-engine school bus ⓘ |
| bodyStyle | single-deck bus ⓘ |
| brand | IC Bus ⓘ |
| category |
commercial bus
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school bus ⓘ |
| chassisType | integral bus chassis ⓘ |
| competitor |
Blue Bird All American RE
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Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Built Buses
|
| designedFor |
high-capacity routes
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large school districts ⓘ long service life ⓘ |
| doorConfiguration | front entry door ⓘ |
| doorLocation | right-hand side ⓘ |
| engineLocation | rear overhang ⓘ |
| enginePosition | rear-engine ⓘ |
| feature |
heavy-duty construction
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high passenger volume capability ⓘ rear-mounted powertrain ⓘ |
| floorType | high-floor ⓘ |
| fuelType | diesel ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
commercial shuttle configuration
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school bus configuration ⓘ |
| knownFor |
durability
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high passenger capacity ⓘ |
| manufacturer | IC Bus ⓘ |
| market | North America ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Navistar International
ⓘ
linked to:
Navistar International Corporation
|
| primaryUse | school transportation ⓘ |
| producedBy | IC Bus ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | high-capacity configuration ⓘ |
| secondaryUse | commercial passenger transport ⓘ |
| segment | Type D rear-engine school buses ⓘ |
| targetCustomers |
contract school bus operators
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private fleet operators ⓘ school districts ⓘ |
| vehicleLayout | Type D transit-style school bus ⓘ |
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: IC RE Series Description of subject: The IC RE Series is a line of rear-engine school and commercial buses produced by IC Bus, known for their durability and high passenger capacity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.