Butler station
E93489
Butler station is a small MBTA light rail stop on Boston’s historic Mattapan trolley line in the Dorchester/Mattapan area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Butler station canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T639114 — 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: Butler station Context triple: [Mattapan Trolley, station, Butler station]
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A.
Court House station
Court House station is a Washington Metro rapid transit station serving the Courthouse neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia.
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B.
Cecil B. Moore station
Cecil B. Moore station is a subway stop on Philadelphia’s Broad Street Line serving the Temple University area and surrounding North Philadelphia neighborhoods.
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C.
Richmond station
Richmond station is a major Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Amtrak intermodal rail hub located in Richmond, California.
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D.
Lawrence station
Lawrence station is a Toronto Transit Commission subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University, serving the Lawrence Avenue and Yonge Street area in midtown Toronto.
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E.
Riverside station
Riverside station is a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station and park-and-ride hub located in Newton, Massachusetts.
- 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: Butler station Target entity description: Butler station is a small MBTA light rail stop on Boston’s historic Mattapan trolley line in the Dorchester/Mattapan area.
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A.
Court House station
Court House station is a Washington Metro rapid transit station serving the Courthouse neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia.
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B.
Cecil B. Moore station
Cecil B. Moore station is a subway stop on Philadelphia’s Broad Street Line serving the Temple University area and surrounding North Philadelphia neighborhoods.
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C.
Richmond station
Richmond station is a major Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Amtrak intermodal rail hub located in Richmond, California.
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D.
Lawrence station
Lawrence station is a Toronto Transit Commission subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University, serving the Lawrence Avenue and Yonge Street area in midtown Toronto.
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E.
Riverside station
Riverside station is a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station and park-and-ride hub located in Newton, Massachusetts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MBTA station
ⓘ
light rail station ⓘ trolley stop ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Neponset River
ⓘ
Neponset River Greenway ⓘ |
| borough | Dorchester ⓘ |
| city |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| electrification | overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareZone | 1A ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | not accessible ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities | no ⓘ |
| hasParking | no ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType | side platform ⓘ |
| hasShelter | yes ⓘ |
| hasTicketing | on-board fare collection ⓘ |
| hasWaitingArea | small shelter ⓘ |
| historicalRoute | former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad right-of-way ⓘ |
| isOnBranch |
Ashmont–Mattapan branch of the Red Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Line and Mattapan Line
|
| lineCharacter | heritage streetcar ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Dorchester neighborhood of Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Mattapan
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| nearRoad | Butler Street ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 1 ⓘ |
| openedInYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| ownedBy |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA
|
| partOfSystem |
MBTA light rail network
ⓘ
linked to:
MBTA Green Line
MBTA subway system ⓘ
linked to:
Boston subway
|
| platformConfiguration | short low-level platform ⓘ |
| servedByLine |
Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Mattapan High-Speed Line
Mattapan trolley line ⓘ
linked to:
Mattapan Line
|
| servesNeighborhood | Cedar Grove ⓘ |
| structureType | at-grade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Butler station Description of subject: Butler station is a small MBTA light rail stop on Boston’s historic Mattapan trolley line in the Dorchester/Mattapan area.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.