Shaw–Howard University station
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Shaw–Howard University station is a Washington Metro stop in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., serving the nearby Howard University and surrounding community.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaw–Howard University station canonical | 12 |
| Shaw–Howard University Metro station | 2 |
| Shaw-Howard University Metro station | 1 |
| Shaw-Howard University station | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T570634 — 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: Shaw–Howard University station Context triple: [Green Line (Washington Metro), station, Shaw–Howard University station]
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A.
Columbia Heights station
Columbia Heights station is a Washington, D.C. Metro stop on the Green and Yellow lines serving the Columbia Heights neighborhood and nearby Adams Morgan area.
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B.
Foggy Bottom–GWU station
Foggy Bottom–GWU station is a Washington, D.C. Metrorail station on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines serving the George Washington University campus and nearby landmarks including the Kennedy Center.
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C.
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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D.
Prince George's Plaza station
Prince George's Plaza station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Hyattsville, Maryland, serving the Green Line and the surrounding commercial and residential areas.
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E.
West Hyattsville station
West Hyattsville station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Hyattsville, Maryland, serving the Green Line.
- 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: Shaw–Howard University station Target entity description: Shaw–Howard University station is a Washington Metro stop in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., serving the nearby Howard University and surrounding community.
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A.
Columbia Heights station
Columbia Heights station is a Washington, D.C. Metro stop on the Green and Yellow lines serving the Columbia Heights neighborhood and nearby Adams Morgan area.
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B.
Foggy Bottom–GWU station
Foggy Bottom–GWU station is a Washington, D.C. Metrorail station on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines serving the George Washington University campus and nearby landmarks including the Kennedy Center.
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C.
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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D.
Prince George's Plaza station
Prince George's Plaza station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Hyattsville, Maryland, serving the Green Line and the surrounding commercial and residential areas.
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E.
West Hyattsville station
West Hyattsville station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Hyattsville, Maryland, serving the Green Line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Washington Metro station
ⓘ
rapid transit station ⓘ |
| accessible | yes ⓘ |
| category |
Green Line (Washington Metro) stations
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Metro Green Line
Railway stations in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Railway stations in the United States opened in 1991 ⓘ |
| city | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| code | E03 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem | SmarTrip ⓘ |
| fareZone | regular Metrorail zone ⓘ |
| hasArt | public art in mezzanine area ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasEntrance |
north entrance on 7th Street NW
ⓘ
south entrance on 7th Street NW ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
elevators
ⓘ
escalators ⓘ |
| hasMezzanine | yes ⓘ |
| hasService | all-day Green Line service ⓘ |
| hasTicketing | faregates and vending machines ⓘ |
| line |
Green Line (Washington Metro)
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Metro Green Line
|
| locatedIn |
Shaw, Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mapColor | green ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Howard University
ⓘ
Shaw neighborhood ⓘ |
| near |
7th Street NW
ⓘ
Howard University campus ⓘ
linked to:
Howard University
S Street NW ⓘ T Street NW ⓘ |
| neighborhood | U Street Corridor vicinity ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1991-05-11 ⓘ |
| operator | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ |
| owner | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Metrorail ⓘ |
| platformType | island platform ⓘ |
| region | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
CCTV surveillance
ⓘ
public address system ⓘ |
| servedBy | Washington Metro ⓘ |
| serves |
Howard University
ⓘ
Shaw neighborhood ⓘ surrounding community in Northwest Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| structureType | underground station ⓘ |
| transitSystem | Washington Metro ⓘ |
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: Shaw–Howard University station Description of subject: Shaw–Howard University station is a Washington Metro stop in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., serving the nearby Howard University and surrounding community.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Green Line
subject linked to:
Yellow Line
subject linked to:
Shaw (partial)
linked to: Shaw–Howard University station
linked to: Shaw–Howard University station
linked to: Shaw–Howard University station
subject linked to:
Pleasant Plains neighborhood
linked to: Shaw–Howard University station