Whatcom Transportation Authority
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Whatcom Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and paratransit services throughout Whatcom County in Washington State.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whatcom Transportation Authority canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12968778 — 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: Whatcom Transportation Authority Context triple: [Ferndale, Washington, isServedBy, Whatcom Transportation Authority]
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A.
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District
The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District is the multi-county taxing and service area in Washington State within which Sound Transit plans, funds, and operates regional bus, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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B.
Kitsap Transit
Kitsap Transit is a public transportation agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, providing bus, ferry, and related transit services in the region.
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C.
Seattle Transit System
The Seattle Transit System was the former public transportation agency serving the Seattle area before being succeeded by King County Metro.
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D.
Everett Transit
Everett Transit is the public bus transportation agency serving the city of Everett in Washington State.
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E.
Sound Transit
Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
- 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: Whatcom Transportation Authority Target entity description: Whatcom Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and paratransit services throughout Whatcom County in Washington State.
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A.
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District
The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District is the multi-county taxing and service area in Washington State within which Sound Transit plans, funds, and operates regional bus, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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B.
Kitsap Transit
Kitsap Transit is a public transportation agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, providing bus, ferry, and related transit services in the region.
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C.
Seattle Transit System
The Seattle Transit System was the former public transportation agency serving the Seattle area before being succeeded by King County Metro.
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D.
Everett Transit
Everett Transit is the public bus transportation agency serving the city of Everett in Washington State.
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E.
Sound Transit
Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transit agency
ⓘ
transportation authority ⓘ |
| compliesWithRegulation |
Americans with Disabilities Act
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federal Transit Administration regulations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fareSystem | paid fares ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
fares
ⓘ
federal grants ⓘ local sales tax ⓘ state grants ⓘ |
| governingBody | board of directors ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | WTA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContactPoint | customer service ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMap | system route map ⓘ |
| hasScheduleInformation | published timetables ⓘ |
| hasService |
commuter routes
ⓘ
local routes ⓘ rural routes ⓘ |
| hasServiceType |
demand-responsive transport
ⓘ
fixed-route transit ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ridewta.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bellingham, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
paratransit ⓘ |
| operates |
bus service
ⓘ
paratransit service ⓘ |
| operatesInCity |
Bellingham, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blaine, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Everson, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferndale, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynden, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Nooksack, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Point Roberts, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumas, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paratransitEligibility | Americans with Disabilities Act requirements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesServiceFor |
general public
ⓘ
people with disabilities ⓘ |
| regionServed | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Whatcom County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType | public transit ⓘ |
| usesVehicleType |
paratransit van
ⓘ
transit 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: Whatcom Transportation Authority Description of subject: Whatcom Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and paratransit services throughout Whatcom County in Washington State.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.