W Broadway Local
E1038832
The W Broadway Local is a New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line, providing local service in Manhattan and Queens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| W Broadway Local canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13411385 — 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: W Broadway Local Context triple: [34 Street–Herald Square, servedByLine, W Broadway Local]
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A.
W Broadway
W Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in the SoHo and Tribeca neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
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B.
Broadway Local
Broadway Local is the service designation for the New York City Subway’s R train, which runs local along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.
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C.
Broadway on Broadway
Broadway on Broadway was an annual outdoor concert in Times Square that kicked off the New York City Broadway season with performances from current and upcoming shows.
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D.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
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E.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a poem by Claude McKay that vividly portrays the allure and alienation of urban life in early 20th-century New York City.
- 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: W Broadway Local Target entity description: The W Broadway Local is a New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line, providing local service in Manhattan and Queens.
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A.
W Broadway
W Broadway is a major north–south thoroughfare in the SoHo and Tribeca neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
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B.
Broadway Local
Broadway Local is the service designation for the New York City Subway’s R train, which runs local along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.
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C.
Broadway on Broadway
Broadway on Broadway was an annual outdoor concert in Times Square that kicked off the New York City Broadway season with performances from current and upcoming shows.
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D.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
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E.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a poem by Claude McKay that vividly portrays the allure and alienation of urban life in early 20th-century New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway service
ⓘ
rapid transit service ⓘ |
| boroughServed |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currencyOfFare | United States dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | BMT Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| farePaymentMethod |
MetroCard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OMNY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fareSystem | MTA New York City Subway fare system ⓘ |
| fareZoneSystem | flat fare ⓘ |
| hasAccessibilityPolicy | ADA accessibility at selected stations ⓘ |
| hasRouteDesignation | W train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasServiceSymbol | W NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasServiceType |
daytime service
ⓘ
local ⓘ weekday service ⓘ |
| lineFamily | Broadway Line services ⓘ |
| locale | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorType | public transit operator ⓘ |
| owner |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| poweredBy | third rail ⓘ |
| rollingStockType | B Division rolling stock ⓘ |
| safetySystem | wayside signals ⓘ |
| serviceClass | lettered service ⓘ |
| serviceColor | yellow ⓘ |
| servicePattern |
express service in Brooklyn
ⓘ
local service in Manhattan ⓘ local service in Queens ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| transitMode | subway ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure |
Astoria Line in Queens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Montague Street Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLine | BMT Broadway Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTrunkLineColor | BMT Broadway trunk color ⓘ |
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: W Broadway Local Description of subject: The W Broadway Local is a New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line, providing local service in Manhattan and Queens.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.