R16 series
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The R16 series is a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1950s for the IND and BMT divisions, notable for its larger car profile and use on lettered lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R16 series canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13457036 — 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: R16 series Context triple: [IND/BMT large-profile cars, hasCarTypeFamily, R16 series]
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A.
R16
R16 is a regional rail line in Catalonia, Spain, operated by Rodalies de Catalunya and connecting Barcelona with towns along the Mediterranean coast toward the Ebre region.
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B.
R16
R16 is the internal station code used by the New York City Subway for the 86th Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.
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C.
R15
R15 is a regional railway line in Catalonia, Spain, operated as part of the Rodalies de Catalunya network and connecting Barcelona with inland destinations such as Reus and Riba-roja d'Ebre.
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D.
TS 38-series
TS 38-series is the family of 3GPP technical specifications that define the 5G New Radio (NR) radio access technology and its related protocols and procedures.
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E.
TS 29-series
The TS 29-series is a collection of 3GPP technical specifications that define core network interfaces, protocols, and procedures for mobile telecommunications systems.
- 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: R16 series Target entity description: The R16 series is a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1950s for the IND and BMT divisions, notable for its larger car profile and use on lettered lines.
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A.
R16
R16 is a regional rail line in Catalonia, Spain, operated by Rodalies de Catalunya and connecting Barcelona with towns along the Mediterranean coast toward the Ebre region.
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B.
R16
R16 is the internal station code used by the New York City Subway for the 86th Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line.
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C.
R15
R15 is a regional railway line in Catalonia, Spain, operated as part of the Rodalies de Catalunya network and connecting Barcelona with inland destinations such as Reus and Riba-roja d'Ebre.
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D.
TS 38-series
TS 38-series is the family of 3GPP technical specifications that define the 5G New Radio (NR) radio access technology and its related protocols and procedures.
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E.
TS 29-series
The TS 29-series is a collection of 3GPP technical specifications that define core network interfaces, protocols, and procedures for mobile telecommunications systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway rolling stock
ⓘ
subway car class ⓘ |
| carProfile | large profile ⓘ |
| city | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrificationSystem | 600 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareSystem | New York City Transit fare system ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| introduced | 1950s ⓘ |
| locationServed | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network |
BMT division of the New York City Subway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IND division of the New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf | New York City Subway rolling stock fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | electric motor ⓘ |
| publicTransportSystem | New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
BMT Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IND Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rollingStockType | steel subway car ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
borough of Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
borough of Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ borough of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceOnLines | lettered subway lines ⓘ |
| serviceType | rapid transit ⓘ |
| traction | electric ⓘ |
| usedFor | New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedOn |
BMT lines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IND lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: R16 series Description of subject: The R16 series is a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1950s for the IND and BMT divisions, notable for its larger car profile and use on lettered lines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.