Aerial Tram

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aerial tramway public transit system urban cable transport

The Aerial Tram is a cable-driven urban transit system in Portland, Oregon, that carries passengers between the South Waterfront district and Oregon Health & Science University on Marquam Hill.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Portland Aerial Tram	12
Aerial Tram canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T54840 — 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: Aerial Tram
Context triple: [Portland Streetcar, connectsWith, Aerial Tram]

A. Heavenly Gondola
Heavenly Gondola is a scenic aerial tramway at Heavenly Mountain Resort that transports visitors between South Lake Tahoe and the resort’s mountain slopes, offering panoramic views of the lake and surrounding Sierra Nevada.
B. Centennial Wheel
The Centennial Wheel is a large, modern Ferris wheel at Chicago’s Navy Pier that offers panoramic views of the city skyline and Lake Michigan.
C. Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a high-altitude ski and snowboard destination in the Sierra Nevada known for its deep snow, challenging terrain, and relatively remote, uncrowded setting near Lake Tahoe.
D. Heavenly Mountain Resort
Heavenly Mountain Resort is a major ski and snowboard destination in the Sierra Nevada known for its expansive terrain, vibrant après-ski scene, and panoramic views of Lake Tahoe.
E. Ebbetts Pass
Ebbetts Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its scenic, winding route and historic role as a trans-Sierra crossing.
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: Aerial Tram
Target entity description: The Aerial Tram is a cable-driven urban transit system in Portland, Oregon, that carries passengers between the South Waterfront district and Oregon Health & Science University on Marquam Hill.

A. Heavenly Gondola
Heavenly Gondola is a scenic aerial tramway at Heavenly Mountain Resort that transports visitors between South Lake Tahoe and the resort’s mountain slopes, offering panoramic views of the lake and surrounding Sierra Nevada.
B. Centennial Wheel
The Centennial Wheel is a large, modern Ferris wheel at Chicago’s Navy Pier that offers panoramic views of the city skyline and Lake Michigan.
C. Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Kirkwood Mountain Resort is a high-altitude ski and snowboard destination in the Sierra Nevada known for its deep snow, challenging terrain, and relatively remote, uncrowded setting near Lake Tahoe.
D. Heavenly Mountain Resort
Heavenly Mountain Resort is a major ski and snowboard destination in the Sierra Nevada known for its expansive terrain, vibrant après-ski scene, and panoramic views of Lake Tahoe.
E. Ebbetts Pass
Ebbetts Pass is a high mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its scenic, winding route and historic role as a trans-Sierra crossing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial tramway ⓘ public transit system ⓘ urban cable transport ⓘ
city	Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ surface form: Portland
connects	Marquam Hill ⓘ Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ South Waterfront ⓘ surface form: South Waterfront district
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	connect hilltop campus to riverfront district ⓘ
hasBoardingPoint	OHSU upper terminal ⓘ South Waterfront ⓘ surface form: South Waterfront terminal
isPartOf	Portland public transportation network ⓘ
locatedIn	Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ surface form: Portland, Oregon
modeOfTransport	mass transit ⓘ
notableFor	linking South Waterfront to OHSU on Marquam Hill ⓘ
operator	Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ
owner	Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ surface form: City of Portland
primaryUse	passenger transport ⓘ
routeType	point-to-point link ⓘ
serves	Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ surface form: Oregon Health & Science University campus South Waterfront redevelopment area ⓘ
servesInstitution	Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ
state	Oregon ⓘ
systemType	aerial cableway ⓘ
transportType	cable-driven ⓘ
urbanContext	Marquam Hill ⓘ surface form: Marquam Hill neighborhood South Waterfront ⓘ surface form: South Waterfront district
usedFor	commuting ⓘ medical campus access ⓘ tourism and sightseeing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited