Broadway Line in Manhattan
E107453
The Broadway Line in Manhattan is a major New York City Subway trunk line running under Broadway and serving as a key north–south corridor for multiple routes, including the W train.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadway Line in Manhattan canonical | 1 |
| Broadway subway corridor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T910159 — 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: Broadway Line in Manhattan Context triple: [W train, via, Broadway Line in Manhattan]
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A.
Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan
The Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan is a major New York City Subway trunk line running under Eighth Avenue, carrying several IND services through Midtown and Upper Manhattan.
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B.
New York City Subway D line
The New York City Subway D line is a major rapid transit service in NYC that runs primarily along the IND Sixth Avenue and Concourse Lines, connecting the Bronx (including Yankee Stadium) with Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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C.
New York City Subway B line
The New York City Subway B line is an express service in the IND Sixth Avenue Line that runs through Manhattan and Brooklyn, serving major destinations including Yankee Stadium in the Bronx during certain times.
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D.
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan and the Bronx, primarily served by the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
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E.
Lexington Avenue Line
The Lexington Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan that carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains and is one of the system’s busiest and most important north–south corridors.
- 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: Broadway Line in Manhattan Target entity description: The Broadway Line in Manhattan is a major New York City Subway trunk line running under Broadway and serving as a key north–south corridor for multiple routes, including the W train.
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A.
Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan
The Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan is a major New York City Subway trunk line running under Eighth Avenue, carrying several IND services through Midtown and Upper Manhattan.
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B.
New York City Subway D line
The New York City Subway D line is a major rapid transit service in NYC that runs primarily along the IND Sixth Avenue and Concourse Lines, connecting the Bronx (including Yankee Stadium) with Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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C.
New York City Subway B line
The New York City Subway B line is an express service in the IND Sixth Avenue Line that runs through Manhattan and Brooklyn, serving major destinations including Yankee Stadium in the Bronx during certain times.
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D.
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
The Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan and the Bronx, primarily served by the 1, 2, and 3 trains.
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E.
Lexington Avenue Line
The Lexington Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan that carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains and is one of the system’s busiest and most important north–south corridors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway trunk line
ⓘ
rapid transit line ⓘ |
| connectsBorough |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ |
| electrification | 600 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareMediumAccepted |
MetroCard
ⓘ
OMNY ⓘ
surface form:
OMNY contactless payment system
|
| fareSystem |
MTA New York City Subway fare system
ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system
|
| hasColorFamily | yellow trunk line ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
northbound
ⓘ
southbound ⓘ |
| hasFunction | urban mass transit ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructureType | underground line ⓘ |
| hasService |
N train
ⓘ
Q train ⓘ R train ⓘ W train ⓘ north–south services in Manhattan ⓘ |
| hasServicePattern | local and express services ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| openedAsPartOf | early 20th century New York City Subway expansion ⓘ |
| operator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf | B Division (New York City Subway) ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| runsUnder |
Broadway (Manhattan street)
ⓘ
surface form:
Broadway (Manhattan)
|
| servesRole |
major north–south corridor in Manhattan
ⓘ
trunk line for multiple services ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usesRollingStockType | B Division rolling stock ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Broadway Line in Manhattan Description of subject: The Broadway Line in Manhattan is a major New York City Subway trunk line running under Broadway and serving as a key north–south corridor for multiple routes, including the W train.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Broadway subway corridor