TransLink
E193028
TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TransLink canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1741471 — 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: TransLink Context triple: [Clipper card, previousName, TransLink]
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A.
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the public transit agency that operates bus and light rail services throughout Ottawa, Ontario.
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B.
Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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C.
Everett Transit
Everett Transit is the public bus transportation agency serving the city of Everett in Washington State.
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D.
Omnitrans
Omnitrans is the primary public bus transit agency serving San Bernardino County and surrounding communities in Southern California.
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E.
Lane Transit District
Lane Transit District is the public transportation agency serving Eugene, Springfield, and surrounding communities in Lane County, Oregon, operating bus and bus rapid transit services.
- 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: TransLink Target entity description: TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
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A.
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the public transit agency that operates bus and light rail services throughout Ottawa, Ontario.
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B.
Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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C.
Everett Transit
Everett Transit is the public bus transportation agency serving the city of Everett in Washington State.
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D.
Omnitrans
Omnitrans is the primary public bus transit agency serving San Bernardino County and surrounding communities in Southern California.
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E.
Lane Transit District
Lane Transit District is the public transportation agency serving Eugene, Springfield, and surrounding communities in Lane County, Oregon, operating bus and bus rapid transit services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contactless smart card system
ⓘ
public transport fare collection system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | TransLink card ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fareMediumType |
contactless smart card
ⓘ
stored-value card ⓘ |
| function |
automated fare collection system
ⓘ
electronic ticketing ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| mediaType | plastic smart card ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Metropolitan Transportation Commission ⓘ |
| operatesInCity |
Oakland
ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ San Jose ⓘ |
| operatesInRegion | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| operatorJurisdiction | Bay Area transit agencies ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs |
Clipper
ⓘ
Clipper card ⓘ |
| regionServed |
San Francisco Bay Area
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose metropolitan area
|
| replacedBy | Clipper card ⓘ |
| successor | Clipper card ⓘ |
| supportsModeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
commuter rail ⓘ ferry ⓘ light rail ⓘ rail ⓘ |
| technology | contactless RFID ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interagency fare integration
ⓘ
public transit fare payment ⓘ |
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: TransLink Description of subject: TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.