ST

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public transit agency regional transit authority

ST is the common abbreviation for Sound Transit, the regional public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in Washington State.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
ST canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1817555 — 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: ST
Context triple: [Sound Transit, alsoKnownAs, ST]

A. ST
ST is the commonly used abbreviation for SkyTeam, a major global airline alliance.
B. ST
ST is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing São Tomé and Príncipe.
C. STE
STE is the vehicle registration code assigned to the district of Lichtenfels in Germany.
D. EST
EST is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing Estonia.
E. std
`std` is Rust’s core standard library crate, providing fundamental types, traits, collections, I/O, concurrency, and other essential functionality for Rust programs.
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: ST
Target entity description: ST is the common abbreviation for Sound Transit, the regional public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in Washington State.

A. ST
ST is the commonly used abbreviation for SkyTeam, a major global airline alliance.
B. ST
ST is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing São Tomé and Príncipe.
C. STE
STE is the vehicle registration code assigned to the district of Lichtenfels in Germany.
D. EST
EST is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing Estonia.
E. std
`std` is Rust’s core standard library crate, providing fundamental types, traits, collections, I/O, concurrency, and other essential functionality for Rust programs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public transit agency ⓘ regional transit authority ⓘ
abbreviation	ST self-linksurface differs ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Community Transit ⓘ King County Metro ⓘ Pierce Transit ⓘ
commonName	Sound Transit ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fareSystem	ORCA card ⓘ
focusesOn	regional mass transit ⓘ
fullName	Sound Transit ⓘ surface form: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
fundingSource	local sales tax ⓘ motor vehicle excise tax ⓘ rental car tax ⓘ
governingBody	Sound Transit Board of Directors ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasServiceBrand	Link ⓘ ST Express bus ⓘ surface form: ST Express Sounder ⓘ Tacoma Link light rail ⓘ surface form: Tacoma Link
headquartersLocation	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington
implements	ST2 plan ⓘ ST3 plan ⓘ Sound Move ⓘ surface form: Sound Move plan
industry	public transportation ⓘ
jurisdiction	Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority District ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
modeOfTransport	bus ⓘ rail ⓘ
operates	Link light rail ⓘ ST Express bus ⓘ Sounder commuter rail ⓘ Tacoma Link light rail ⓘ
primaryCityServed	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington
region	Puget Sound region ⓘ surface form: Central Puget Sound
serves	King County ⓘ surface form: King County, Washington Pierce County ⓘ surface form: Pierce County, Washington Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ Snohomish County ⓘ surface form: Snohomish County, Washington
serviceType	bus rapid transit (planned) ⓘ commuter rail ⓘ express bus ⓘ light rail ⓘ
shortName	ST self-linksurface differs ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	special-purpose regional government agency ⓘ
website	https://www.soundtransit.org ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sound Transit → alsoKnownAs → ST ⓘ

ST → abbreviation → ST self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Sound Transit

ST → shortName → ST self-linksurface differs ⓘ