New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
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The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and managing the city’s transit services, including buses, streetcars, and related passenger facilities in New Orleans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Regional Transit Authority canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1896930 — 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: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Context triple: [New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, operatedBy, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority]
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A.
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related public works.
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B.
Manchester Transit Authority
Manchester Transit Authority is the primary public bus and paratransit service provider for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire and surrounding areas.
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C.
Metro Transit (St. Louis)
Metro Transit (St. Louis) is the public transportation system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area, providing bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
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D.
Charlotte Area Transit System
Charlotte Area Transit System is the primary public transportation agency serving the Charlotte metropolitan area with bus, light rail, and other transit services.
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E.
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services throughout the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area.
- 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: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Target entity description: The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and managing the city’s transit services, including buses, streetcars, and related passenger facilities in New Orleans.
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A.
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is the state agency responsible for planning, constructing, and maintaining Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, and related public works.
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B.
Manchester Transit Authority
Manchester Transit Authority is the primary public bus and paratransit service provider for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire and surrounding areas.
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C.
Metro Transit (St. Louis)
Metro Transit (St. Louis) is the public transportation system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area, providing bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
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D.
Charlotte Area Transit System
Charlotte Area Transit System is the primary public transportation agency serving the Charlotte metropolitan area with bus, light rail, and other transit services.
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E.
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services throughout the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
public transit agency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
NORTA
ⓘ
RTA ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fundedBy |
fares
ⓘ
federal grants ⓘ local taxes ⓘ |
| governs | transit planning in New Orleans ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
City of New Orleans
ⓘ
Orleans Parish ⓘ
surface form:
Orleans Parish, Louisiana
|
| hasServiceAreaCharacteristic |
tourist-oriented streetcar service
ⓘ
urban transit ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.norta.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New Orleans ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
ferry ⓘ streetcar ⓘ |
| operates |
Algiers Point–Canal Street ferry
ⓘ
Canal Streetcar Line ⓘ Chalmette ferry ⓘ Riverfront Streetcar Line ⓘ
surface form:
Loyola-UPT Streetcar Line
New Orleans public bus system ⓘ New Orleans streetcar system ⓘ Riverfront Streetcar Line ⓘ St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
surface form:
St. Charles Streetcar Line
|
| operatesIn | Louisiana ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
New Orleans government
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New Orleans (local government)
|
| regulates | public transit operations within its service area ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
maintenance of transit facilities in New Orleans
ⓘ
operation of public buses in New Orleans ⓘ operation of public ferries in New Orleans ⓘ operation of streetcars in New Orleans ⓘ transit fare policy in New Orleans ⓘ |
| serves |
New Orleans
ⓘ
Orleans Parish ⓘ |
| serviceType |
ferry service
ⓘ
local bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ streetcar service ⓘ |
| subjectOf | public transportation policy in New Orleans ⓘ |
| usesTicketingSystem | Jazzy Pass ⓘ |
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: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Description of subject: The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and managing the city’s transit services, including buses, streetcars, and related passenger facilities in New Orleans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.