PHX Sky Train
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PHX Sky Train is an automated people mover system that transports passengers between terminals, parking areas, and the light rail at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T172536 — 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: PHX Sky Train Context triple: [Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, hasPeopleMover, PHX Sky Train]
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A.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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B.
VTA light rail
VTA light rail is a light rail public transit system serving Santa Clara County, including cities such as San Jose, operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
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C.
AeroTrain
AeroTrain is an automated underground people mover system that transports passengers between terminals at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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D.
Los Angeles Metro Rail
Los Angeles Metro Rail is a rapid transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, consisting of multiple light rail and subway lines that connect key neighborhoods, business districts, and regional destinations.
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E.
DC Circulator bus system
The DC Circulator bus system is a public transit network in Washington, D.C. that provides frequent, low-cost bus service along key routes connecting major neighborhoods and activity centers.
- 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: PHX Sky Train Target entity description: PHX Sky Train is an automated people mover system that transports passengers between terminals, parking areas, and the light rail at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
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A.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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B.
VTA light rail
VTA light rail is a light rail public transit system serving Santa Clara County, including cities such as San Jose, operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
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C.
AeroTrain
AeroTrain is an automated underground people mover system that transports passengers between terminals at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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D.
Los Angeles Metro Rail
Los Angeles Metro Rail is a rapid transit system serving Los Angeles County, California, consisting of multiple light rail and subway lines that connect key neighborhoods, business districts, and regional destinations.
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E.
DC Circulator bus system
The DC Circulator bus system is a public transit network in Washington, D.C. that provides frequent, low-cost bus service along key routes connecting major neighborhoods and activity centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport people mover
ⓘ
automated people mover system ⓘ |
| accessibility | fully accessible ⓘ |
| cityServed | Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Valley Metro
ⓘ
surface form:
Valley Metro Rail
|
| connectsWith |
44th Street/Washington Valley Metro Rail station
ⓘ
East Economy Parking ⓘ Rental car center at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ⓘ Terminal 3 of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ⓘ Terminal 4 of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 2009 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification | electric power ⓘ |
| environmentalBenefit |
reduces airport roadway congestion
ⓘ
reduces vehicle emissions at airport ⓘ |
| fare | free of charge ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
automated train control
ⓘ
baggage-friendly interior design ⓘ platform screen doors at stations ⓘ |
| hasStation |
44th Street/Washington Valley Metro Rail station
ⓘ
surface form:
44th Street/Washington station
East Economy Parking station ⓘ Rental Car Center station ⓘ Terminal 3 station ⓘ Terminal 4 ⓘ
surface form:
Terminal 4 station
|
| locatedIn |
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenix, Arizona
|
| numberOfStations | 5 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2013-04-08 ⓘ |
| operatingHours | 24 hours per day ⓘ |
| operator | City of Phoenix Aviation Department ⓘ |
| owner |
Phoenix
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Phoenix
|
| phaseOneOpeningDate | 2013-04-08 ⓘ |
| phaseOneRoute | 44th Street/Washington station to Terminal 4 ⓘ |
| phaseTwoOpeningDate | 2014-12-08 ⓘ |
| phaseTwoRoute | Terminal 4 to Terminal 3 ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
connect airport terminals to parking facilities
ⓘ
connect airport to Valley Metro Rail ⓘ transport passengers between airport terminals ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem | rubber-tired automated guideway transit ⓘ |
| regionServed | Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ |
| rentalCarCenterExtensionOpeningDate | 2022-12-20 ⓘ |
| rentalCarCenterExtensionRoute | Terminal 3 to rental car center ⓘ |
| serves | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ⓘ |
| systemLength |
approximately 5.5 miles
ⓘ
approximately 8.8 kilometers ⓘ |
| technologySupplier |
Alstom (formerly Bombardier Transportation)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombardier Transportation
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| usesRollingStock | Bombardier Innovia APM 200 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.skyharbor.com/parking-transportation/phx-sky-train ⓘ |
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: PHX Sky Train Description of subject: PHX Sky Train is an automated people mover system that transports passengers between terminals, parking areas, and the light rail at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Valley Metro Rail via PHX Sky Train
this entity surface form:
PHX Sky Train East Economy Station
this entity surface form:
24th Street PHX Sky Train station
this entity surface form:
PHX Sky Train western segment
subject surface form:
Terminal 4 (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport)
subject surface form:
Terminal 4 (Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport)
this entity surface form:
44th Street/Washington PHX Sky Train Station