University Link
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University Link was the original project name for the light rail extension in Seattle that connected downtown to the University of Washington.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University Link canonical | 1 |
| University Link extension | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2440185 — 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: University Link Context triple: [Link light rail, formerName, University Link]
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A.
University Alliance
University Alliance is a UK-based coalition of professional and technical universities focused on applied research, industry collaboration, and practice-oriented higher education.
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B.
University Center
The University Center is a collaborative higher education facility in Traverse City, Michigan, where multiple colleges and universities, including Northwestern Michigan College, offer degree and certificate programs.
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C.
Universidad
Universidad is a Mexico City Metro station that serves as a major southern terminus and gateway to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) campus.
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D.
Loop Campus
Loop Campus is DePaul University's urban campus located in the heart of downtown Chicago, housing many of its business, computing, and professional programs.
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E.
My Universities
"My Universities" is an autobiographical novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky, depicting his harsh youth and formative years as part of his larger autobiographical trilogy.
- 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: University Link Target entity description: University Link was the original project name for the light rail extension in Seattle that connected downtown to the University of Washington.
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A.
University Alliance
University Alliance is a UK-based coalition of professional and technical universities focused on applied research, industry collaboration, and practice-oriented higher education.
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B.
University Center
The University Center is a collaborative higher education facility in Traverse City, Michigan, where multiple colleges and universities, including Northwestern Michigan College, offer degree and certificate programs.
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C.
Universidad
Universidad is a Mexico City Metro station that serves as a major southern terminus and gateway to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) campus.
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D.
Loop Campus
Loop Campus is DePaul University's urban campus located in the heart of downtown Chicago, housing many of its business, computing, and professional programs.
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E.
My Universities
"My Universities" is an autobiographical novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky, depicting his harsh youth and formative years as part of his larger autobiographical trilogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light rail extension project
ⓘ
public transportation infrastructure project ⓘ |
| connects |
University of Washington
ⓘ
downtown Seattle ⓘ |
| connectsVia | light rail ⓘ |
| currencyOfName | historical project name ⓘ |
| developedBy | Sound Transit ⓘ |
| fareSystem | integrated with regional ORCA card system ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Capitol Hill station
ⓘ
surface form:
Capitol Hill Station
University of Washington Station ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Seattle
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| operatedBy | Sound Transit ⓘ |
| originalProjectNameFor | light rail extension connecting downtown Seattle to the University of Washington ⓘ |
| partOf |
Link light rail
ⓘ
surface form:
Link light rail system
|
| purpose | improve transit connectivity between downtown Seattle and the University District ⓘ |
| railSystemType | light rail ⓘ |
| reducedTravelTimeBetween | downtown Seattle and University of Washington ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Puget Sound region
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Puget Sound region
|
| serves |
Seattle urban core
ⓘ
University of Washington campus area ⓘ |
| successorName |
U Link
ⓘ
part of 1 Line ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| tunnelSection |
tunnel under Capitol Hill
ⓘ
tunnel under Montlake Cut area ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure |
tunnel alignment
ⓘ
underground stations ⓘ |
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: University Link Description of subject: University Link was the original project name for the light rail extension in Seattle that connected downtown to the University of Washington.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University Link extension