Blue Island–Vermont Street
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Blue Island–Vermont Street is a Metra commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois, serving as the southern terminal for one branch of the Metra Electric District line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Island–Vermont Street canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2512776 — 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: Blue Island–Vermont Street Context triple: [Metra Electric District line, terminus, Blue Island–Vermont Street]
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A.
Blue Island–Vermont Street
Blue Island–Vermont Street is a Metra commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois, serving as a key stop on the Rock Island District line.
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B.
Illinois Avenue
Illinois Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Dallas, Texas area that provides key local and regional connectivity for surrounding communities.
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C.
Illinois Street
Illinois Street is a roadway in downtown Chicago that intersects with major thoroughfares like North Michigan Avenue near the city’s central business and shopping districts.
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D.
Madison Street
Madison Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Chicago, Illinois, serving as a key dividing line for the city’s street numbering system.
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E.
Porter Avenue
Porter Avenue is a historic, Olmsted-designed boulevard in Buffalo, New York, that forms part of the city’s landmark park and parkway system.
- 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: Blue Island–Vermont Street Target entity description: Blue Island–Vermont Street is a Metra commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois, serving as the southern terminal for one branch of the Metra Electric District line.
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A.
Blue Island–Vermont Street
Blue Island–Vermont Street is a Metra commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois, serving as a key stop on the Rock Island District line.
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B.
Illinois Avenue
Illinois Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Dallas, Texas area that provides key local and regional connectivity for surrounding communities.
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C.
Illinois Street
Illinois Street is a roadway in downtown Chicago that intersects with major thoroughfares like North Michigan Avenue near the city’s central business and shopping districts.
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D.
Madison Street
Madison Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Chicago, Illinois, serving as a key dividing line for the city’s street numbering system.
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E.
Porter Avenue
Porter Avenue is a historic, Olmsted-designed boulevard in Buffalo, New York, that forms part of the city’s landmark park and parkway system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Metra station
ⓘ
commuter rail station ⓘ |
| adjacentStreet | Vermont Street ⓘ |
| category |
Metra Electric District stations
ⓘ
Railway stations in Cook County, Illinois ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Blue Island station (Metra Electric)
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Island station (Rock Island District)
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification | overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
Ventra app tickets
ⓘ
paper tickets ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Metra fare zones ⓘ |
| hasAccessibilityFeatures | partial accessibility ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasParking | yes ⓘ |
| hasShelters | yes ⓘ |
| hasSignageLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasStationCodeSystem | Metra internal code ⓘ |
| hasStructure | at-grade station ⓘ |
| hasTicketing |
Metra ticket office
ⓘ
surface form:
Metra ticketing system
|
| hasTracks | multiple tracks ⓘ |
| hasWaitingRoom | yes ⓘ |
| lineTerminusDirection | southern terminus ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Cook County, Illinois ⓘ |
| location | Blue Island, Illinois ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Vermont Street
ⓘ
surface form:
Vermont Street in Blue Island
|
| nearbyCity |
Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
|
| operator | Metra ⓘ |
| owner | Metra ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Chicago-area commuter rail network ⓘ |
| platformType |
island platform
ⓘ
side platform ⓘ |
| publicTransportSystem |
Metra Electric District line
ⓘ
surface form:
Metra Electric District
|
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Metra Electric District line
ⓘ
surface form:
Metra Electric District
|
| railwayStationUsage | commuter traffic ⓘ |
| serves |
Metra Electric District line
ⓘ
surface form:
Metra Electric District Blue Island Branch
|
| servesCity | Blue Island, Illinois ⓘ |
| servesCommuterRail |
Metra Electric District line
ⓘ
surface form:
Metra Electric District trains
|
| servesDirection |
northbound trains to downtown Chicago
ⓘ
southbound terminating trains on Blue Island Branch ⓘ |
| servesSuburbOf | Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| terminusFor |
Metra Electric District line
ⓘ
surface form:
Metra Electric District Blue Island Branch
|
| usedFor | commuter rail passenger service ⓘ |
| zoneSystem | Metra zone-based fares ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blue Island–Vermont Street Description of subject: Blue Island–Vermont Street is a Metra commuter rail station in Blue Island, Illinois, serving as the southern terminal for one branch of the Metra Electric District line.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.