Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
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The Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB/MIVB) is the main public transport operator in Brussels, managing the city’s metro, tram, and bus networks.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2524535 — 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: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles Context triple: [Brussels tram system, operatedBy, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles]
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A.
STIB-MIVB bus lines
STIB-MIVB bus lines are the public bus services operated by Brussels’ main urban transport company, connecting various neighborhoods and key locations throughout the Brussels-Capital Region.
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B.
STIB/MIVB Brussels fare zone
The STIB/MIVB Brussels fare zone is the main urban tariff area within which Brussels’ public transport operator applies its standard ticketing and passes across the city’s metro, tram, and bus network.
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C.
Brussels Metro
The Brussels Metro is the rapid transit system serving Belgium’s capital, forming the core of its urban public transportation network with multiple underground and light rail lines.
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D.
Intercity Brussels
Intercity Brussels is an international high-speed train service connecting the Netherlands with Brussels in Belgium.
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E.
Brussels tram system
The Brussels tram system is an extensive urban light rail network that complements the city’s metro and bus services, providing key public transportation across the Brussels-Capital Region.
- 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: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles Target entity description: The Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB/MIVB) is the main public transport operator in Brussels, managing the city’s metro, tram, and bus networks.
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A.
STIB-MIVB bus lines
STIB-MIVB bus lines are the public bus services operated by Brussels’ main urban transport company, connecting various neighborhoods and key locations throughout the Brussels-Capital Region.
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B.
STIB/MIVB Brussels fare zone
The STIB/MIVB Brussels fare zone is the main urban tariff area within which Brussels’ public transport operator applies its standard ticketing and passes across the city’s metro, tram, and bus network.
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C.
Brussels Metro
The Brussels Metro is the rapid transit system serving Belgium’s capital, forming the core of its urban public transportation network with multiple underground and light rail lines.
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D.
Intercity Brussels
Intercity Brussels is an international high-speed train service connecting the Netherlands with Brussels in Belgium.
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E.
Brussels tram system
The Brussels tram system is an extensive urban light rail network that complements the city’s metro and bus services, providing key public transportation across the Brussels-Capital Region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
organization
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public company ⓘ public transport operator ⓘ transport company ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
STIB-MIVB
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surface form:
STIB/MIVB
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| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
contactless smart card
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mobile ticket ⓘ paper ticket ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Brussels integrated ticketing system ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bus lines
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bus stops ⓘ depots ⓘ maintenance workshops ⓘ metro lines ⓘ metro stations ⓘ night bus lines ⓘ tram lines ⓘ tram stops ⓘ |
| hasService | public passenger transport ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
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| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| industry |
bus transport
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public transport ⓘ tram transport ⓘ urban rail transport ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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French ⓘ |
| legalForm | intermunicipal company ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
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metro ⓘ tram ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Dutch
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French ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles self-link ⓘ |
| operates |
Brussels Metro
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Brussels bus network ⓘ Brussels tram system ⓘ
surface form:
Brussels tram network
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| operatesInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Brussels, Belgium
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surface form:
Brussels
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| operatingArea | Brussels metropolitan area ⓘ |
| owner | Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
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surface form:
Brussels-Capital Region government
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| publicTransportAuthority |
Brussels public transport network
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surface form:
Brussels public transport system
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| serves | Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ |
| shortName |
MIVB
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STIB-MIVB ⓘ
surface form:
STIB
|
| website | https://www.stib-mivb.be ⓘ |
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: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles Description of subject: The Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB/MIVB) is the main public transport operator in Brussels, managing the city’s metro, tram, and bus networks.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
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nativeName
→
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
self-link
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Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
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nativeName
→
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel
Brussels Central metro station
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hasTransportAuthority
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Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
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this entity surface form:
Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company