Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center)
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Illinois Terminal is a major multimodal transportation center in Champaign, Illinois, serving as a hub for intercity buses, Amtrak trains, and local transit services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2869661 — 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: Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center) Context triple: [Champaign, Illinois, transportHubFor, Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center)]
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A.
Joliet Station
Joliet Station is a major commuter rail hub in Joliet, Illinois, serving as a key terminus and transfer point for multiple Chicago-area rail lines.
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B.
Dempster–Skokie station
Dempster–Skokie station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Skokie, Illinois, serving as the northern endpoint of the Yellow Line and a key park-and-ride hub for commuters.
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C.
Illinois Medical District station
Illinois Medical District station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Blue Line serving the Illinois Medical District and nearby West Side institutions.
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D.
Elburn station
Elburn station is a commuter rail station in Elburn, Illinois, serving as the western endpoint of Metra’s Union Pacific West Line to Chicago.
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E.
Cermak–McCormick Place station
Cermak–McCormick Place station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop on the Near South Side that provides access to the McCormick Place convention center and surrounding neighborhood.
- 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: Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center) Target entity description: Illinois Terminal is a major multimodal transportation center in Champaign, Illinois, serving as a hub for intercity buses, Amtrak trains, and local transit services.
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A.
Joliet Station
Joliet Station is a major commuter rail hub in Joliet, Illinois, serving as a key terminus and transfer point for multiple Chicago-area rail lines.
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B.
Dempster–Skokie station
Dempster–Skokie station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Skokie, Illinois, serving as the northern endpoint of the Yellow Line and a key park-and-ride hub for commuters.
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C.
Illinois Medical District station
Illinois Medical District station is a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Blue Line serving the Illinois Medical District and nearby West Side institutions.
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D.
Elburn station
Elburn station is a commuter rail station in Elburn, Illinois, serving as the western endpoint of Metra’s Union Pacific West Line to Chicago.
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E.
Cermak–McCormick Place station
Cermak–McCormick Place station is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop on the Near South Side that provides access to the McCormick Place convention center and surrounding neighborhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus station
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multimodal transportation center ⓘ railway station ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ |
| accessible | yes ⓘ |
| bicycleFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| busServices |
intercity bus operators
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regional bus operators ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 40.116°N 88.243°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasFacility |
concessions
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meeting rooms ⓘ restrooms ⓘ ticket counters ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
intercity bus terminal
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intercity rail station ⓘ local bus transfer center ⓘ office space ⓘ retail space ⓘ |
| hasLevels | multiple floors ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multi-story building ⓘ |
| hasWaitingArea | indoor waiting room ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Champaign County, Illinois
ⓘ
Champaign, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Champaign, Illinois
Illinois ⓘ downtown Champaign ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Illinois Terminal Railroad ⓘ |
| near |
Campustown Champaign-Urbana
ⓘ
downtown Champaign business district ⓘ |
| opened | 1999 ⓘ |
| operator |
Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District
ⓘ
surface form:
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
|
| owner |
Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District
ⓘ
surface form:
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
|
| parkingAvailable | yes ⓘ |
| platformType | island platform ⓘ |
| railServices |
Amtrak City of New Orleans route
ⓘ
surface form:
Amtrak City of New Orleans
Amtrak Illini ⓘ Saluki (Amtrak) ⓘ
surface form:
Amtrak Saluki
|
| serves |
Amtrak
ⓘ
Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area
intercity buses ⓘ local transit services ⓘ |
| servesCity |
City of Champaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Champaign
Urbana ⓘ |
| servesInstitution | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ |
| tracks | 2 ⓘ |
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: Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center) Description of subject: Illinois Terminal is a major multimodal transportation center in Champaign, Illinois, serving as a hub for intercity buses, Amtrak trains, and local transit services.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Champaign, Illinois, United States
→
transportHubFor
→
Illinois Terminal (multimodal transportation center)
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subject surface form:
Champaign, Illinois