SEPTA transit zone
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SEPTA transit zone is a fare classification system used by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to determine ticket prices and service areas across its transit network.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SEPTA transit zone canonical | 5 |
| SEPTA Zone 4 | 2 |
| SEPTA Suburban Zones | 1 |
| SEPTA Transit Zone 1 | 1 |
| SEPTA Zone 2 | 1 |
| SEPTA fare system | 1 |
| SEPTA fare zones | 1 |
| Zone 3 (SEPTA Regional Rail) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2885794 — 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: SEPTA transit zone Context triple: [North Philadelphia station (Broad Street Line), fareZone, SEPTA transit zone]
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A.
SEPTA rapid transit network
The SEPTA rapid transit network is the system of high-capacity urban rail lines serving Philadelphia and some surrounding suburbs, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
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B.
SEPTA Suburban Transit Division
The SEPTA Suburban Transit Division is the part of Philadelphia’s regional transit system that operates bus, trolley, and other public transportation services in the suburban areas surrounding the city.
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C.
SEPTA
SEPTA is the regional public transportation authority serving Philadelphia and its surrounding counties, operating buses, subways, trolleys, and commuter rail services.
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D.
SEPTA City Transit Division
The SEPTA City Transit Division is the branch of Philadelphia’s regional transit authority that operates the city’s buses, trolleys, and subway–elevated lines.
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E.
SEPTA Regional Rail
SEPTA Regional Rail is a commuter rail network serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, connecting the city with its suburbs and neighboring regions.
- 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: SEPTA transit zone Target entity description: SEPTA transit zone is a fare classification system used by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to determine ticket prices and service areas across its transit network.
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A.
SEPTA rapid transit network
The SEPTA rapid transit network is the system of high-capacity urban rail lines serving Philadelphia and some surrounding suburbs, operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
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B.
SEPTA Suburban Transit Division
The SEPTA Suburban Transit Division is the part of Philadelphia’s regional transit system that operates bus, trolley, and other public transportation services in the suburban areas surrounding the city.
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C.
SEPTA
SEPTA is the regional public transportation authority serving Philadelphia and its surrounding counties, operating buses, subways, trolleys, and commuter rail services.
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D.
SEPTA City Transit Division
The SEPTA City Transit Division is the branch of Philadelphia’s regional transit authority that operates the city’s buses, trolleys, and subway–elevated lines.
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E.
SEPTA Regional Rail
SEPTA Regional Rail is a commuter rail network serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, connecting the city with its suburbs and neighboring regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare classification system
ⓘ
public transit fare structure ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
SEPTA Regional Rail
ⓘ
SEPTA rapid transit network ⓘ
surface form:
SEPTA transit network
|
| appliesToMode |
bus services
ⓘ
commuter rail ⓘ light rail ⓘ rapid transit ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governs |
fare collection rules
ⓘ
pass pricing structure ⓘ ticket pricing structure ⓘ |
| hasOperator | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to organize the transit network into zones
ⓘ
to structure fares by distance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | SEPTA Planning Department ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
SEPTA Regional Rail fare zones
ⓘ
SEPTA transit zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SEPTA fare zones
|
| usedBy | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defining service areas
ⓘ
determining ticket prices ⓘ |
| usedIn |
greater Philadelphia area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Philadelphia region
|
| usedToDifferentiate |
city service areas
ⓘ
inner suburban areas ⓘ outer suburban areas ⓘ |
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: SEPTA transit zone Description of subject: SEPTA transit zone is a fare classification system used by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to determine ticket prices and service areas across its transit network.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
North Philadelphia station (Broad Street Line)
this entity surface form:
Zone 3 (SEPTA Regional Rail)
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Zone 4
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Zone 2
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Zone 4
this entity surface form:
SEPTA fare system
this entity surface form:
SEPTA fare zones
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Transit Zone 1
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Suburban Zones