MetroCard
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MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
All labels observed (21)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23961 — 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: MetroCard Context triple: [New York City Subway, fareSystem, MetroCard]
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A.
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, serving the five boroughs of New York City with extensive 24/7 underground and elevated rail service.
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B.
AirTrain JFK
AirTrain JFK is an elevated people mover system in New York City that links John F. Kennedy International Airport with nearby subway, commuter rail, and parking facilities.
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C.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
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D.
Washington Metro
Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive rail network connecting the city with its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.
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E.
Terminal 4
Terminal 4 is a major international passenger terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, serving numerous global airlines and long-haul routes.
- 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: MetroCard Target entity description: MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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A.
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, serving the five boroughs of New York City with extensive 24/7 underground and elevated rail service.
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B.
AirTrain JFK
AirTrain JFK is an elevated people mover system in New York City that links John F. Kennedy International Airport with nearby subway, commuter rail, and parking facilities.
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C.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
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D.
Washington Metro
Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive rail network connecting the city with its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.
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E.
Terminal 4
Terminal 4 is a major international passenger terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, serving numerous global airlines and long-haul routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contact-type smart card
ⓘ
fare card ⓘ magnetic stripe card ⓘ public transport ticketing system ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
AirTrain JFK
ⓘ
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
New York City Subway ⓘ PATH ⓘ Roosevelt Island Tramway ⓘ Staten Island Railway ⓘ |
| canBeUsedOn |
AirTrain JFK
ⓘ
surface form:
AirTrain JFK people mover
PATH trains between New York and New Jersey ⓘ Roosevelt Island Tramway ⓘ local buses in New York City ⓘ select express buses in New York City ⓘ |
| color | yellow ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| expirationPolicy | cards expire after printed date ⓘ |
| farePolicy | value remains on card until used or expired ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
distance-insensitive flat fare on NYC Subway
ⓘ
time-based unlimited rides for certain products ⓘ |
| feature |
black magnetic stripe on back
ⓘ
encoded fare value ⓘ printed expiration date ⓘ swipe-based fare collection ⓘ |
| hasType |
MetroCard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
30-Day Unlimited MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
7-Day Unlimited MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
EasyPayXpress MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Reduced-Fare MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Senior MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SingleRide MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Student MetroCard
MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Unlimited Ride MetroCard
|
| introduced | 1993 ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| material | plastic ⓘ |
| operator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form:
MTA Bus Company
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form:
MTA New York City Transit
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ Staten Island Railway ⓘ |
| owner | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| phasedOutInFavorOf | OMNY ⓘ |
| phaseOutStart | 2019 ⓘ |
| plannedRetirement | mid-2020s ⓘ |
| region | New York City ⓘ |
| replaced | subway tokens in New York City ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular card ⓘ |
| status | being phased out ⓘ |
| supportsBonus | promotional bonus value on Pay-Per-Ride at times ⓘ |
| supportsTransfer |
free bus-to-bus transfers within time limit
ⓘ
free subway-to-bus transfers within time limit ⓘ |
| technology | magnetic stripe ⓘ |
| topUpMethod |
online for EasyPayXpress
ⓘ
station booths ⓘ vending machines ⓘ |
| usedFor |
paying AirTrain JFK fares
ⓘ
paying PATH fares ⓘ paying Roosevelt Island Tramway fares ⓘ paying Staten Island Railway fares ⓘ paying bus fares in New York City ⓘ paying subway fares in New York City ⓘ paying transit fares in New York City ⓘ |
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: MetroCard Description of subject: MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
Referenced by (312)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MetroCard fare system
this entity surface form:
MetroCard fare system
this entity surface form:
MetroCard / OMNY
this entity surface form:
MetroCard (PATH-compatible)
subject surface form:
42nd Street–Bryant Park station
subject surface form:
F (New York City Subway service)
subject surface form:
M (New York City Subway service)
subject surface form:
V (Sixth Avenue Local)
subject surface form:
C (New York City Subway service)