Q (New York City Subway service)
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The Q is a New York City Subway service that runs as a Broadway Express in Manhattan and via the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, connecting neighborhoods like Coney Island to Midtown and the Upper East Side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Q (New York City Subway service) canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4712883 — 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: Q (New York City Subway service) Context triple: [Brighton Express, predecessorOf, Q (New York City Subway service)]
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A.
S (New York City Subway service)
The S (New York City Subway service) is a designation used for the system’s shuttle trains, which provide short, point-to-point connections between specific stations.
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B.
R (New York City Subway service)
The R (New York City Subway service) is a local rapid transit line in New York City that runs primarily along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, connecting Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
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C.
D (New York City Subway service)
The D is a New York City Subway rapid transit service that runs primarily along the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, connecting the Bronx and Brooklyn via express and local routes.
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D.
G (New York City Subway service)
The G is a New York City Subway service that runs entirely within Brooklyn and Queens, connecting neighborhoods without entering Manhattan.
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E.
J (New York City Subway service)
The J is a New York City Subway service that runs along the BMT Jamaica Line, providing local and some peak-direction express service between Jamaica, Queens and Lower Manhattan.
- 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: Q (New York City Subway service) Target entity description: The Q is a New York City Subway service that runs as a Broadway Express in Manhattan and via the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, connecting neighborhoods like Coney Island to Midtown and the Upper East Side.
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A.
S (New York City Subway service)
The S (New York City Subway service) is a designation used for the system’s shuttle trains, which provide short, point-to-point connections between specific stations.
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B.
R (New York City Subway service)
The R (New York City Subway service) is a local rapid transit line in New York City that runs primarily along the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn, connecting Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
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C.
D (New York City Subway service)
The D is a New York City Subway rapid transit service that runs primarily along the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, connecting the Bronx and Brooklyn via express and local routes.
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D.
G (New York City Subway service)
The G is a New York City Subway service that runs entirely within Brooklyn and Queens, connecting neighborhoods without entering Manhattan.
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E.
J (New York City Subway service)
The J is a New York City Subway service that runs along the BMT Jamaica Line, providing local and some peak-direction express service between Jamaica, Queens and Lower Manhattan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway service
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rapid transit service ⓘ |
| colorOnMap | yellow ⓘ |
| connectsNeighborhood |
Brighton Beach
NERFINISHED
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Coney Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Downtown Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Midtown Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheepshead Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| division | B Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system ⓘ |
| gainedSecondAvenueExtension | 2017 ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
QB (Brighton Local via Bridge)
NERFINISHED
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QJ NERFINISHED ⓘ QT (Brighton Local via Tunnel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedAsLetterService | 1967 ⓘ |
| letterDesignation | Q NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| northernTerminus | 96th Street (Second Avenue Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesAllTimes | yes ⓘ |
| overnightPattern |
local in Brooklyn
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local in Manhattan ⓘ |
| partOf | B Division (New York City Subway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesBorough |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePatternInBrooklyn | Brighton Local NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePatternInManhattan | Broadway Express NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| southernTerminus | Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stopsAt |
57th Street–Seventh Avenue
NERFINISHED
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72nd Street (Second Avenue Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ 86th Street (Second Avenue Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ 96th Street (Second Avenue Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Brighton Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Canal Street (Broadway Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Lexington Avenue–63rd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Times Square–42nd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesBridgeOrTunnel | Manhattan Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLine |
BMT Astoria Line (rush-hour extension to Queens)
NERFINISHED
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BMT Brighton Line NERFINISHED ⓘ BMT Broadway Line NERFINISHED ⓘ IND Second Avenue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesRollingStockSeries |
R160
NERFINISHED
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R46 NERFINISHED ⓘ R68 NERFINISHED ⓘ R68A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesRollingStockType | B Division rolling stock ⓘ |
| viaInBrooklyn | Brighton Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viaInManhattan | Broadway Express tracks ⓘ |
| weekdayPattern |
express in Manhattan
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local in Brooklyn ⓘ |
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: Q (New York City Subway service) Description of subject: The Q is a New York City Subway service that runs as a Broadway Express in Manhattan and via the Brighton Line in Brooklyn, connecting neighborhoods like Coney Island to Midtown and the Upper East Side.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Q train operates via Second Avenue between 63rd Street and 96th Street
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partOf
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Q (New York City Subway service)
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