Manhattan Bridge (B train)
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The Manhattan Bridge (B train) is a major New York City Subway crossing that carries B and D line trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan as part of the BMT Broadway and IND Sixth Avenue services.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manhattan Bridge (B train) canonical | 1 |
| Manhattan Bridge (Q train) | 1 |
| Manhattan Bridge (south tracks) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4712964 — 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: Manhattan Bridge (B train) Context triple: [Brighton Line services, usesInfrastructure, Manhattan Bridge (B train)]
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A.
Broadway (Astoria Line)
Broadway is a local New York City Subway station in Astoria, Queens, served by the N and W trains on the BMT Astoria Line.
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B.
Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Line)
Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Line) is a New York City Subway station complex in Chinatown where B, D, N, and Q trains cross the Manhattan Bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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C.
Broad Street (BMT Nassau Street Line)
Broad Street is a New York City Subway station in Lower Manhattan serving the BMT Nassau Street Line, primarily used by J and Z trains.
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D.
Kingsbridge Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Kingsbridge Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) is a New York City Subway station in the Bronx that serves the Kingsbridge neighborhood along the Jerome Avenue Line.
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E.
BMT Broadway Line
The BMT Broadway Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Manhattan, carrying N, Q, R, and W trains through Midtown and Lower Manhattan via Broadway.
- 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: Manhattan Bridge (B train) Target entity description: The Manhattan Bridge (B train) is a major New York City Subway crossing that carries B and D line trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan as part of the BMT Broadway and IND Sixth Avenue services.
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A.
Broadway (Astoria Line)
Broadway is a local New York City Subway station in Astoria, Queens, served by the N and W trains on the BMT Astoria Line.
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B.
Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Line)
Canal Street (Manhattan Bridge Line) is a New York City Subway station complex in Chinatown where B, D, N, and Q trains cross the Manhattan Bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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C.
Broad Street (BMT Nassau Street Line)
Broad Street is a New York City Subway station in Lower Manhattan serving the BMT Nassau Street Line, primarily used by J and Z trains.
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D.
Kingsbridge Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Kingsbridge Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line) is a New York City Subway station in the Bronx that serves the Kingsbridge neighborhood along the Jerome Avenue Line.
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E.
BMT Broadway Line
The BMT Broadway Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Manhattan, carrying N, Q, R, and W trains through Midtown and Lower Manhattan via Broadway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway bridge crossing
ⓘ
rail transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| carriesLine |
BMT Broadway Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IND Sixth Avenue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriesService |
B train
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
D train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsBorough |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crosses | East River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
Brooklyn approach tracks
ⓘ
Manhattan approach tracks ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
northbound tracks
ⓘ
southbound tracks ⓘ |
| infrastructureFunction | carries subway traffic between boroughs ⓘ |
| isSegmentOf |
B train route
ⓘ
D train route ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | B Division (lettered lines) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePattern | B and D trains use separate track pairs ⓘ |
| serviceRole | interborough subway connection ⓘ |
| structureType | elevated on bridge deck ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | four subway tracks ⓘ |
| usedByService |
BMT Broadway service
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IND Sixth Avenue service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesBridge | Manhattan Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Manhattan Bridge (B train) Description of subject: The Manhattan Bridge (B train) is a major New York City Subway crossing that carries B and D line trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan as part of the BMT Broadway and IND Sixth Avenue services.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Manhattan Bridge (Q train)
subject surface form:
Q (New York City Subway service)
this entity surface form:
Manhattan Bridge (south tracks)