Metlink
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Metlink is the public transport brand and coordinating agency for bus, rail, and ferry services in New Zealand’s Wellington region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metlink canonical | 3 |
| Metlink commuter rail services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5173620 — 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: Metlink Context triple: [Wellington Region, hasRailOperator, Metlink]
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A.
TransLink
TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
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B.
TransLink
TransLink is the regional transportation authority that plans, manages, and operates public transit and related transportation services across Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.
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C.
Silverlink Metro
Silverlink Metro was a former suburban rail network in London and surrounding areas that operated under the Silverlink franchise until its services were absorbed into the London Overground.
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D.
Metro Busway
Metro Busway is Los Angeles County’s network of high-capacity, bus rapid transit corridors designed to provide faster, more reliable service than regular local bus lines.
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E.
MRT Grey Line
The MRT Grey Line is a planned rapid transit route within the MRT subway network designed to expand urban rail connectivity along its corridor.
- 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: Metlink Target entity description: Metlink is the public transport brand and coordinating agency for bus, rail, and ferry services in New Zealand’s Wellington region.
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A.
TransLink
TransLink was the original name of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional contactless transit fare payment system, later rebranded as the Clipper card.
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B.
TransLink
TransLink is the regional transportation authority that plans, manages, and operates public transit and related transportation services across Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.
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C.
Silverlink Metro
Silverlink Metro was a former suburban rail network in London and surrounding areas that operated under the Silverlink franchise until its services were absorbed into the London Overground.
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D.
Metro Busway
Metro Busway is Los Angeles County’s network of high-capacity, bus rapid transit corridors designed to provide faster, more reliable service than regular local bus lines.
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E.
MRT Grey Line
The MRT Grey Line is a planned rapid transit route within the MRT subway network designed to expand urban rail connectivity along its corridor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transport agency
ⓘ
public transport brand ⓘ |
| brandOf | public transport services in Wellington Region ⓘ |
| busNetworkBrand | Metlink Bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contractsOperators |
bus companies in Wellington Region
ⓘ
ferry operators in Wellington Harbour ⓘ rail operators in Wellington Region ⓘ |
| coordinates |
bus services in Wellington Region
ⓘ
harbour ferry services in Wellington Region ⓘ suburban rail services in Wellington Region ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| fareSystem | zonal fare system ⓘ |
| ferryNetworkBrand | Metlink Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
integrated public transport
ⓘ
multi-modal connections ⓘ public transport frequency ⓘ public transport reliability ⓘ |
| governingBody | Greater Wellington Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Greater Wellington region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp | Metlink app NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasService |
accessible transport services
ⓘ
school bus services ⓘ |
| industry | public transport ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| operates | Wellington suburban rail network (through contracted operators) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInCity |
Kapiti Coast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lower Hutt NERFINISHED ⓘ Masterton NERFINISHED ⓘ Porirua NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Hutt NERFINISHED ⓘ Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Greater Wellington Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesInformation |
journey planning
ⓘ
real-time service updates ⓘ timetables ⓘ |
| railNetworkBrand | Metlink Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Wellington urban area ⓘ |
| serves | Wellington Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
bus transport
ⓘ
demand-responsive transport ⓘ ferry transport ⓘ rail transport ⓘ |
| transportMode |
land transport
ⓘ
water transport ⓘ |
| usesTicketingSystem | Snapper card NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.metlink.org.nz/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Metlink Description of subject: Metlink is the public transport brand and coordinating agency for bus, rail, and ferry services in New Zealand’s Wellington region.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pukerua Bay
this entity surface form:
Metlink commuter rail services
subject surface form:
Paraparaumu