MARTA
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MARTA is the primary public transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, operating buses and rapid transit rail lines across the region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MARTA canonical | 10 |
| MARTA Rail | 2 |
| MARTA rail system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6368420 — 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: MARTA Context triple: [Georgia World Congress Center, nearTransport, MARTA]
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A.
MARTA Bus
MARTA Bus is the public bus transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area as part of the region’s primary mass transit network.
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B.
MARTA Streetcar
MARTA Streetcar is a modern streetcar transit service operating in Atlanta, Georgia, providing local rail connections through key downtown and nearby neighborhoods.
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C.
MARTA rail network
The MARTA rail network is the rapid transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, consisting of multiple color-coded lines that connect key neighborhoods, suburbs, and major destinations such as downtown, the airport, and business districts.
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D.
MARTA Breeze fare system
The MARTA Breeze fare system is the electronic ticketing and payment platform used by Atlanta’s public transit network, enabling riders to pay fares via smart cards and mobile devices.
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E.
MARTA Red Line
The MARTA Red Line is a major rapid transit route in Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system, running north–south and serving key neighborhoods and business districts.
- 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: MARTA Target entity description: MARTA is the primary public transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, operating buses and rapid transit rail lines across the region.
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A.
MARTA Bus
MARTA Bus is the public bus transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area as part of the region’s primary mass transit network.
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B.
MARTA Streetcar
MARTA Streetcar is a modern streetcar transit service operating in Atlanta, Georgia, providing local rail connections through key downtown and nearby neighborhoods.
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C.
MARTA rail network
The MARTA rail network is the rapid transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, consisting of multiple color-coded lines that connect key neighborhoods, suburbs, and major destinations such as downtown, the airport, and business districts.
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D.
MARTA Breeze fare system
The MARTA Breeze fare system is the electronic ticketing and payment platform used by Atlanta’s public transit network, enabling riders to pay fares via smart cards and mobile devices.
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E.
MARTA Red Line
The MARTA Red Line is a major rapid transit route in Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority system, running north–south and serving key neighborhoods and business districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
public transit agency ⓘ |
| airportStation | Airport station ⓘ |
| beganRailService | 1979 ⓘ |
| connectsToAirport | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fareMediumType | contactless smart card ⓘ |
| farePolicy | flat fare structure on rail and most bus routes ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
Breeze Card
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Breeze Ticket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingSource | sales tax ⓘ |
| governingBodyType | transit authority board ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | MARTA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusNetwork | MARTA bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLogoText | MARTA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransitPolice | MARTA Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialWebsite | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
paratransit ⓘ rapid transit rail ⓘ |
| numberOfRapidTransitLines | 4 ⓘ |
| operatesInTerritory |
City of Atlanta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clayton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ DeKalb County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Fulton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | member jurisdictions in the Atlanta region ⓘ |
| powerSupply | third rail electrification ⓘ |
| primaryHubStation | Five Points station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesServiceType |
express bus service
ⓘ
local bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ rail rapid transit ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| railSystemName | MARTA Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rapidTransitLine |
Blue Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gold Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServedRole | primary public transit system for the Atlanta metropolitan area ⓘ |
| serves |
Atlanta metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
City of Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceAreaCharacteristic | serves urban and suburban areas of Atlanta region ⓘ |
| shortName | MARTA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stationServesDowntown | Five Points station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalServiceHours | daily service ⓘ |
| website | https://www.itsmarta.com ⓘ |
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: MARTA Description of subject: MARTA is the primary public transit system serving the Atlanta metropolitan area, operating buses and rapid transit rail lines across the region.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Green Line (MARTA)
this entity surface form:
MARTA rail system
this entity surface form:
MARTA Rail
this entity surface form:
MARTA Rail