R62A subway cars
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The R62A subway cars are stainless-steel New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1980s for the IRT division, known for their distinctive front-end design and long service on numbered lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R62A subway cars canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6698670 — 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: R62A subway cars Context triple: [1 train (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), usesRollingStock, R62A subway cars]
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A.
R160 subway cars
The R160 subway cars are a class of modern New Technology Train rolling stock used on various New York City Subway lines, featuring electronic signage, automated announcements, and improved accessibility and reliability compared to older fleets.
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B.
R211 subway cars
The R211 subway cars are a modern generation of New York City Subway rolling stock featuring updated technology, improved accessibility, and enhanced passenger amenities.
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C.
R68 subway car
The R68 subway car is a stainless-steel New York City Subway rolling stock class built in the 1980s, primarily used on B Division lines such as the B train.
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D.
R188 subway cars
The R188 subway cars are a modern fleet of New York City Subway rolling stock built for the IRT Flushing Line, featuring updated technology and communications-based train control compatibility.
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E.
R46 subway cars
The R46 subway cars are a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1970s, known for their stainless-steel bodies and long service on various IND/BMT lines.
- 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: R62A subway cars Target entity description: The R62A subway cars are stainless-steel New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1980s for the IRT division, known for their distinctive front-end design and long service on numbered lines.
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A.
R160 subway cars
The R160 subway cars are a class of modern New Technology Train rolling stock used on various New York City Subway lines, featuring electronic signage, automated announcements, and improved accessibility and reliability compared to older fleets.
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B.
R211 subway cars
The R211 subway cars are a modern generation of New York City Subway rolling stock featuring updated technology, improved accessibility, and enhanced passenger amenities.
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C.
R68 subway car
The R68 subway car is a stainless-steel New York City Subway rolling stock class built in the 1980s, primarily used on B Division lines such as the B train.
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D.
R188 subway cars
The R188 subway cars are a modern fleet of New York City Subway rolling stock built for the IRT Flushing Line, featuring updated technology and communications-based train control compatibility.
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E.
R46 subway cars
The R46 subway cars are a class of New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1970s, known for their stainless-steel bodies and long service on various IND/BMT lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway rolling stock
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electric multiple unit ⓘ |
| brakeType | SMEE ⓘ |
| buildEnd | 1987 ⓘ |
| builder | Bombardier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildStart | 1984 ⓘ |
| carbodyMaterial | stainless steel ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | R62 subway car NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlType | SMEE ⓘ |
| couplingType | Westinghouse H2C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
A Division
NERFINISHED
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numbered lines ⓘ |
| designedForGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| designedForPlatform | IRT loading gauge ⓘ |
| division | IRT division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doorConfiguration | side doors ⓘ |
| doorType | sliding pocket doors ⓘ |
| enteredService |
1984
ⓘ
1985 ⓘ 1986 ⓘ 1987 ⓘ |
| fleetUse | passenger service ⓘ |
| hasCab | full-width cab at one end ⓘ |
| introducedToReplace | older IRT Redbird cars ⓘ |
| manufacturerCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
distinctive front-end design
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stainless-steel exterior ⓘ |
| operator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| powerCollectionMethod | third rail ⓘ |
| propulsionType | DC traction motors ⓘ |
| region |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| serviceLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
express service
ⓘ
local service ⓘ |
| successorTo |
R33 subway car
ⓘ
R36 subway car ⓘ |
| system | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| thirdRailType | bottom-contact ⓘ |
| tractionPowerSupply | 600 V DC ⓘ |
| trainFormation | linked into sets ⓘ |
| usedOn |
1 service
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3 service ⓘ 42nd Street Shuttle NERFINISHED ⓘ 7 service ⓘ other IRT services ⓘ |
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: R62A subway cars Description of subject: The R62A subway cars are stainless-steel New York City Subway rolling stock built in the 1980s for the IRT division, known for their distinctive front-end design and long service on numbered lines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.