MTA New York City Bus
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MTA New York City Bus is the public bus division of New York City's transit system, operating extensive local and express routes across the five boroughs.
All labels observed (33)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T490623 — 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: MTA New York City Bus Context triple: [LaGuardia Airport, publicTransitConnection, MTA New York City Bus]
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A.
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is the primary public bus system serving Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County region in New York.
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B.
Metropolitan Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Transit Authority was a former public agency that operated and managed mass transit services in the Boston metropolitan area before being succeeded by the MBTA.
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C.
Pace Suburban Bus
Pace Suburban Bus is a public transportation agency serving the suburban areas of the Chicago metropolitan region with bus and paratransit services.
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D.
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company was the private operator that built and ran New York City's first subway lines in the early 20th century before they were incorporated into the modern NYC Subway system.
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E.
OmniRide bus service
OmniRide bus service is a public transit system in Northern Virginia that provides local and commuter bus routes connecting suburban communities with major employment and activity centers in the region.
- 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: MTA New York City Bus Target entity description: MTA New York City Bus is the public bus division of New York City's transit system, operating extensive local and express routes across the five boroughs.
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A.
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is the primary public bus system serving Ithaca and the surrounding Tompkins County region in New York.
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B.
Metropolitan Transit Authority
The Metropolitan Transit Authority was a former public agency that operated and managed mass transit services in the Boston metropolitan area before being succeeded by the MBTA.
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C.
Pace Suburban Bus
Pace Suburban Bus is a public transportation agency serving the suburban areas of the Chicago metropolitan region with bus and paratransit services.
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D.
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company was the private operator that built and ran New York City's first subway lines in the early 20th century before they were incorporated into the modern NYC Subway system.
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E.
OmniRide bus service
OmniRide bus service is a public transit system in Northern Virginia that provides local and commuter bus routes connecting suburban communities with major employment and activity centers in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
division of Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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public bus operator ⓘ public transportation agency ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Long Island Rail Road
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Metro-North Railroad ⓘ New York City Subway ⓘ Staten Island Railway ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| fareMedium |
OMNY
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surface form:
OMNY card
contactless bank cards via OMNY ⓘ |
| farePolicy | flat fare within New York City ⓘ |
| fleetType |
battery electric buses
ⓘ
compressed natural gas buses ⓘ diesel buses ⓘ hybrid electric buses ⓘ |
| formerName |
New York City Transit Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City Transit Authority Surface Division
|
| governingBody |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board
|
| hasColorScheme | blue and white livery ⓘ |
| hasOperatorCode |
MTAB
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NYCT ⓘ |
| hasRouteType |
commuter express routes
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crosstown routes ⓘ feeder routes ⓘ trunk routes ⓘ |
| offers | free transfers to subway with same fare medium ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
MTA New York City Bus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MTA Bus Company
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Brooklyn
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Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ |
| operatorType | publicly owned ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | New York City public transit system ⓘ |
| primaryHub |
Bronx Hub at Third Avenue–149th Street
ⓘ
Downtown Brooklyn ⓘ Jamaica, Queens ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ St. George, Staten Island ⓘ |
| regulates | bus stop placement in New York City streets ⓘ |
| serviceArea | five boroughs of New York City ⓘ |
| serviceType |
express bus service
ⓘ
limited-stop bus service ⓘ local bus service ⓘ select bus service ⓘ |
| usesFareSystem |
MetroCard
ⓘ
OMNY ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MTA New York City Bus Description of subject: MTA New York City Bus is the public bus division of New York City's transit system, operating extensive local and express routes across the five boroughs.
Referenced by (194)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jamaica, Queens
this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
MTA bus network
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City bus network
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
NYC Transit buses
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station (BMT Canarsie Line)
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connectsToSurfaceTransit
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MTA New York City Bus
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this entity surface form:
NYCT buses
this entity surface form:
MTA bus system
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
MTA bus service
this entity surface form:
MTA buses
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
MTA New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
subject surface form:
Maspeth
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
served by MTA New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
MTA New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
served by MTA New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
MTA New York City Bus routes in Riverdale area
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus routes
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus network
this entity surface form:
MTA Regional Bus Operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Bus
this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus operations
this entity surface form:
New York City Transit (bus division context)