Moscow Metro
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The Moscow Metro is a major rapid transit system in Moscow renowned for its extensive network, high passenger capacity, and ornately decorated stations often likened to underground palaces.
All labels observed (27)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T86918 — 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: Moscow Metro Context triple: [Moscow, contains, Moscow Metro]
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A.
Kremlin
The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in the heart of Moscow that serves as the official residence of the Russian president and a symbol of Russian political power.
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B.
Nevsky Prospekt
Nevsky Prospekt is the main avenue and one of the most famous streets in St. Petersburg, known for its historic architecture, cultural institutions, and role as the city’s central thoroughfare.
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C.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a prestigious burial site in Moscow’s Red Square where many prominent Soviet leaders and figures are interred.
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D.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, serving as its political, economic, and cultural center.
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E.
Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
- 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: Moscow Metro Target entity description: The Moscow Metro is a major rapid transit system in Moscow renowned for its extensive network, high passenger capacity, and ornately decorated stations often likened to underground palaces.
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A.
Kremlin
The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in the heart of Moscow that serves as the official residence of the Russian president and a symbol of Russian political power.
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B.
Nevsky Prospekt
Nevsky Prospekt is the main avenue and one of the most famous streets in St. Petersburg, known for its historic architecture, cultural institutions, and role as the city’s central thoroughfare.
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C.
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is a prestigious burial site in Moscow’s Red Square where many prominent Soviet leaders and figures are interred.
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D.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, serving as its political, economic, and cultural center.
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E.
Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metro system
ⓘ
public transport network ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ |
| annualRidership | over 2 billion passengers ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Soviet monumental classicism
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Stalinist architecture (historic stations) ⓘ contemporary minimalist design (new stations) ⓘ |
| characteristic |
high passenger capacity
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ornately decorated stations ⓘ short headways ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Moscow Central Circle
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Moscow Central Diameters ⓘ Moscow Monorail ⓘ Moscow bus network ⓘ Moscow tram network ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| dailyRidership | several million passengers ⓘ |
| electrification | third rail ⓘ |
| fareMedia |
Troika card
ⓘ
contactless bank cards ⓘ |
| fareSystem | flat fare ⓘ |
| fareZoneSystem | single zone ⓘ |
| hasDepot | multiple rolling stock depots across the network ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Wi‑Fi on trains and in stations
ⓘ
extensive transfer hubs ⓘ mobile phone coverage in tunnels ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line
ⓘ
Big Circle Line ⓘ Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line ⓘ Butovskaya Line ⓘ Filevskaya Line ⓘ Kalininsko–Solntsevskaya Line ⓘ Koltsevaya Line ⓘ Lyublinsko–Dmitrovskaya Line ⓘ Moscow Central Circle ⓘ Nekrasovskaya Line ⓘ Serpukhovsko–Timiryazevskaya Line ⓘ Sokolnicheskaya Line ⓘ Solntsevskaya Line ⓘ Tagansko–Krasnopresnenskaya Line ⓘ Zamoskvoretskaya Line ⓘ |
| inception | 1935-05-15 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Moscow ⓘ |
| nickname | underground palaces ⓘ |
| notableStation |
Kievskaya
ⓘ
Komsomolskaya ⓘ Mayakovskaya ⓘ Novoslobodskaya ⓘ Ploshchad Revolyutsii ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | more than 15 ⓘ |
| numberOfStations | more than 200 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1935-05-15 ⓘ |
| operator |
Moscow Metro
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Moscow Metro State Unitary Enterprise
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| owner |
Moscow
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Moscow
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| primaryLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| purpose | urban mass transit ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
extensive CCTV surveillance
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platform edge markings ⓘ |
| serves |
Moscow
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surface form:
Moscow metropolitan area
|
| signageLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| systemLength | over 400 km ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem |
QR-code tickets
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contactless smart card ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1520 mm ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Moscow Metro Description of subject: The Moscow Metro is a major rapid transit system in Moscow renowned for its extensive network, high passenger capacity, and ornately decorated stations often likened to underground palaces.
Referenced by (970)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Moscow urban rail transit system
this entity surface form:
Moscow rapid transit network
this entity surface form:
Moscow Metro network
subject surface form:
VDNKh
subject surface form:
VDNKh
subject surface form:
VDNKh
this entity surface form:
Moscow Metro system
subject surface form:
Bagrationovskaya
subject surface form:
Bagrationovskaya
subject surface form:
Bagrationovskaya