Boston University West station
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Boston University West station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line in Boston serving the Boston University campus area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boston University West station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7126148 — 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: Boston University West station Context triple: [MBTA Green Line B branch, hasStop, Boston University West station]
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A.
Boston University East station
Boston University East station is a surface light rail stop in Boston, Massachusetts, serving Boston University along the MBTA Green Line.
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B.
Harvard station
Harvard station is a major Red Line subway and bus hub on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Medford/Tufts station
Medford/Tufts station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station in Medford serving Tufts University and the surrounding area.
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D.
Boylston station
Boylston station is a historic underground light rail stop in downtown Boston that serves the MBTA Green Line.
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E.
Northeastern University station
Northeastern University station is a light rail stop on Boston’s MBTA Green Line serving the Northeastern University campus and the surrounding Fenway–Kenmore area.
- 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: Boston University West station Target entity description: Boston University West station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line in Boston serving the Boston University campus area.
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A.
Boston University East station
Boston University East station is a surface light rail stop in Boston, Massachusetts, serving Boston University along the MBTA Green Line.
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B.
Harvard station
Harvard station is a major Red Line subway and bus hub on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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C.
Medford/Tufts station
Medford/Tufts station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail station in Medford serving Tufts University and the surrounding area.
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D.
Boylston station
Boylston station is a historic underground light rail stop in downtown Boston that serves the MBTA Green Line.
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E.
Northeastern University station
Northeastern University station is a light rail stop on Boston’s MBTA Green Line serving the Northeastern University campus and the surrounding Fenway–Kenmore area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MBTA Green Line station
ⓘ
light rail station ⓘ surface station ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Boston University West Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
MBTA Green Line stations in Boston
ⓘ
Railway stations serving universities in the United States ⓘ |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fareSystem | MBTA fare system ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | not fully accessible ⓘ |
| hasLine | Green Line B branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType | side platforms ⓘ |
| hasService | local service ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | at-grade ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Commonwealth Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Boston University Central station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boston University East station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
MBTA
ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
|
| ownedBy |
MBTA
ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
|
| partOf |
MBTA Green Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MBTA Green Line B branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicTransitSystem | MBTA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Boston University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boston University campus area ⓘ |
| servesMode |
light rail
ⓘ
streetcar ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: Boston University West station Description of subject: Boston University West station is a light rail stop on the MBTA Green Line in Boston serving the Boston University campus area.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.