Trans States
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Trans States was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder services for major carriers before ceasing operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trans States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9259912 — 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: Trans States Context triple: [WATERSKI, replacedAirlineName, Trans States]
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A.
New State
New State was the authoritarian corporatist regime led by António de Oliveira Salazar that ruled Portugal from the 1930s until the Carnation Revolution in 1974.
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B.
The State
"The State" is a foundational political science text by Woodrow Wilson that analyzes the nature, functions, and evolution of government and political institutions.
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C.
The State
The State is an American sketch comedy troupe best known for its influential 1990s MTV series featuring an ensemble of future prominent comedians.
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D.
State of Things
State of Things is a film featuring Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern in a prominent role.
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E.
Interstate
The Interstate is the United States’ nationwide system of high-speed, limited-access highways that connects major cities and regions for efficient long-distance travel and commerce.
- 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: Trans States Target entity description: Trans States was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder services for major carriers before ceasing operations.
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A.
New State
New State was the authoritarian corporatist regime led by António de Oliveira Salazar that ruled Portugal from the 1930s until the Carnation Revolution in 1974.
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B.
The State
"The State" is a foundational political science text by Woodrow Wilson that analyzes the nature, functions, and evolution of government and political institutions.
-
C.
The State
The State is an American sketch comedy troupe best known for its influential 1990s MTV series featuring an ensemble of future prominent comedians.
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D.
State of Things
State of Things is a film featuring Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern in a prominent role.
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E.
Interstate
The Interstate is the United States’ nationwide system of high-speed, limited-access highways that connects major cities and regions for efficient long-distance travel and commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | regional airline ⓘ |
| airlineType |
commuter airline
ⓘ
feeder airline ⓘ |
| allianceRole | regional affiliate ⓘ |
| businessModel | capacity purchase agreements ⓘ |
| callsign | WATERSKI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceasedOperations | 2020 ⓘ |
| ceasedOperationsReason | phase-out of ERJ-145 flying by major partners ⓘ |
| commencedOperations | 1983 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employeeRole | provided pilot jobs for regional airline career paths ⓘ |
| fleetType |
British Aerospace Jetstream 31
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Embraer ERJ-135 NERFINISHED ⓘ Embraer ERJ-145 NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusCity | St. Louis Lambert International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Trans-States Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1982 ⓘ |
| headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hub |
Chicago O'Hare International Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denver International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Dulles International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IATA code | AX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAO code | LOF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | aviation ⓘ |
| operatedAircraftCategory |
regional jet
ⓘ
turboprop ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
American Connection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ US Airways Express NERFINISHED ⓘ United Express NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedFor |
American Airlines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
US Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ United Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnderBrand |
American Connection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ US Airways Express NERFINISHED ⓘ United Express NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingCertificateType | Part 121 air carrier ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Trans States Holdings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForClosure | business decision amid industry changes ⓘ |
| safetyRegulator | Federal Aviation Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Eastern United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountain region ⓘ |
| serviceType | feeder services ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
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: Trans States Description of subject: Trans States was a U.S. regional airline that operated feeder services for major carriers before ceasing operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.