The Tide light rail system

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light rail system public transportation system urban rail transit system

The Tide light rail system is an urban light rail transit network serving the city of Norfolk and surrounding areas in southeastern Virginia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Tide light rail	6
The Tide light rail system canonical	2
Hampton Roads Transit light rail (The Tide)	1
The Tide light rail network	1
Tide Light Rail	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T716932 — 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: The Tide light rail system
Context triple: [Norfolk, Virginia, hasTransportation, The Tide light rail system]

A. MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
B. DART Light Rail
DART Light Rail is a light rail transit system serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area, operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
C. METRO light rail
METRO light rail is a rapid transit system serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with multiple color-designated lines connecting key urban, suburban, and airport destinations.
D. Baltimore Light Rail
Baltimore Light Rail is a regional light rail transit system serving Baltimore, Maryland, and its surrounding suburbs.
E. MetroLink light rail
MetroLink light rail is the bi-state light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area, providing regional passenger rail service across parts of Missouri and Illinois.
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: The Tide light rail system
Target entity description: The Tide light rail system is an urban light rail transit network serving the city of Norfolk and surrounding areas in southeastern Virginia.

A. MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
B. DART Light Rail
DART Light Rail is a light rail transit system serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area, operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
C. METRO light rail
METRO light rail is a rapid transit system serving the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area with multiple color-designated lines connecting key urban, suburban, and airport destinations.
D. Baltimore Light Rail
Baltimore Light Rail is a regional light rail transit system serving Baltimore, Maryland, and its surrounding suburbs.
E. MetroLink light rail
MetroLink light rail is the bi-state light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area, providing regional passenger rail service across parts of Missouri and Illinois.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	light rail system ⓘ public transportation system ⓘ urban rail transit system ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	overhead catenary ⓘ
fareSystem	Hampton Roads Transit fare system ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasBrandName	The Tide ⓘ
hasMode	rail ⓘ
isElectrified	yes ⓘ
isInMetropolitanArea	Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area
isOwnedBy	public sector ⓘ
isUrbanRail	yes ⓘ
locatedIn	Hampton Roads ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads region Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
openingDate	2011-08-19 ⓘ
operator	Hampton Roads Transit bus network ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads Transit
owner	City of Norfolk ⓘ
partOf	Hampton Roads ⓘ surface form: Hampton Roads public transit network
primaryCityServed	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
regionServed	Southeastern Virginia ⓘ surface form: southeastern Virginia
serves	Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ southeastern Virginia ⓘ
serviceType	urban transit ⓘ
transitType	light rail ⓘ

How these facts were elicited