Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is a U.S. federal agency that compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on the nation’s transportation systems to inform policy and decision-making.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30690 — 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: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Context triple: [United States Department of Transportation, oversees, Bureau of Transportation Statistics]
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A.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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B.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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C.
Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration is a U.S. government agency that provides financial and technical assistance to support and improve public transportation systems nationwide.
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D.
Amtrak
Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
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E.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
- 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: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Target entity description: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is a U.S. federal agency that compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on the nation’s transportation systems to inform policy and decision-making.
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A.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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B.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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C.
Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration is a U.S. government agency that provides financial and technical assistance to support and improve public transportation systems nationwide.
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D.
Amtrak
Amtrak is the United States’ national passenger railroad service, operating intercity and long-distance trains across much of the country.
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E.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a U.S. government agency responsible for supporting the construction, maintenance, and safety of the nation’s highway and road systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal statistical agency
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BTS ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataDomain |
aviation
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freight movement ⓘ highways ⓘ maritime transportation ⓘ public transit ⓘ rail transportation ⓘ |
| employerType | civil service ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
freight transportation data
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passenger transportation data ⓘ transportation economics ⓘ transportation infrastructure data ⓘ transportation performance measurement ⓘ transportation safety data ⓘ transportation statistics ⓘ |
| goal |
improve transportation data quality and accessibility
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increase understanding of the U.S. transportation system ⓘ inform transportation policy ⓘ support evidence-based decision making in transportation ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | United States transportation system ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Department of Transportation
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Transportation
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| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publishes |
Airline On-Time Performance statistics
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Freight Facts and Figures
Bureau of Transportation Statistics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
National Transportation Statistics
Pocket Guide to Transportation ⓘ Transportation Services Index ⓘ |
| responsibility |
analyzing transportation data
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collecting transportation data ⓘ developing transportation performance measures ⓘ ensuring quality of transportation data ⓘ improving comparability of transportation statistics ⓘ maintaining national transportation data systems ⓘ producing transportation indicators ⓘ providing data for transportation decision makers ⓘ publishing transportation statistics ⓘ supporting transportation policy making with data ⓘ supporting transportation research with data ⓘ |
| sector |
statistics
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transportation ⓘ |
| uses |
administrative records
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statistical modeling ⓘ surveys ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bts.gov ⓘ |
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: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Description of subject: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is a U.S. federal agency that compiles, analyzes, and publishes data on the nation’s transportation systems to inform policy and decision-making.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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publishes
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Transportation Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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publishes
→
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Freight Facts and Figures
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation
this entity surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
this entity surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Office of Airline Information and other modal data programs
subject surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
this entity surface form:
Office of Airline Information
subject surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
this entity surface form:
BTS TranStats database
this entity surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
this entity surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization
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parentOrganization
→
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
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oversaw
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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subject surface form:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration