Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System
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Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System is a public transit network that provides bus and shuttle services connecting communities in and around Yosemite National Park with nearby cities and transportation hubs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yosemite Valley shuttle system | 2 |
| Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T844209 — 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: Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Context triple: [Merced, hasPublicTransit, Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System]
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A.
Altamont Corridor Express
Altamont Corridor Express is a commuter rail service in Northern California that connects Central Valley communities with the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Sacramento Regional Transit
Sacramento Regional Transit is the public transportation agency serving the Sacramento, California metropolitan area with light rail and bus services.
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C.
San Francisco Muni
San Francisco Muni is the primary public transportation system in San Francisco, operating the city’s network of buses, light rail, historic streetcars, and cable cars.
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D.
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission
The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission is a public agency in California responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing regional passenger rail services in the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas.
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E.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, light rail, and related transportation services throughout Santa Clara County in California’s Silicon Valley.
- 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: Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Target entity description: Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System is a public transit network that provides bus and shuttle services connecting communities in and around Yosemite National Park with nearby cities and transportation hubs.
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A.
Altamont Corridor Express
Altamont Corridor Express is a commuter rail service in Northern California that connects Central Valley communities with the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Sacramento Regional Transit
Sacramento Regional Transit is the public transportation agency serving the Sacramento, California metropolitan area with light rail and bus services.
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C.
San Francisco Muni
San Francisco Muni is the primary public transportation system in San Francisco, operating the city’s network of buses, light rail, historic streetcars, and cable cars.
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D.
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission
The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission is a public agency in California responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing regional passenger rail services in the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas.
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E.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus, light rail, and related transportation services throughout Santa Clara County in California’s Silicon Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus transit system
ⓘ
public transportation system ⓘ shuttle bus system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | YARTS ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
ⓘ
Fresno ⓘ
surface form:
Fresno, California
Mammoth Lakes area ⓘ
surface form:
Mammoth Lakes, California
Mariposa County ⓘ
surface form:
Mariposa County, California
Merced Amtrak Station ⓘ Merced Greyhound Station ⓘ Merced ⓘ
surface form:
Merced, California
Mono County, California ⓘ Sonora, California ⓘ Tuolumne County ⓘ
surface form:
Tuolumne County, California
Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| environmentalRole | supports sustainable tourism in Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| focus |
regional commuter access to Yosemite
ⓘ
tourist transportation ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
federal transportation grants
ⓘ
local governments ⓘ California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
state of California
|
| hasRoute |
Tioga Pass corridor (eastern approach to Yosemite)
ⓘ
surface form:
Highway 120 corridor to Yosemite
Highway 140 corridor to Yosemite ⓘ Highway 41 corridor to Yosemite ⓘ Tioga Pass corridor (eastern approach to Yosemite) ⓘ
surface form:
Tioga Pass / eastern Sierra corridor (seasonal)
|
| hasService |
park-and-ride connections
ⓘ
seasonal bus routes ⓘ year-round bus routes ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
shuttle bus ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| operator | Merced County Association of Governments ⓘ |
| primaryDestination |
Yosemite Valley Visitor Center
ⓘ
surface form:
Yosemite National Park visitor centers
Yosemite Valley ⓘ |
| purpose |
provide access to Yosemite National Park without private cars
ⓘ
reduce air pollution in Yosemite National Park ⓘ reduce traffic congestion in Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Central California
ⓘ
communities surrounding Yosemite National Park ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity bus service
ⓘ
park shuttle service ⓘ regional transit service ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| ticketing |
accepts reservations on some routes
ⓘ
fares charged per trip ⓘ |
| website | https://yarts.com ⓘ |
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: Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System Description of subject: Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System is a public transit network that provides bus and shuttle services connecting communities in and around Yosemite National Park with nearby cities and transportation hubs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yosemite Valley shuttle system
this entity surface form:
Yosemite Valley shuttle system