WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority)
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WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) is a public transit agency serving the Tri-Valley area of Alameda County, California, primarily operating local and regional bus services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority WHEELS | 1 |
| WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13454836 — 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: WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) Context triple: [Dublin/Pleasanton station, busOperator, WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority)]
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A.
Arrowhead Transit
Arrowhead Transit is a regional public transportation service operating in and around Hibbing, Minnesota, providing bus and demand-response rides for local residents.
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B.
ValleyRide bus system
The ValleyRide bus system is the primary public transit network serving communities throughout the Boise metropolitan area in Idaho.
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C.
SolanoExpress bus system
The SolanoExpress bus system is a regional transit network providing intercity bus service connecting Solano County communities with major nearby destinations and transit hubs.
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D.
Santa Ynez Valley Transit
Santa Ynez Valley Transit is a public bus system providing local and regional transportation services within California’s Santa Ynez Valley.
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E.
Petaluma Transit
Petaluma Transit is the public bus system serving the city of Petaluma, California, providing local fixed-route and paratransit services.
- 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: WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) Target entity description: WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) is a public transit agency serving the Tri-Valley area of Alameda County, California, primarily operating local and regional bus services.
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A.
Arrowhead Transit
Arrowhead Transit is a regional public transportation service operating in and around Hibbing, Minnesota, providing bus and demand-response rides for local residents.
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B.
ValleyRide bus system
The ValleyRide bus system is the primary public transit network serving communities throughout the Boise metropolitan area in Idaho.
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C.
SolanoExpress bus system
The SolanoExpress bus system is a regional transit network providing intercity bus service connecting Solano County communities with major nearby destinations and transit hubs.
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D.
Santa Ynez Valley Transit
Santa Ynez Valley Transit is a public bus system providing local and regional transportation services within California’s Santa Ynez Valley.
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E.
Petaluma Transit
Petaluma Transit is the public bus system serving the city of Petaluma, California, providing local fixed-route and paratransit services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus operator
ⓘ
public transit agency ⓘ transport organization in California ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Altamont Corridor Express
ⓘ
Bay Area Rapid Transit ⓘ
linked to:
Bay Area Rapid Transit rail network
regional bus operators in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| county |
Alameda County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alameda County
|
| fareIntegration | regional Bay Area transit fare programs ⓘ |
| fareSystem | paid public transit ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
federal transit funds
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local government funds ⓘ state transit funds ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority Board of Directors
ⓘ
linked to:
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority
|
| hasOfficialName | Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority WHEELS ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.wheelsbus.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Tri-Valley, Alameda County, California
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linked to:
Tri‑Valley region of California
|
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority ⓘ |
| operationalScope |
intercity bus service within Alameda County
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intra-city bus service ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | public transportation in Tri-Valley ⓘ |
| providesAccessibility |
ADA-compliant paratransit services
ⓘ
wheelchair-accessible buses ⓘ |
| region | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| regulatoryEnvironment |
California public transit regulations
ⓘ
Federal Transit Administration regulations ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Dublin, California
ⓘ
Livermore, California ⓘ
linked to:
Livermore
Pleasanton, California ⓘ Tri-Valley, California ⓘ
linked to:
Tri‑Valley region of California
unincorporated areas of eastern Alameda County ⓘ |
| serviceCharacteristic |
fixed-route bus lines
ⓘ
scheduled service ⓘ |
| serviceType |
commuter bus service
ⓘ
local bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ regional bus service ⓘ |
| shortName | WHEELS ⓘ |
| state |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| targetUserGroup |
commuters
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general public ⓘ seniors and persons with disabilities ⓘ students ⓘ |
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: WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) Description of subject: WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority) is a public transit agency serving the Tri-Valley area of Alameda County, California, primarily operating local and regional bus services.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dublin/Pleasanton BART station
WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority)
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hasOfficialName
→
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority WHEELS
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linked to: WHEELS (Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority)