Silver Spring station
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Silver Spring station is a major transit hub in Silver Spring, Maryland, serving MARC commuter rail, Washington Metro’s Red Line, and multiple bus routes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silver Spring station canonical | 4 |
| Silver Spring Transit Center | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T959516 — 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: Silver Spring station Context triple: [Silver Spring, Maryland, hasTransportation, Silver Spring station]
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A.
North Bethesda station
North Bethesda station is a Washington Metro Red Line station in North Bethesda, Maryland, serving as a key transit hub for commuters in the area.
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B.
Rockville station
Rockville station is a commuter rail and transit hub in Rockville, Maryland, served by MARC’s Brunswick Line and Washington Metro’s Red Line.
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C.
Crystal City station
Crystal City station is an underground Washington Metro stop in Arlington, Virginia, serving the Crystal City business district and nearby Reagan National Airport.
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D.
West Hyattsville station
West Hyattsville station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Hyattsville, Maryland, serving the Green Line.
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E.
Tysons Corner station
Tysons Corner station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Tysons, Virginia, serving the major Tysons Corner commercial and shopping district.
- 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: Silver Spring station Target entity description: Silver Spring station is a major transit hub in Silver Spring, Maryland, serving MARC commuter rail, Washington Metro’s Red Line, and multiple bus routes.
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A.
North Bethesda station
North Bethesda station is a Washington Metro Red Line station in North Bethesda, Maryland, serving as a key transit hub for commuters in the area.
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B.
Rockville station
Rockville station is a commuter rail and transit hub in Rockville, Maryland, served by MARC’s Brunswick Line and Washington Metro’s Red Line.
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C.
Crystal City station
Crystal City station is an underground Washington Metro stop in Arlington, Virginia, serving the Crystal City business district and nearby Reagan National Airport.
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D.
West Hyattsville station
West Hyattsville station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Hyattsville, Maryland, serving the Green Line.
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E.
Tysons Corner station
Tysons Corner station is a Washington Metro rapid transit stop in Tysons, Virginia, serving the major Tysons Corner commercial and shopping district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Washington Metro station
ⓘ
bus transit center ⓘ commuter rail station ⓘ railway station ⓘ |
| electrification |
overhead or diesel-hauled MARC trains
ⓘ
third rail (Metro) ⓘ |
| fareSystem | SmarTrip ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | accessible for disabled persons ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentRoad |
Colesville Road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgia Avenue ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities |
bicycle lockers
ⓘ
bicycle racks ⓘ |
| hasBusConnections |
Ride On bus routes
ⓘ
WMATA Metrobus routes ⓘ intercity and commuter buses ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark |
Silver Spring, Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
Downtown Silver Spring
Silver Spring station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Silver Spring Transit Center
|
| hasParking | park-and-ride facilities nearby ⓘ |
| hasPassengerBuilding |
MARC station building
ⓘ
Metro mezzanine ⓘ |
| hasPlatformConfiguration |
island platform for Metro
ⓘ
side platforms for MARC ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
at-grade commuter rail station
ⓘ
elevated Metro station ⓘ |
| hasTracks |
2 MARC tracks
ⓘ
2 Metro tracks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Maryland
ⓘ
Montgomery County ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery County, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| openedAsMetroStation | February 6, 1978 ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork |
MARC Train
ⓘ
surface form:
MARC Train system
Washington Metro ⓘ |
| partOfSystem |
Washington Metro Red Line
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Line (Washington Metro)
|
| role | major transit hub in Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ |
| servedByMode |
bus
ⓘ
commuter rail ⓘ rapid transit ⓘ |
| servedByOperator |
MARC Train
ⓘ
Maryland Transit Administration ⓘ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ |
| servedByRailLine | Washington Metro Red Line ⓘ |
| servedByRailService | MARC Brunswick Line ⓘ |
| servesCity | Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ |
| servesRegion | Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
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: Silver Spring station Description of subject: Silver Spring station is a major transit hub in Silver Spring, Maryland, serving MARC commuter rail, Washington Metro’s Red Line, and multiple bus routes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Red Line (Washington Metro)
this entity surface form:
Silver Spring Transit Center