Union Station (Los Angeles)
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Union Station (Los Angeles) is the city’s main intermodal transportation terminal, serving as a central hub for regional rail, subway, light rail, and bus services.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1756142 — 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: Union Station (Los Angeles) Context triple: [Metro Rail (Los Angeles), primaryHub, Union Station (Los Angeles)]
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A.
Santa Monica Downtown station
Santa Monica Downtown station is a light rail transit stop in downtown Santa Monica that serves as the western terminus of Los Angeles Metro Rail’s E Line near the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Wilshire/Vermont station
Wilshire/Vermont station is a major underground Los Angeles Metro Rail hub in Koreatown where multiple lines intersect, serving as a key transfer point for commuters.
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C.
Wilshire/Western station
Wilshire/Western station is an underground rapid transit station in Los Angeles serving the Metro D Line at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Koreatown.
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D.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic former railroad terminal in St. Louis that has been transformed into a mixed-use complex featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment.
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E.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic train station and transportation hub in Worcester, Massachusetts, known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and role as a key gateway to the city.
- 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: Union Station (Los Angeles) Target entity description: Union Station (Los Angeles) is the city’s main intermodal transportation terminal, serving as a central hub for regional rail, subway, light rail, and bus services.
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A.
Santa Monica Downtown station
Santa Monica Downtown station is a light rail transit stop in downtown Santa Monica that serves as the western terminus of Los Angeles Metro Rail’s E Line near the Pacific Ocean.
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B.
Wilshire/Vermont station
Wilshire/Vermont station is a major underground Los Angeles Metro Rail hub in Koreatown where multiple lines intersect, serving as a key transfer point for commuters.
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C.
Wilshire/Western station
Wilshire/Western station is an underground rapid transit station in Los Angeles serving the Metro D Line at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Koreatown.
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D.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic former railroad terminal in St. Louis that has been transformed into a mixed-use complex featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment.
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E.
Union Station
Union Station is a historic train station and transportation hub in Worcester, Massachusetts, known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and role as a key gateway to the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus station
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intermodal transportation terminal ⓘ railway station ⓘ rapid transit station ⓘ train station ⓘ |
| architect |
Donald B. Parkinson
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H. L. Gilman ⓘ John Parkinson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Mission Revival
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Streamline Moderne ⓘ |
| builder | Griffith Company ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1933 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 34.0561°N 118.2365°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| formerOwner |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
bus plaza
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parking garage ⓘ passenger waiting room ⓘ ticketing hall ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clock tower
ⓘ
garden courtyards ⓘ grand concourse ⓘ ornamental waiting room chairs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ |
| metroLines |
Metro A Line
ⓘ
surface form:
Metro A Line (Blue)
Metro B Line ⓘ
surface form:
Metro B Line (Red)
Metro D Line ⓘ
surface form:
Metro D Line (Purple)
Metro E Line ⓘ
surface form:
Metro E Line (Gold/Expo connection via A Line)
|
| nearbyLandmark |
Los Angeles Plaza
ⓘ
surface form:
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument
Olvera Street ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 14 ⓘ |
| officialName |
Union Station (Los Angeles)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
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| openingDate | 1939-05-03 ⓘ |
| owner |
Catellus Development Corporation
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| platformType | island platforms ⓘ |
| railLines |
Amtrak Coast Starlight
ⓘ
Amtrak California ⓘ
surface form:
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
Southwest Chief ⓘ
surface form:
Amtrak Southwest Chief
Amtrak Sunset Limited ⓘ Amtrak Texas Eagle ⓘ Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line ⓘ Metrolink Antelope Valley Line ⓘ Metrolink Orange County Line ⓘ Metrolink Riverside Line ⓘ Metrolink San Bernardino Line ⓘ Metrolink Ventura County Line ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | red tile ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Amtrak
ⓘ
FlyAway Bus ⓘ Greyhound Lines ⓘ Los Angeles Metro bus lines ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles Metro Bus
Los Angeles Metro Rail ⓘ Megabus ⓘ Metrolink (Southern California) ⓘ
surface form:
Metrolink
|
| servesAs |
central hub for bus services in Los Angeles
ⓘ
central hub for light rail services in Los Angeles ⓘ central hub for regional rail in Los Angeles ⓘ central hub for subway services in Los Angeles ⓘ main intermodal transportation terminal of Los Angeles ⓘ |
| shortName |
Union Station (Los Angeles)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
LA Union Station
|
| usedFor |
commuter rail transportation
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intercity rail transportation ⓘ light rail transit ⓘ regional and local bus services ⓘ subway transit ⓘ |
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: Union Station (Los Angeles) Description of subject: Union Station (Los Angeles) is the city’s main intermodal transportation terminal, serving as a central hub for regional rail, subway, light rail, and bus services.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Metro Rail (Los Angeles)
subject surface form:
Metrolink (Southern California)
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Metro Rail at Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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L.A. Metro Rail at Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Metro Rail at Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
LA Union Station
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Metro Rail at Union Station
this entity surface form:
Union Station Los Angeles
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station complex
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station
this entity surface form:
Union Station, Los Angeles
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station area
this entity surface form:
Los Angeles Union Station