McKinney Avenue Trolley
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The McKinney Avenue Trolley is a heritage streetcar system in Dallas, Texas, that operates vintage trolleys as a free public transit service and tourist attraction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McKinney Avenue Trolley canonical | 4 |
| McKinney Avenue Transit Authority | 1 |
| McKinney Avenue Transit Authority M-Line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T189302 — 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: McKinney Avenue Trolley Context triple: [Uptown Dallas, hasTransportation, McKinney Avenue Trolley]
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A.
Mattapan Trolley
The Mattapan Trolley is a historic light rail line in Boston that operates vintage PCC streetcars between Ashmont and Mattapan stations.
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B.
Portland Streetcar
Portland Streetcar is a modern urban streetcar transit system serving central Portland, Oregon, connecting key neighborhoods, employment centers, and educational institutions.
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C.
Huntington Area Rapid Transit
Huntington Area Rapid Transit is the local bus system serving the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York.
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D.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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E.
RideKC Streetcar
RideKC Streetcar is a modern, fare-free streetcar line serving downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as part of the region’s integrated RideKC public transit network.
- 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: McKinney Avenue Trolley Target entity description: The McKinney Avenue Trolley is a heritage streetcar system in Dallas, Texas, that operates vintage trolleys as a free public transit service and tourist attraction.
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A.
Mattapan Trolley
The Mattapan Trolley is a historic light rail line in Boston that operates vintage PCC streetcars between Ashmont and Mattapan stations.
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B.
Portland Streetcar
Portland Streetcar is a modern urban streetcar transit system serving central Portland, Oregon, connecting key neighborhoods, employment centers, and educational institutions.
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C.
Huntington Area Rapid Transit
Huntington Area Rapid Transit is the local bus system serving the town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York.
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D.
MAX Light Rail
MAX Light Rail is the metropolitan light rail transit system serving the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
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E.
RideKC Streetcar
RideKC Streetcar is a modern, fare-free streetcar line serving downtown Kansas City, Missouri, as part of the region’s integrated RideKC public transit network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage streetcar system
ⓘ
public transportation system ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | M-Line Trolley ⓘ |
| city |
Dallas, Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Dallas
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fareCollection | no on-board fare collection ⓘ |
| farePolicy | free ⓘ |
| hasVehicleType | single-car streetcars ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | heritage streetcar ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dallas, Texas
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableFeature |
operates restored historic trolleys
ⓘ
provides free rides to passengers ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| operator |
McKinney Avenue Trolley
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
|
| powerSupply | overhead electric wire ⓘ |
| primaryStreetServed | McKinney Avenue ⓘ |
| purpose |
public transit
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| region | North Texas ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Downtown Dallas
ⓘ
Uptown Dallas ⓘ |
| serviceType | local circulator ⓘ |
| shortName | M-Line ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| transitType |
streetcar
ⓘ
trolley ⓘ |
| usesRollingStockType | vintage streetcars ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: McKinney Avenue Trolley Description of subject: The McKinney Avenue Trolley is a heritage streetcar system in Dallas, Texas, that operates vintage trolleys as a free public transit service and tourist attraction.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
this entity surface form:
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority M-Line