Federal Office of Transport
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The Federal Office of Transport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for regulating and supervising the country’s railways and other public transport systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Federal Office of Transport canonical | 5 |
| Swiss Federal Office of Transport | 3 |
| Federal Office of Transport (Switzerland) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3651073 — 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: Federal Office of Transport Context triple: [Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, oversees, Federal Office of Transport]
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A.
Federal Ministry of Transportation
The Federal Ministry of Transportation is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing national policies and programs for the country’s transportation systems, including road, rail, maritime, and other transit infrastructure.
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B.
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
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C.
Transportation Bureau
The Transportation Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for traffic management, highway and bridge patrol, and enforcement of transportation-related laws throughout the city.
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D.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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E.
Directorate for Transport
The Directorate for Transport is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and implementing national transport policy and overseeing Scotland’s transport infrastructure and 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: Federal Office of Transport Target entity description: The Federal Office of Transport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for regulating and supervising the country’s railways and other public transport systems.
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A.
Federal Ministry of Transportation
The Federal Ministry of Transportation is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing national policies and programs for the country’s transportation systems, including road, rail, maritime, and other transit infrastructure.
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B.
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
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C.
Transportation Bureau
The Transportation Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for traffic management, highway and bridge patrol, and enforcement of transportation-related laws throughout the city.
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D.
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal executive department responsible for national transportation policy, safety regulation, and infrastructure across modes such as highways, aviation, rail, and transit.
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E.
Directorate for Transport
The Directorate for Transport is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and implementing national transport policy and overseeing Scotland’s transport infrastructure and services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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national transport authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
BAV
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FOT ⓘ OFT ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
European railway agencies
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Swiss Federal Railways ⓘ cantonal transport authorities in Switzerland ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.bav.admin.ch ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bern ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| mandate | ensure safe, reliable and efficient rail and public transport in Switzerland ⓘ |
| oversees |
freight rail services in Switzerland
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long‑distance rail passenger services in Switzerland ⓘ regional rail passenger services in Switzerland ⓘ urban public transport systems in Switzerland ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ⓘ |
| partOf |
federal office of the Swiss Confederation
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surface form:
Swiss federal administration
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| regulates |
cableways in Switzerland
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public transport in Switzerland ⓘ rail transport in Switzerland ⓘ shipping on Swiss inland waters ⓘ |
| regulatoryArea |
cableway and ski lift operations
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inland navigation safety ⓘ public transport concessions ⓘ railway infrastructure financing ⓘ railway safety ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
allocation of rail infrastructure capacity in Switzerland
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approval of cableway installations in Switzerland ⓘ approval of concessionary public transport services in Switzerland ⓘ approval of railway infrastructure projects in Switzerland ⓘ implementation of Swiss transport policy in rail and public transport ⓘ implementation of international rail agreements in Switzerland ⓘ licensing of public transport operators in Switzerland ⓘ licensing of railway undertakings in Switzerland ⓘ safety of cableways in Switzerland ⓘ safety of inland navigation in Switzerland ⓘ safety of public transport in Switzerland ⓘ safety of rail transport in Switzerland ⓘ supervision of rail infrastructure managers in Switzerland ⓘ |
| sector | transport ⓘ |
| supervises |
Swiss public transport infrastructure
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Swiss railway undertakings ⓘ |
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: Federal Office of Transport Description of subject: The Federal Office of Transport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for regulating and supervising the country’s railways and other public transport systems.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
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oversees
→
Federal Office of Transport
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this entity surface form:
Federal Office of Transport (Switzerland)
this entity surface form:
Swiss Federal Office of Transport
this entity surface form:
Swiss Federal Office of Transport
this entity surface form:
Swiss Federal Office of Transport