Sound Transit
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Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T307028 — 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: Sound Transit Context triple: [Puget Sound region, hasTransportationAgency, Sound Transit]
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A.
Sound Transit Link light rail
Sound Transit Link light rail is a regional rapid transit system serving Seattle and surrounding communities with frequent, high-capacity train service.
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B.
TriMet
TriMet is the regional public transportation agency serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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C.
Portland Bureau of Transportation
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is the city agency responsible for planning, building, managing, and maintaining Portland, Oregon’s transportation infrastructure and services.
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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.
MetroLink light rail
MetroLink light rail is the bi-state light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area, providing regional passenger rail service across parts of Missouri and Illinois.
- 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: Sound Transit Target entity description: Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
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A.
Sound Transit Link light rail
Sound Transit Link light rail is a regional rapid transit system serving Seattle and surrounding communities with frequent, high-capacity train service.
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B.
TriMet
TriMet is the regional public transportation agency serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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C.
Portland Bureau of Transportation
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is the city agency responsible for planning, building, managing, and maintaining Portland, Oregon’s transportation infrastructure and services.
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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.
MetroLink light rail
MetroLink light rail is the bi-state light rail transit system serving the Greater St. Louis area, providing regional passenger rail service across parts of Missouri and Illinois.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transit agency
ⓘ
regional transit authority ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sound Transit
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
ST ⓘ |
| builds |
commuter rail infrastructure
ⓘ
light rail infrastructure ⓘ regional bus infrastructure ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Community Transit
ⓘ
King County Metro ⓘ Pierce Transit ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | voters of the Central Puget Sound region ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
motor vehicle excise tax
ⓘ
rental car tax ⓘ sales tax ⓘ |
| governingBody | Sound Transit Board of Directors ⓘ |
| hasProject |
Sound Move
ⓘ
Sound Transit 2 ⓘ Sound Transit 3 ⓘ |
| hasService |
bus rapid transit (planned and operating)
ⓘ
park-and-ride facilities ⓘ transit centers ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.soundtransit.org ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seattle, Washington, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Seattle, Washington
|
| inception | 1993 ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Puget Sound region
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Puget Sound region
|
| legalForm | regional transit authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Puget Sound region
ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| modeOfTransport |
commuter rail
ⓘ
express bus ⓘ light rail ⓘ |
| officialName |
Sound Transit
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
|
| operates |
Link light rail
ⓘ
ST Express bus ⓘ Sounder commuter rail ⓘ Sound Transit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tacoma Link light rail
|
| operatesInMetropolitanArea | Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ |
| plans | regional high-capacity transit system ⓘ |
| region |
Puget Sound region
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Puget Sound
|
| regulates | no; it is an operator and planner, not a regulator ⓘ |
| serves |
King County
ⓘ
surface form:
King County, Washington
Pierce County ⓘ
surface form:
Pierce County, Washington
Snohomish County ⓘ
surface form:
Snohomish County, Washington
|
| serviceType |
mass transit
ⓘ
regional transit ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sound Transit Description of subject: Sound Transit is the regional public transit agency that plans, builds, and operates light rail, commuter rail, and express bus services in the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State.
Referenced by (114)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit regional transit system
this entity surface form:
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit 2
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit 3
subject surface form:
Bellevue, Washington
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit Sounder
this entity surface form:
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
this entity surface form:
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
this entity surface form:
Tacoma Link light rail
subject surface form:
King Street Station
subject surface form:
International District/Chinatown Station
subject surface form:
International District/Chinatown Station
subject surface form:
International District/Chinatown Station
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit Express buses
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit Express bus network
subject surface form:
Angle Lake station
subject surface form:
Angle Lake station
subject surface form:
Auburn, Washington
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit Express buses
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit regional transit system
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit Sounder
this entity surface form:
Sound Transit services