Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
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The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is the public transportation agency serving the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, providing bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4177046 — 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: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Context triple: [Houston METRORail, operator, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County]
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A.
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority is the public transportation agency serving the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area.
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B.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is the public transportation authority serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area with bus, light rail, commuter rail, and paratransit services.
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C.
Metro Rail Transit Corporation
Metro Rail Transit Corporation is a private consortium in the Philippines that financed, built, and initially operated Manila’s MRT Line 3 under a public–private partnership.
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D.
Denton County Transportation Authority
Denton County Transportation Authority is a regional public transit agency in North Texas that operates bus and rail services primarily within Denton County and connects to the broader Dallas–Fort Worth transportation network.
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E.
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and managing the city’s transit services, including buses, streetcars, and related passenger facilities in New Orleans.
- 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: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Target entity description: The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is the public transportation agency serving the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, providing bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
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A.
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority is the public transportation agency serving the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area.
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B.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is the public transportation authority serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area with bus, light rail, commuter rail, and paratransit services.
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C.
Metro Rail Transit Corporation
Metro Rail Transit Corporation is a private consortium in the Philippines that financed, built, and initially operated Manila’s MRT Line 3 under a public–private partnership.
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D.
Denton County Transportation Authority
Denton County Transportation Authority is a regional public transit agency in North Texas that operates bus and rail services primarily within Denton County and connects to the broader Dallas–Fort Worth transportation network.
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E.
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority is the public agency responsible for operating and managing the city’s transit services, including buses, streetcars, and related passenger facilities in New Orleans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
public transportation agency ⓘ transit authority ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
METRO (Houston)
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston METRO
METRO (Houston) ⓘ
surface form:
METRO Houston
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fundingSource |
fares
ⓘ
federal grants ⓘ sales tax ⓘ |
| governingBody | METRO Board of Directors ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | MTA Harris County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| hasRailSystemName | METRORail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasService |
HOV/HOT lane bus service
ⓘ
express bus routes ⓘ local bus routes ⓘ paratransit service for people with disabilities ⓘ park-and-ride routes ⓘ transit centers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalForm |
Metropolitan Transit Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
metropolitan transit authority
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
light rail ⓘ paratransit ⓘ |
| operates |
METRORail Green Line
ⓘ
METRORail Purple Line ⓘ METRORail Red Line ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Fort Bend County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCityServed | Houston ⓘ |
| railSystemType | light rail ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Houston
|
| serves |
Houston metropolitan area
ⓘ
Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
bus rapid transit
ⓘ
bus transportation ⓘ light rail transportation ⓘ paratransit transportation ⓘ park-and-ride bus service ⓘ |
| shortName | METRO ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ridemetro.org ⓘ |
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: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Description of subject: The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is the public transportation agency serving the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, providing bus, light rail, and paratransit services.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
this entity surface form:
Houston METRO transit system
this entity surface form:
METRO (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
this entity surface form:
Harris County Transit
this entity surface form:
METRO (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
this entity surface form:
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
this entity surface form:
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County board