M-1 Rail line
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The M-1 Rail line is a modern streetcar system running along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, designed to support downtown and Midtown transit and spur urban redevelopment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M-1 Rail line canonical | 3 |
| M-1 Rail QLine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4313202 — 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: M-1 Rail line Context triple: [Detroit QLine, alsoKnownAs, M-1 Rail line]
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A.
Arrow rail line
Arrow rail line is a passenger rail service in Southern California that connects Redlands with the broader regional rail network.
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B.
MARC Penn Line
The MARC Penn Line is a Maryland commuter rail service that runs along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Perryville, serving numerous communities in Prince George’s County and beyond.
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C.
Trenton Line
Trenton Line is a commuter rail service in the Philadelphia region operated by SEPTA Regional Rail, connecting Center City Philadelphia with Trenton, New Jersey.
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D.
Sounder North Line
The Sounder North Line is a commuter rail service in the Seattle metropolitan area that runs along the Puget Sound, connecting Seattle with communities to the north such as Everett.
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E.
Pelham Line
The Pelham Line is a New York City Subway route in the Bronx and Manhattan, operated by the IRT division and primarily served by the 6 train.
- 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: M-1 Rail line Target entity description: The M-1 Rail line is a modern streetcar system running along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, designed to support downtown and Midtown transit and spur urban redevelopment.
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A.
Arrow rail line
Arrow rail line is a passenger rail service in Southern California that connects Redlands with the broader regional rail network.
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B.
MARC Penn Line
The MARC Penn Line is a Maryland commuter rail service that runs along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Perryville, serving numerous communities in Prince George’s County and beyond.
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C.
Trenton Line
Trenton Line is a commuter rail service in the Philadelphia region operated by SEPTA Regional Rail, connecting Center City Philadelphia with Trenton, New Jersey.
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D.
Sounder North Line
The Sounder North Line is a commuter rail service in the Seattle metropolitan area that runs along the Puget Sound, connecting Seattle with communities to the north such as Everett.
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E.
Pelham Line
The Pelham Line is a New York City Subway route in the Bronx and Manhattan, operated by the IRT division and primarily served by the 6 train.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light rail transit line
ⓘ
public transportation system ⓘ streetcar line ⓘ |
| branding | QLine ⓘ |
| city | Detroit ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Detroit People Mover vicinity downtown
ⓘ
SMART bus routes on Woodward Avenue ⓘ several DDOT bus routes ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 2014 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| electrification | overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
mobile ticketing
ⓘ
ticket vending machines at stations ⓘ |
| fareSystem | proof-of-payment ⓘ |
| fundingType | public–private partnership ⓘ |
| goal |
improve connectivity between downtown and Midtown
ⓘ
support economic development along Woodward Avenue ⓘ |
| hasAccessibilityFeature |
ADA-compliant vehicles
ⓘ
level boarding at stations ⓘ |
| hasColor | white and teal branding ⓘ |
| hasRouteName | QLine ⓘ |
| hasVehicleType | modern low-floor streetcar ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | urban street-running rail ⓘ |
| lineLength |
3.3 miles
ⓘ
about 5.3 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Detroit, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
|
| modeOfTransport | streetcar ⓘ |
| numberOfStations | 12 ⓘ |
| opened | 2017 ⓘ |
| operatorType | public–private partnership ⓘ |
| planningObjective |
catalyze transit-oriented development
ⓘ
enhance pedestrian-friendly environment along Woodward Avenue ⓘ |
| primaryStreet | Woodward Avenue ⓘ |
| purpose |
spur urban redevelopment
ⓘ
support Midtown transit ⓘ support downtown transit ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Michigan ⓘ |
| runsAlong | Woodward Avenue ⓘ |
| safetySystem | traffic-signal priority at some intersections ⓘ |
| servesArea |
Downtown Detroit
ⓘ
Midtown Detroit ⓘ |
| servesCorridor | Woodward Corridor ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
|
| terminus |
Congress Street
ⓘ
Grand Boulevard ⓘ |
| trackType | at-grade ⓘ |
| transitMode | fixed-guideway 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: M-1 Rail line Description of subject: The M-1 Rail line is a modern streetcar system running along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, designed to support downtown and Midtown transit and spur urban redevelopment.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: M-1 Rail line