Capital Area Transit
E436378
Capital Area Transit was the former name of Raleigh, North Carolina’s primary public bus system, now known as GoRaleigh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capital Area Transit canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4375112 — 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: Capital Area Transit Context triple: [GoRaleigh, formerName, Capital Area Transit]
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A.
Manchester Transit Authority
Manchester Transit Authority is the primary public bus and paratransit service provider for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire and surrounding areas.
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B.
Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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C.
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration is the state agency responsible for operating and overseeing public transportation services in Maryland, including bus, rail, and commuter transit systems.
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D.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is the agency that manages public transportation services, including Metrorail and Metrobus, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
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E.
Charlotte Area Transit System
Charlotte Area Transit System is the primary public transportation agency serving the Charlotte metropolitan area with bus, light rail, and other transit 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: Capital Area Transit Target entity description: Capital Area Transit was the former name of Raleigh, North Carolina’s primary public bus system, now known as GoRaleigh.
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A.
Manchester Transit Authority
Manchester Transit Authority is the primary public bus and paratransit service provider for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire and surrounding areas.
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B.
Metro Transit
Metro Transit is the primary public transportation agency for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, operating buses, light rail, and commuter rail services.
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C.
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration is the state agency responsible for operating and overseeing public transportation services in Maryland, including bus, rail, and commuter transit systems.
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D.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is the agency that manages public transportation services, including Metrorail and Metrobus, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
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E.
Charlotte Area Transit System
Charlotte Area Transit System is the primary public transportation agency serving the Charlotte metropolitan area with bus, light rail, and other transit services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus transit system
ⓘ
public transit agency ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
GoTriangle
ⓘ
linked to:
GoTriangle regional transit
NC State University Wolfline (via shared stops) ⓘ
linked to:
NC State University Wolfline
Triangle Transit ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentNameOf | Capital Area Transit ⓘ |
| fareMedium |
cash fares
ⓘ
magnetic stripe cards ⓘ paper passes ⓘ |
| fareSystem | flat fare ⓘ |
| formerBrandOf |
Raleigh public bus system
ⓘ
linked to:
GoRaleigh bus system
|
| formerNameOf | GoRaleigh ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
federal government grants
ⓘ
local government ⓘ state government ⓘ |
| governedBy | Raleigh City Council ⓘ |
| hasBrandColor |
green
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersIn | Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.goraleigh.org ⓘ |
| industry | mass transit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Carolina
ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Wake County, North Carolina ⓘ |
| offers | ADA paratransit service ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
City of Raleigh
ⓘ
linked to:
Raleigh
|
| operatesIn | urban area ⓘ |
| owner |
City of Raleigh
ⓘ
linked to:
Raleigh
|
| partOf | GoTransit family of brands ⓘ |
| primaryMode | bus ⓘ |
| provides |
downtown circulator service
ⓘ
local bus routes ⓘ park-and-ride service ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Research Triangle region (via connections)
ⓘ
linked to:
Research Triangle
|
| sector | public transportation ⓘ |
| serves | Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
City of Raleigh
ⓘ
linked to:
Raleigh
parts of Wake County ⓘ |
| serviceType |
fixed-route bus service
ⓘ
paratransit service ⓘ |
| successor | GoRaleigh ⓘ |
| uses |
compressed natural gas buses
ⓘ
diesel buses ⓘ |
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: Capital Area Transit Description of subject: Capital Area Transit was the former name of Raleigh, North Carolina’s primary public bus system, now known as GoRaleigh.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
GoRaleigh bus system
subject linked to:
GoRaleigh bus system
subject linked to:
Capital Area Transit