Memphis Area Transit Authority
E461454
The Memphis Area Transit Authority is the public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services throughout the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Memphis Area Transit Authority canonical | 1 |
| Memphis bus system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4681544 — 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: Memphis Area Transit Authority Context triple: [Whitehaven, servedBy, Memphis Area Transit Authority]
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A.
Knoxville Area Transit
Knoxville Area Transit is the public transportation system serving Knoxville, Tennessee, operating local bus routes and related transit services throughout the city.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Jackson Area Transportation Authority
Jackson Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in and around Jackson, Michigan.
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E.
Trinity Metro
Trinity Metro is the public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services, including commuter rail, in the Fort Worth area of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas.
- 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: Memphis Area Transit Authority Target entity description: The Memphis Area Transit Authority is the public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services throughout the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area.
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A.
Knoxville Area Transit
Knoxville Area Transit is the public transportation system serving Knoxville, Tennessee, operating local bus routes and related transit services throughout the city.
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B.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Jackson Area Transportation Authority
Jackson Area Transportation Authority is the public transit agency that operates bus and related transportation services in and around Jackson, Michigan.
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E.
Trinity Metro
Trinity Metro is the public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services, including commuter rail, in the Fort Worth area of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
ⓘ
public transportation agency ⓘ transit authority ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem | paid fares ⓘ |
| hasAccessibilityService | paratransit for people with disabilities ⓘ |
| hasBusNetwork |
Memphis bus system
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis Area Transit Authority
|
| hasJurisdiction |
Memphis, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| hasRailMode |
heritage trolley
ⓘ
streetcar ⓘ |
| hasRailSystem | MATA Trolley ⓘ |
| hasService |
demand-responsive transport
ⓘ
fixed-route bus ⓘ paratransit ⓘ trolley service ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Memphis, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
|
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| industry |
mass transit
ⓘ
public transportation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Memphis, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
heritage streetcar ⓘ light rail ⓘ |
| operates |
MATA Trolley
ⓘ
bus services ⓘ paratransit services ⓘ rail services ⓘ |
| operator |
City of Memphis
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
|
| owner |
City of Memphis
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
|
| partOf |
public transport in Tennessee
ⓘ
public transport in the United States ⓘ |
| publicTransitType | urban transit ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Mid-South region
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-South
|
| serves |
Memphis metropolitan area
ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
|
| serviceArea |
City of Memphis
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| serviceType |
local transit
ⓘ
regional transit ⓘ |
| shortName | MATA ⓘ |
| usesTicketingSystem |
fare cards
ⓘ
paper tickets ⓘ |
| website | https://www.matatransit.com/ ⓘ |
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: Memphis Area Transit Authority Description of subject: The Memphis Area Transit Authority is the public transportation agency that operates bus and rail services throughout the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Memphis Area Transit Authority