Howard station (CTA Red Line)
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Howard station (CTA Red Line) is a major Chicago Transit Authority rail terminal on the city’s North Side that serves as an interchange between the Red, Purple, and Yellow Lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howard station (CTA Red Line) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4679633 — 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: Howard station (CTA Red Line) Context triple: [Rogers Park, Chicago, contains, Howard station (CTA Red Line)]
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A.
Belmont station (CTA Red Line)
Belmont station (CTA Red Line) is a major Chicago 'L' rapid transit hub in the Lakeview neighborhood where the Red, Brown, and Purple Lines converge.
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B.
Addison station (CTA Red Line)
Addison station (CTA Red Line) is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop on the Red Line located in the Lakeview neighborhood, best known for serving fans attending games and events at nearby Wrigley Field.
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C.
Chicago Avenue station (CTA Red Line)
Chicago Avenue station (CTA Red Line) is an underground Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Red Line serving the Near North Side area, including the Magnificent Mile.
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D.
Pulaski station (CTA Orange Line)
Pulaski station (CTA Orange Line) is an elevated rapid transit stop on Chicago’s Orange Line serving the West Elsdon neighborhood near Midway Airport.
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E.
Jackson (CTA Red Line station)
Jackson is a major Chicago Transit Authority Red Line subway station located in downtown Chicago’s Loop, serving as a key transfer point within the city’s rapid transit system.
- 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: Howard station (CTA Red Line) Target entity description: Howard station (CTA Red Line) is a major Chicago Transit Authority rail terminal on the city’s North Side that serves as an interchange between the Red, Purple, and Yellow Lines.
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A.
Belmont station (CTA Red Line)
Belmont station (CTA Red Line) is a major Chicago 'L' rapid transit hub in the Lakeview neighborhood where the Red, Brown, and Purple Lines converge.
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B.
Addison station (CTA Red Line)
Addison station (CTA Red Line) is a Chicago 'L' rapid transit stop on the Red Line located in the Lakeview neighborhood, best known for serving fans attending games and events at nearby Wrigley Field.
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C.
Chicago Avenue station (CTA Red Line)
Chicago Avenue station (CTA Red Line) is an underground Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit stop on the Red Line serving the Near North Side area, including the Magnificent Mile.
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D.
Pulaski station (CTA Orange Line)
Pulaski station (CTA Orange Line) is an elevated rapid transit stop on Chicago’s Orange Line serving the West Elsdon neighborhood near Midway Airport.
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E.
Jackson (CTA Red Line station)
Jackson is a major Chicago Transit Authority Red Line subway station located in downtown Chicago’s Loop, serving as a key transfer point within the city’s rapid transit system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicago Transit Authority station
ⓘ
railway terminus ⓘ rapid transit station ⓘ |
| accessible | yes ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Howard Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fareControlLocation | concourse level ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Ventra ⓘ |
| fareZone | CTA single-zone system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBenches | yes ⓘ |
| hasBicycleFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasBusConnections | yes ⓘ |
| hasCanopy | yes ⓘ |
| hasCustomerAssistance | yes ⓘ |
| hasElevators | yes ⓘ |
| hasInterchangeWith |
Purple Line (CTA)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Line (CTA) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellow Line (CTA) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLighting | yes ⓘ |
| hasParkAndRide | yes ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType |
island platform
ⓘ
side platform ⓘ |
| hasRestrooms | yes ⓘ |
| hasSecurityCameras | yes ⓘ |
| hasShelters | yes ⓘ |
| hasSignageStyle | CTA standard signage ⓘ |
| hasStationHouse | yes ⓘ |
| hasTransferCorridor | yes ⓘ |
| isMajorInterchange | yes ⓘ |
| isTerminalFor | Purple Line (CTA) shuttle service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTerminusOf |
Red Line (CTA)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yellow Line (CTA) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInArea | North Side, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Rogers Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 4 ⓘ |
| opened | 1908 ⓘ |
| operator | Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | Chicago 'L' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rebuilt |
1921
ⓘ
2006 ⓘ |
| servesLine |
Purple Line (CTA)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Line (CTA) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yellow Line (CTA) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| structureType | elevated station ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem | automated fare collection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Howard station (CTA Red Line) Description of subject: Howard station (CTA Red Line) is a major Chicago Transit Authority rail terminal on the city’s North Side that serves as an interchange between the Red, Purple, and Yellow Lines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.