Capital Metro
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Capital Metro is the primary public transportation agency serving the Austin, Texas metropolitan area with bus, rail, and paratransit services.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capital Metro canonical | 1 |
| Capital Metro bus service | 1 |
| Capital Metro standard fare zone | 1 |
| Capital MetroRail (Austin) | 1 |
| Capital MetroRail (Austin) for initial service testing and demonstration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4854421 — 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 Metro Context triple: [Austin, Texas, United States, hasPublicTransitSystem, Capital Metro]
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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.
Houston METRORail
Houston METRORail is a light rail transit system serving the city of Houston, Texas, providing urban passenger rail service along several key corridors.
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D.
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.
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E.
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
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.
- 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 Metro Target entity description: Capital Metro is the primary public transportation agency serving the Austin, Texas metropolitan area with bus, 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.
Houston METRORail
Houston METRORail is a light rail transit system serving the city of Houston, Texas, providing urban passenger rail service along several key corridors.
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D.
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.
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E.
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public transportation agency
ⓘ
transit authority ⓘ |
| busRapidTransitBrand | MetroRapid ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareMedium | mobile ticketing app ⓘ |
| fareSystem | contactless smart card ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
public transit accessibility
ⓘ
regional mobility planning ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
fares
ⓘ
federal grants ⓘ local sales tax ⓘ state grants ⓘ |
| governingBody | Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CapMetro ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
bike-and-ride program
ⓘ
employer pass program ⓘ reduced fare program ⓘ university pass program ⓘ |
| hasRailLine | Red Line ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.capmetro.org ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Austin, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
|
| legalForm | public authority ⓘ |
| localBusBrand | MetroBus ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
paratransit ⓘ rail ⓘ |
| offersService |
ADA paratransit
ⓘ
express bus ⓘ night bus service ⓘ park and ride ⓘ |
| operatesInAdministrativeTerritory |
Hays County, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Hays County
Travis County, Texas ⓘ Williamson County, Texas ⓘ
linked to:
Williamson County
|
| paratransitBrand | MetroAccess ⓘ |
| primaryCityServed | Austin ⓘ |
| railBrand |
Capital MetroRail
ⓘ
linked to:
Capital MetroRail Red Line
|
| railMode | diesel multiple unit ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Central Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
central Texas
|
| serves |
Austin metropolitan area
ⓘ
Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to:
City of Austin
|
| serviceType |
bus rapid transit
ⓘ
bus transit ⓘ commuter rail ⓘ demand-responsive transport ⓘ paratransit ⓘ |
| U.S. state | Texas ⓘ |
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 Metro Description of subject: Capital Metro is the primary public transportation agency serving the Austin, Texas metropolitan area with bus, rail, and paratransit services.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Colorado Railcar DMU
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usedBy
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Capital MetroRail (Austin) for initial service testing and demonstration
ⓘ
linked to: Capital Metro
linked to: Capital Metro
linked to: Capital Metro
subject linked to:
southwest Austin
linked to: Capital Metro