Q18 bus
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The Q18 bus is a New York City bus route in Queens that connects neighborhoods including Astoria and Maspeth, providing local transit service through the Woodside area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Q18 bus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5725282 — 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: Q18 bus Context triple: [Woodside, hasTransferTo, Q18 bus]
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A.
M15 bus
The M15 bus is a New York City Transit route that runs primarily along First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, connecting Lower Manhattan with the Upper East Side and East Harlem.
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B.
M11 bus
The M11 bus is a New York City bus route that runs primarily along Manhattan’s West Side, connecting the Upper West Side with Lower Manhattan.
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C.
Bus 174
Bus 174 is a Brazilian documentary film that examines the 2000 Rio de Janeiro bus hijacking and its social and political implications.
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D.
M104 bus
The M104 bus is a New York City bus route that runs primarily along Broadway and 42nd Street in Manhattan, connecting the Upper West Side with Midtown.
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E.
B41 bus route
The B41 bus route is a major New York City bus line in Brooklyn that runs primarily along Flatbush Avenue, connecting Downtown Brooklyn with neighborhoods such as Flatbush and Marine Park.
- 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: Q18 bus Target entity description: The Q18 bus is a New York City bus route in Queens that connects neighborhoods including Astoria and Maspeth, providing local transit service through the Woodside area.
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A.
M15 bus
The M15 bus is a New York City Transit route that runs primarily along First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, connecting Lower Manhattan with the Upper East Side and East Harlem.
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B.
M11 bus
The M11 bus is a New York City bus route that runs primarily along Manhattan’s West Side, connecting the Upper West Side with Lower Manhattan.
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C.
Bus 174
Bus 174 is a Brazilian documentary film that examines the 2000 Rio de Janeiro bus hijacking and its social and political implications.
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D.
M104 bus
The M104 bus is a New York City bus route that runs primarily along Broadway and 42nd Street in Manhattan, connecting the Upper West Side with Midtown.
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E.
B41 bus route
The B41 bus route is a major New York City bus line in Brooklyn that runs primarily along Flatbush Avenue, connecting Downtown Brooklyn with neighborhoods such as Flatbush and Marine Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City bus route
ⓘ
local bus route ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| connectsNeighborhood |
Astoria
ⓘ
Maspeth ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fareSystem | MTA fare system ⓘ |
| governingBody | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| hasRouteDesignation | Q18 ⓘ |
| hasService | daily service ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
Queens ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
MTA New York City Bus
ⓘ
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork |
MTA Regional Bus Operations
ⓘ
linked to:
MTA New York City Bus
|
| passesThrough | Woodside ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
MetroCard
ⓘ
OMNY ⓘ |
| publicTransportSystem |
New York City Bus
ⓘ
linked to:
MTA New York City Bus
|
| regionServed |
Northwestern Queens
ⓘ
linked to:
northwestern Queens
|
| routeNumber | Q18 ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Astoria
ⓘ
Maspeth ⓘ Woodside ⓘ |
| serviceType | local ⓘ |
| transitType | surface bus ⓘ |
| usedFor | public 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
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Input
Subject: Q18 bus Description of subject: The Q18 bus is a New York City bus route in Queens that connects neighborhoods including Astoria and Maspeth, providing local transit service through the Woodside area.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.