LIRR Greenport Branch
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The LIRR Greenport Branch is a Long Island Rail Road line that runs along the North Fork of Long Island, providing rail service between eastern Suffolk County communities and the rest of the LIRR network.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Long Island Rail Road Greenport Branch | 3 |
| LIRR Greenport Branch canonical | 2 |
| LIRR Greenport (Ronkonkoma–Greenport) service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6659646 — 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: LIRR Greenport Branch Context triple: [Mattituck station, servedByLine, LIRR Greenport Branch]
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A.
LIRR Port Jefferson Branch
The LIRR Port Jefferson Branch is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail line in New York that runs from Hicksville through northern Long Island to the village of Port Jefferson.
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B.
LIRR Oyster Bay Branch
The LIRR Oyster Bay Branch is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail line in New York that runs between Oyster Bay and Jamaica, serving communities on the North Shore of Long Island.
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C.
LIRR Hempstead Branch
The LIRR Hempstead Branch is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail line in New York that runs between Hempstead and major hubs in Queens and Manhattan.
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D.
LIRR Montauk Branch
The LIRR Montauk Branch is a Long Island Rail Road line that runs from Jamaica in Queens through Long Island’s South Shore communities to Montauk at the island’s eastern tip.
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E.
LIRR Babylon Branch
The LIRR Babylon Branch is a major electrified commuter rail line on the Long Island Rail Road that runs from Jamaica in Queens through Nassau County to Babylon in Suffolk County.
- 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: LIRR Greenport Branch Target entity description: The LIRR Greenport Branch is a Long Island Rail Road line that runs along the North Fork of Long Island, providing rail service between eastern Suffolk County communities and the rest of the LIRR network.
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A.
LIRR Port Jefferson Branch
The LIRR Port Jefferson Branch is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail line in New York that runs from Hicksville through northern Long Island to the village of Port Jefferson.
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B.
LIRR Oyster Bay Branch
The LIRR Oyster Bay Branch is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail line in New York that runs between Oyster Bay and Jamaica, serving communities on the North Shore of Long Island.
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C.
LIRR Hempstead Branch
The LIRR Hempstead Branch is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail line in New York that runs between Hempstead and major hubs in Queens and Manhattan.
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D.
LIRR Montauk Branch
The LIRR Montauk Branch is a Long Island Rail Road line that runs from Jamaica in Queens through Long Island’s South Shore communities to Montauk at the island’s eastern tip.
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E.
LIRR Babylon Branch
The LIRR Babylon Branch is a major electrified commuter rail line on the Long Island Rail Road that runs from Jamaica in Queens through Nassau County to Babylon in Suffolk County.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | commuter rail line ⓘ |
| connectsTo | ferry services at Greenport (historically) ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
LIRR Main Line at Ronkonkoma
ⓘ
linked to:
LIRR Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch)
New York City via transfers on LIRR network ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| electrification | not electrified east of Ronkonkoma ⓘ |
| fareSystem | LIRR zone-based fares ⓘ |
| hasBridge | Peconic River crossings (near Riverhead) ⓘ |
| hasIntermediateTerminus | Riverhead (for some trains) ⓘ |
| hasMaintenanceFacility |
Ronkonkoma yard (serving branch equipment)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ronkonkoma Yard
|
| hasSeasonalService | enhanced summer service to North Fork ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Greenport station
ⓘ
Mattituck station ⓘ Medford station ⓘ Riverhead station ⓘ Ronkonkoma station ⓘ Southold station ⓘ Yaphank station ⓘ |
| historicalRole | former main route to Greenport ferry connections ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | single-track line (mostly) ⓘ |
| isPartOfCorridor | LIRR diesel territory ⓘ |
| lineNumber |
Main Line east of Ronkonkoma
ⓘ
linked to:
Long Island Rail Road Main Line
|
| locatedIn |
North Fork of Long Island
ⓘ
linked to:
North Fork, Long Island
State of New York ⓘ
linked to:
New York State
Suffolk County, New York ⓘ |
| mapColor | typically shown as an extension of the Main Line on LIRR maps ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Greenport, New York ⓘ |
| openedForService | 19th century ⓘ |
| operator | Long Island Rail Road ⓘ |
| owner | Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| partOf |
Long Island Rail Road network
ⓘ
linked to:
Long Island Rail Road
|
| primaryFunction | commuter and local passenger transport ⓘ |
| regionServed | Long Island ⓘ |
| routeDirection | generally east–west ⓘ |
| safetySystem | wayside signals ⓘ |
| serves | eastern Suffolk County communities ⓘ |
| servicePattern | diesel shuttle service east of Ronkonkoma ⓘ |
| serviceType | passenger rail ⓘ |
| terminus |
Greenport
ⓘ
linked to:
Greenport, New York
Ronkonkoma ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usesRollingStock |
diesel locomotives
ⓘ
diesel multiple units ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: LIRR Greenport Branch Description of subject: The LIRR Greenport Branch is a Long Island Rail Road line that runs along the North Fork of Long Island, providing rail service between eastern Suffolk County communities and the rest of the LIRR network.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: LIRR Greenport Branch
linked to: LIRR Greenport Branch
linked to: LIRR Greenport Branch
linked to: LIRR Greenport Branch