SEPTA Key
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SEPTA Key is a contactless smart fare card and payment system used across Philadelphia’s SEPTA public transit network.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SEPTA Key canonical | 79 |
| SEPTA Key card | 5 |
| SEPTA Key Card | 4 |
| SEPTA Key Quick Trip or equivalent media | 1 |
| SEPTA Key card system | 1 |
| SEPTA Key fare products | 1 |
| SEPTA fare system | 1 |
| integrated with SEPTA Key system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T54383 — 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: SEPTA Key Context triple: [SEPTA Market–Frankford Line, fareSystem, SEPTA Key]
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A.
MetroCard
MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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B.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is the regional public transit agency serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, operating buses, subways, trolleys, and commuter rail services across southeastern Pennsylvania.
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C.
SEPTA Regional Rail
SEPTA Regional Rail is a commuter rail network serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, connecting the city with its suburbs and neighboring regions.
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D.
SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines
The SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines are a network of light rail routes in Philadelphia that operate partly in subway tunnels and partly on city streets, connecting Center City with West Philadelphia and surrounding neighborhoods.
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E.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
- 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: SEPTA Key Target entity description: SEPTA Key is a contactless smart fare card and payment system used across Philadelphia’s SEPTA public transit network.
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A.
MetroCard
MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.
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B.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is the regional public transit agency serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, operating buses, subways, trolleys, and commuter rail services across southeastern Pennsylvania.
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C.
SEPTA Regional Rail
SEPTA Regional Rail is a commuter rail network serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, connecting the city with its suburbs and neighboring regions.
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D.
SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines
The SEPTA Subway–Surface Trolley Lines are a network of light rail routes in Philadelphia that operate partly in subway tunnels and partly on city streets, connecting Center City with West Philadelphia and surrounding neighborhoods.
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E.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contactless smart card fare system
ⓘ
public transit fare payment system ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| fareMediumType |
stored value card
ⓘ
time-based pass ⓘ transit smartcard ⓘ |
| fareProduct |
Monthly Pass
ⓘ
One Day Convenience Pass ⓘ One Day Convenience Pass ⓘ
surface form:
One Day Independence Pass
Travel Wallet ⓘ Weekly Pass ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeForm | virtual account ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalForm | plastic contactless card ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Delaware Valley
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ |
| operator |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
ⓘ
surface form:
SEPTA
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
prepaid stored value
ⓘ
time-based pass products ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Philadelphia metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Philadelphia
Delaware Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Pennsylvania
|
| replaces |
SEPTA tokens
ⓘ
legacy magnetic stripe passes ⓘ paper transfers ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
autofill
ⓘ
balance protection ⓘ card registration ⓘ fare capping ⓘ online account management ⓘ |
| usedOnMode |
Norristown High Speed Line
ⓘ
bus ⓘ elevated rail ⓘ regional rail ⓘ subway ⓘ trolley ⓘ |
| usedOnSystem |
SEPTA City Transit Division
ⓘ
SEPTA Regional Rail ⓘ SEPTA Suburban Transit Division ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
NFC
ⓘ
RFID ⓘ contactless smart card ⓘ |
| website | https://www.septakey.org ⓘ |
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: SEPTA Key Description of subject: SEPTA Key is a contactless smart fare card and payment system used across Philadelphia’s SEPTA public transit network.
Referenced by (93)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SEPTA fare system
subject surface form:
SEPTA Route 13
subject surface form:
36th Street station (SEPTA Subway–Surface)
this entity surface form:
integrated with SEPTA Key system
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Key card
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Key card
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Key Card
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Key Card
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Key Quick Trip or equivalent media
subject surface form:
North Philadelphia station (Broad Street Line)
subject surface form:
City Hall station (SEPTA)
this entity surface form:
SEPTA Key card