Central Ohio Transit Authority
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The Central Ohio Transit Authority is the primary public transportation agency serving the Columbus, Ohio region, operating bus and related transit services across the metropolitan area.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10372691 — 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: Central Ohio Transit Authority Context triple: [Columbus metropolitan area, hasPublicTransitAgency, Central Ohio Transit Authority]
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A.
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is the public transportation agency serving the Cleveland metropolitan area in Ohio, operating buses, rail, and paratransit services across the region.
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B.
Lorain County Transit
Lorain County Transit is a regional public transportation agency serving communities in and around Lorain County, Ohio.
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C.
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority
The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority is the primary public transportation agency serving Toledo, Ohio, and surrounding communities with bus and paratransit services.
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D.
Greater Dayton RTA
Greater Dayton RTA is the primary public transportation agency serving the Dayton, Ohio metropolitan area with bus and related transit services.
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E.
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is a public agency that manages and promotes maritime commerce, logistics, and economic development activities centered on the Port of Cleveland on Lake Erie.
- 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: Central Ohio Transit Authority Target entity description: The Central Ohio Transit Authority is the primary public transportation agency serving the Columbus, Ohio region, operating bus and related transit services across the metropolitan area.
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A.
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is the public transportation agency serving the Cleveland metropolitan area in Ohio, operating buses, rail, and paratransit services across the region.
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B.
Lorain County Transit
Lorain County Transit is a regional public transportation agency serving communities in and around Lorain County, Ohio.
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C.
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority
The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority is the primary public transportation agency serving Toledo, Ohio, and surrounding communities with bus and paratransit services.
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D.
Greater Dayton RTA
Greater Dayton RTA is the primary public transportation agency serving the Dayton, Ohio metropolitan area with bus and related transit services.
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E.
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is a public agency that manages and promotes maritime commerce, logistics, and economic development activities centered on the Port of Cleveland on Lake Erie.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus operator
ⓘ
mass transit system ⓘ public transit agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
COTA
ⓘ
linked to:
COTA Downtown Transit Terminal
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fareSystem |
electronic fare payment
ⓘ
mobile ticketing ⓘ smartcard payment ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Ohio General Assembly ⓘ |
| governingBody | COTA Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalPolicy | fleet modernization and emissions reduction ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
ADA paratransit program
ⓘ
reduced fare programs ⓘ transit pass programs with local institutions ⓘ |
| hasRouteNetwork |
bus rapid transit-style lines
ⓘ
crosstown routes ⓘ local routes ⓘ suburban commuter routes ⓘ |
| hasService |
COTA Plus microtransit service
ⓘ
airport bus service ⓘ downtown circulator service ⓘ express bus service ⓘ fixed-route bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ park-and-ride service ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Columbus, Ohio ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| legalForm | regional transit authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Columbus, Ohio ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
bus
ⓘ
bus rapid transit ⓘ microtransit ⓘ paratransit ⓘ |
| operator | publicly owned ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| regionServed | Central Ohio communities ⓘ |
| replaced | Columbus Transit Company ⓘ |
| serves |
John Glenn Columbus International Airport
ⓘ
Ohio State University area ⓘ downtown Columbus ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Central Ohio
ⓘ
Columbus metropolitan area ⓘ Franklin County, Ohio ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| usesVehicleType |
battery electric buses
ⓘ
compressed natural gas buses ⓘ diesel buses ⓘ hybrid buses ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cota.com ⓘ |
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: Central Ohio Transit Authority Description of subject: The Central Ohio Transit Authority is the primary public transportation agency serving the Columbus, Ohio region, operating bus and related transit services across the metropolitan area.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Central Ohio Transit Authority
linked to: Central Ohio Transit Authority
subject linked to:
Huntington Park opened in 2009
linked to: Central Ohio Transit Authority