M86 Select Bus Service
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M86 Select Bus Service is a New York City Select Bus Service route that provides crosstown transit across Manhattan along 86th Street, connecting the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M86 SBS (at intersecting crosstown streets) | 1 |
| M86 Select Bus Service canonical | 1 |
| M86-SBS crosstown bus route | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11853331 — 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: M86 Select Bus Service Context triple: [East 86th Street, hasPublicTransit, M86 Select Bus Service]
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A.
Q44 Select Bus Service
Q44 Select Bus Service is a New York City rapid bus route that provides limited-stop, high-frequency service connecting key neighborhoods in Queens and the Bronx.
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B.
Metro Express
Metro Express is a faster, limited-stop service operated as part of the broader Metro Bus public transportation system.
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C.
Pace Suburban Bus
Pace Suburban Bus is a public transportation agency serving the suburban areas of the Chicago metropolitan region with bus and paratransit services.
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D.
Purple Line Express
Purple Line Express is a rush-hour rapid transit service of the Chicago Transit Authority that operates as a faster, limited-stop variant of the Purple Line.
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E.
Metro Busway
Metro Busway is Los Angeles County’s network of high-capacity, bus rapid transit corridors designed to provide faster, more reliable service than regular local bus lines.
- 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: M86 Select Bus Service Target entity description: M86 Select Bus Service is a New York City Select Bus Service route that provides crosstown transit across Manhattan along 86th Street, connecting the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
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A.
Q44 Select Bus Service
Q44 Select Bus Service is a New York City rapid bus route that provides limited-stop, high-frequency service connecting key neighborhoods in Queens and the Bronx.
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B.
Metro Express
Metro Express is a faster, limited-stop service operated as part of the broader Metro Bus public transportation system.
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C.
Pace Suburban Bus
Pace Suburban Bus is a public transportation agency serving the suburban areas of the Chicago metropolitan region with bus and paratransit services.
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D.
Purple Line Express
Purple Line Express is a rush-hour rapid transit service of the Chicago Transit Authority that operates as a faster, limited-stop variant of the Purple Line.
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E.
Metro Busway
Metro Busway is Los Angeles County’s network of high-capacity, bus rapid transit corridors designed to provide faster, more reliable service than regular local bus lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Select Bus Service route
ⓘ
bus route ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| brand | Select Bus Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Bus routes in Manhattan
ⓘ
Select Bus Service routes ⓘ |
| connects |
Central Park Transverse at 86th Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper East Side NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper West Side NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
1 train
ⓘ
4 train ⓘ 5 train ⓘ 6 train ⓘ B train ⓘ C train NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ Q train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fareCollection | off-board fare collection ⓘ |
| fareSystem | Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system ⓘ |
| formerName | M86 Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
eastbound
ⓘ
westbound ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
all-door boarding
ⓘ
dedicated bus lanes ⓘ transit signal priority ⓘ |
| implementedAsSBS | 2015 ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Manhattan bus network ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
MTA New York City Bus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
MetroCard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OMNY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | crosstown transit across Manhattan ⓘ |
| publicTransitSystem | New York City Bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeNumber | M86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsAlong |
East 86th Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West 86th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType | crosstown ⓘ |
| uses | articulated buses ⓘ |
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: M86 Select Bus Service Description of subject: M86 Select Bus Service is a New York City Select Bus Service route that provides crosstown transit across Manhattan along 86th Street, connecting the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
M86-SBS crosstown bus route
this entity surface form:
M86 SBS (at intersecting crosstown streets)