Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services)
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Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) is a former passenger rail stop in Putāruru, New Zealand, that once served the town on the national rail network.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13484261 — 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: Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) Context triple: [Putāruru, hasAmenity, Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services)]
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A.
Porirua railway station
Porirua railway station is a key suburban rail stop on New Zealand’s North Island Main Trunk line, serving the city of Porirua near Wellington with commuter and regional train services.
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B.
Tui railway station
Tui railway station is a railway terminus in the town of Tui, Spain, serving as a key cross-border rail connection point between Spain and Portugal.
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C.
Taree railway station
Taree railway station is a regional New South Wales train station on the North Coast line serving the town of Taree, Australia.
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D.
Paraparaumu railway station
Paraparaumu railway station is a key commuter and regional rail stop on New Zealand’s Kāpiti Coast, serving as an important link between Paraparaumu and Wellington.
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E.
Te Kuiti railway station
Te Kuiti railway station is a regional rail stop in the King Country area of New Zealand, serving the town of Te Kuiti on the North Island Main Trunk line.
- 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: Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) Target entity description: Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) is a former passenger rail stop in Putāruru, New Zealand, that once served the town on the national rail network.
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A.
Porirua railway station
Porirua railway station is a key suburban rail stop on New Zealand’s North Island Main Trunk line, serving the city of Porirua near Wellington with commuter and regional train services.
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B.
Tui railway station
Tui railway station is a railway terminus in the town of Tui, Spain, serving as a key cross-border rail connection point between Spain and Portugal.
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C.
Taree railway station
Taree railway station is a regional New South Wales train station on the North Coast line serving the town of Taree, Australia.
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D.
Paraparaumu railway station
Paraparaumu railway station is a key commuter and regional rail stop on New Zealand’s Kāpiti Coast, serving as an important link between Paraparaumu and Wellington.
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E.
Te Kuiti railway station
Te Kuiti railway station is a regional rail stop in the King Country area of New Zealand, serving the town of Te Kuiti on the North Island Main Trunk line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former passenger railway station
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railway station ⓘ |
| category |
Disused railway stations in New Zealand
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Rail transport in Waikato ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| currentUse | no regular passenger services ⓘ |
| hasFunction | served local passenger traffic ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName |
English
ⓘ
Māori ⓘ |
| hasPlatformType | side platform (likely) ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | ground-level station ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Island
ⓘ
Putāruru NERFINISHED ⓘ Waikato region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | railway line in New Zealand ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Putāruru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingStatus | former station in use only for non-regular services ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | New Zealand national rail network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwaySystem | New Zealand rail system ⓘ |
| regionServed | South Waikato District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | passenger rail stop ⓘ |
| servedTown | Putāruru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType | passenger services (historical) ⓘ |
| status | closed to regular passenger services ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
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: Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) Description of subject: Putāruru railway station (closed to regular passenger services) is a former passenger rail stop in Putāruru, New Zealand, that once served the town on the national rail network.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.