Basel–Mulhouse railway
E11134
The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basel SNCF section | 1 |
| Basel–Mulhouse railway canonical | 1 |
| Mulhouse–Basel railway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95138 — 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: Basel–Mulhouse railway Context triple: [France–Switzerland border, crossesRailwayLine, Basel–Mulhouse railway]
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A.
Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor
The Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor is a major transnational hub in the Upper Rhine region that integrates road, rail, and air links between France, Switzerland, and Germany around the tri-city area.
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B.
Gare de Genève-Cornavin
Gare de Genève-Cornavin is the main railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, serving as a major hub for national and international train connections.
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C.
France–Switzerland border
The France–Switzerland border is an international boundary in Western Europe separating France and Switzerland, notable for crossing major transport routes and sites such as the CERN research complex near Geneva.
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D.
Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
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E.
French–Italian border
The French–Italian border is the mountainous international boundary between France and Italy, running largely through the Alps and historically fortified and contested.
- 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: Basel–Mulhouse railway Target entity description: The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
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A.
Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor
The Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg transport corridor is a major transnational hub in the Upper Rhine region that integrates road, rail, and air links between France, Switzerland, and Germany around the tri-city area.
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B.
Gare de Genève-Cornavin
Gare de Genève-Cornavin is the main railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, serving as a major hub for national and international train connections.
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C.
France–Switzerland border
The France–Switzerland border is an international boundary in Western Europe separating France and Switzerland, notable for crossing major transport routes and sites such as the CERN research complex near Geneva.
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D.
Jet d'Eau
Jet d'Eau is a famous large water fountain on Lake Geneva and one of the most iconic symbols of the city of Geneva, Switzerland.
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E.
French–Italian border
The French–Italian border is the mountainous international boundary between France and Italy, running largely through the Alps and historically fortified and contested.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international railway line
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| borderCrossing | Swiss–French border near Basel ⓘ |
| connects |
Basel-Stadt
ⓘ
surface form:
Basel
Mulhouse ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
SNCF Réseau
ⓘ
surface form:
French national rail network
Swiss national rail network ⓘ |
| country |
France
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| crossesBorderBetween | Switzerland and France ⓘ |
| electrification | overhead line ⓘ |
| gauge | 1,435 mm ⓘ |
| hasFunction | key cross-border transport corridor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alsace
ⓘ
Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form:
Basel
Grand Est ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Est region
Upper Rhine metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Rhine region
|
| operator |
SNCF
ⓘ
Swiss Federal Railways ⓘ |
| partOf |
European rail network
ⓘ
Geneva–Lyon railway ⓘ
surface form:
Swiss–French cross-border rail network
|
| serves |
cross-border commuters
ⓘ
freight traffic ⓘ international passenger traffic ⓘ regional passenger traffic ⓘ |
| serviceType |
long-distance rail
ⓘ
regional rail ⓘ |
| terminus |
Basel SBB railway station
ⓘ
Mulhouse-Ville station ⓘ |
| uses | standard gauge track ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Basel–Mulhouse railway Description of subject: The Basel–Mulhouse railway is an international rail line linking the Swiss city of Basel with the French city of Mulhouse, serving as a key cross-border transport corridor between Switzerland and France.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basel SNCF section
this entity surface form:
Mulhouse–Basel railway