Class 156 Super Sprinter
E125552
The Class 156 Super Sprinter is a British two-car diesel multiple unit train built in the late 1980s for regional and local passenger services across the UK rail network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 156 Super Sprinter canonical | 2 |
| Class 156 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009529 — 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: Class 156 Super Sprinter Context triple: [East Midlands Railway, fleetIncludes, Class 156 Super Sprinter]
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A.
Class 170 Turbostar
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit train widely used for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 158 Express Sprinter
The Class 158 Express Sprinter is a British diesel multiple-unit train introduced in the late 1980s for regional and intercity services, known for its improved comfort and performance over earlier Sprinter units.
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C.
Class 180 Adelante
The Class 180 Adelante is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity and regional services on the British railway network.
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D.
Class 802 Nova 1 bi-mode train
The Class 802 Nova 1 is a modern bi-mode intercity train used by TransPennine Express, capable of operating on both electrified and non-electrified routes to provide faster, more flexible services across northern England and Scotland.
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E.
Class 756 train
The Class 756 train is a modern tri-mode (electric, battery, and diesel) multiple unit designed for regional and commuter services in Wales as part of Transport for Wales Rail’s fleet modernization.
- 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: Class 156 Super Sprinter Target entity description: The Class 156 Super Sprinter is a British two-car diesel multiple unit train built in the late 1980s for regional and local passenger services across the UK rail network.
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A.
Class 170 Turbostar
The Class 170 Turbostar is a British diesel multiple-unit train widely used for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 158 Express Sprinter
The Class 158 Express Sprinter is a British diesel multiple-unit train introduced in the late 1980s for regional and intercity services, known for its improved comfort and performance over earlier Sprinter units.
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C.
Class 180 Adelante
The Class 180 Adelante is a high-speed diesel multiple unit train used on intercity and regional services on the British railway network.
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D.
Class 802 Nova 1 bi-mode train
The Class 802 Nova 1 is a modern bi-mode intercity train used by TransPennine Express, capable of operating on both electrified and non-electrified routes to provide faster, more flexible services across northern England and Scotland.
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E.
Class 756 train
The Class 756 train is a modern tri-mode (electric, battery, and diesel) multiple unit designed for regional and commuter services in Wales as part of Transport for Wales Rail’s fleet modernization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel multiple unit
ⓘ
passenger train ⓘ railway vehicle class ⓘ |
| brakeType | air brakes ⓘ |
| buildEnd | 1989 ⓘ |
| buildStart | 1987 ⓘ |
| builtFor | British Rail ⓘ |
| carBodyConstruction | steel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coupling | BSI automatic coupler ⓘ |
| designedFor | non-electrified routes ⓘ |
| doorType | single-leaf sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| engineType | diesel engine ⓘ |
| family | Sprinter ⓘ |
| formation | 2-car set ⓘ |
| hasName | Class 156 Super Sprinter self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| inService | 1987–present ⓘ |
| introduced | 1987 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Metro-Cammell ⓘ |
| multipleWorking |
compatible with Class 150
ⓘ
compatible with Class 153 ⓘ compatible with Class 158 ⓘ |
| nickName |
Sprinter
ⓘ
surface form:
Super Sprinter
|
| numberBuilt | 114 units ⓘ |
| operator |
Greater Anglia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abellio Greater Anglia (former)
ScotRail ⓘ
surface form:
Abellio ScotRail (former)
Central Trains (former) ⓘ East Midlands Railway ⓘ ScotRail ⓘ
surface form:
First ScotRail (former)
London and North Eastern Railway ⓘ
surface form:
London North Eastern Railway (former)
Northern Trains ⓘ Regional Railways ⓘ
surface form:
Regional Railways (former)
ScotRail ⓘ Transport for Wales Rail ⓘ |
| operatorRegion |
Midlands
ⓘ
Northern England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| owner | rolling stock leasing companies in the UK ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel ⓘ |
| serviceType |
local passenger service
ⓘ
regional passenger service ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
121 km/h
ⓘ
75 mph ⓘ |
| trackGauge |
1435 mm
ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′2′+2′Bo′ ⓘ |
| usedOn | regional rail lines in Great Britain ⓘ |
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: Class 156 Super Sprinter Description of subject: The Class 156 Super Sprinter is a British two-car diesel multiple unit train built in the late 1980s for regional and local passenger services across the UK rail network.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Class 156
subject surface form:
British Rail Class 156