Odakyu Electric Railway
E203629
Odakyu Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates commuter and limited express train services connecting central Tokyo with surrounding suburban and regional areas.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Odakyu Electric Railway canonical | 9 |
| Odakyu Electric Railway network | 2 |
| Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Odakyu Electric Railway lines | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1603463 — 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: Odakyu Electric Railway Context triple: [Shinjuku Station, operator, Odakyu Electric Railway]
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A.
Kinki Sharyo
Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer specializing in the design and production of railway vehicles, including metro and light rail trains used in systems worldwide.
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B.
Nankai Electric Railway
Nankai Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan’s Kansai region, operating key commuter and interurban lines connecting Osaka with Wakayama and Kansai International Airport.
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C.
Kintetsu Railway
Kintetsu Railway is a major Japanese private railway operator in the Kansai region, known for its extensive interurban network connecting cities such as Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Nagoya.
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D.
Tobu Railway
Tobu Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates extensive rail networks in the Greater Tokyo area and surrounding regions.
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E.
West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company is one of Japan’s major regional railway operators, managing extensive rail networks across western Honshu including the Kansai area.
- 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: Odakyu Electric Railway Target entity description: Odakyu Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates commuter and limited express train services connecting central Tokyo with surrounding suburban and regional areas.
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A.
Kinki Sharyo
Kinki Sharyo is a Japanese manufacturer specializing in the design and production of railway vehicles, including metro and light rail trains used in systems worldwide.
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B.
Nankai Electric Railway
Nankai Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan’s Kansai region, operating key commuter and interurban lines connecting Osaka with Wakayama and Kansai International Airport.
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C.
Kintetsu Railway
Kintetsu Railway is a major Japanese private railway operator in the Kansai region, known for its extensive interurban network connecting cities such as Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Nagoya.
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D.
Tobu Railway
Tobu Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates extensive rail networks in the Greater Tokyo area and surrounding regions.
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E.
West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company is one of Japan’s major regional railway operators, managing extensive rail networks across western Honshu including the Kansai area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
private railway company
ⓘ
publicly traded company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Odakyu ⓘ |
| acceptsCard |
PASMO
ⓘ
Suica ⓘ |
| connects |
Enoshima
ⓘ
surface form:
Enoshima area
Odawara NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinjuku Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Tama New Town ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareSystem | distance-based fare ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasHeadOfficeBuilding | Odakyu Dai-ichi Seimei Building, Shinjuku ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Shinjuku, Tokyo
|
| industry |
rail transport
ⓘ
transportation ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 小田急電鉄株式会社 ⓘ |
| notableTrainBrand |
Limited Express Romancecar
ⓘ
surface form:
Romancecar GSE
Romancecar VSE (historical) ⓘ |
| offersServiceTo | Hakone area (via connecting services) ⓘ |
| operates |
Odakyu Enoshima Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odakyu Odawara Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Odakyu Tama Line NERFINISHED ⓘ railway stations in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ railway stations in Tokyo ⓘ |
| operatesService |
Limited Express Romancecar
ⓘ
surface form:
Romancecar limited express
commuter rail services ⓘ |
| ownsBrand |
Odakyu Bus
ⓘ
Odakyu department store ⓘ
surface form:
Odakyu Department Store (historical core brand)
Odakyu Electric Railway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
|
| parentCompany | Odakyu Group ⓘ |
| primaryHubStation | Shinjuku Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railGauge | 1,067 mm ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Tokyo metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Tokyo Area
|
| safetySystem | automatic train stop system (ATS) ⓘ |
| secondaryHubStation |
Katase-Enoshima Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Machida Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Odawara Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serves |
Kanagawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Prefecture ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Metropolis
|
| serviceType |
commuter rail
ⓘ
interurban rail ⓘ limited express rail ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | Tokyo Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | 9007 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.odakyu.jp/ ⓘ |
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: Odakyu Electric Railway Description of subject: Odakyu Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates commuter and limited express train services connecting central Tokyo with surrounding suburban and regional areas.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Odakyu Electric Railway lines
this entity surface form:
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
this entity surface form:
Odakyu Electric Railway network
this entity surface form:
Odakyu Electric Railway network