Kobe Municipal Subway
E213857
The Kobe Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving the city of Kobe, Japan, connecting key commercial, residential, and waterfront areas.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kobe Municipal Subway canonical | 8 |
| Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line | 4 |
| Kobe municipal public transport network | 1 |
| Kobe municipal subway | 1 |
| Kobe urban rail network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1365891 — 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: Kobe Municipal Subway Context triple: [Meriken Park, transportAccess, Kobe Municipal Subway]
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A.
Kyoto Municipal Subway
The Kyoto Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving Kyoto, Japan, providing key north–south and east–west rail connections across the city.
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B.
Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line
The Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line is a major north–south subway line in Osaka, Japan, connecting key commercial and residential districts across the city.
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C.
Osaka Metro Chuo Line
The Osaka Metro Chuo Line is a major rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through the city and serving key commercial, business, and waterfront areas.
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D.
Osaka Loop Line
The Osaka Loop Line is a circular railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by JR West, that connects major urban and suburban districts around the city center.
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E.
Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line
The Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through central parts of the city and connecting major commercial and residential districts.
- 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: Kobe Municipal Subway Target entity description: The Kobe Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving the city of Kobe, Japan, connecting key commercial, residential, and waterfront areas.
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A.
Kyoto Municipal Subway
The Kyoto Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving Kyoto, Japan, providing key north–south and east–west rail connections across the city.
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B.
Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line
The Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line is a major north–south subway line in Osaka, Japan, connecting key commercial and residential districts across the city.
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C.
Osaka Metro Chuo Line
The Osaka Metro Chuo Line is a major rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through the city and serving key commercial, business, and waterfront areas.
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D.
Osaka Loop Line
The Osaka Loop Line is a circular railway line in Osaka, Japan, operated by JR West, that connects major urban and suburban districts around the city center.
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E.
Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line
The Osaka Metro Sennichimae Line is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, running east–west through central parts of the city and connecting major commercial and residential districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metro system
ⓘ
public transport system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ |
| connectsArea |
Kobe waterfront redevelopment area
ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe waterfront
Seishin New Town ⓘ Chuo-ku, Kobe ⓘ
surface form:
central Kobe
|
| connectsWith |
Hankyu Railway
ⓘ
Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ⓘ
surface form:
Hanshin Electric Railway
JR Kobe Line ⓘ
surface form:
JR West lines in Kobe
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrificationSystem | overhead line ⓘ |
| fareSystem | distance-based fare ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
air-conditioned trains
ⓘ
automatic ticket gates ⓘ elevated sections ⓘ platform screen doors on some stations ⓘ underground sections ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Hokushin Line
ⓘ
Kaigan Line ⓘ Seishin-Yamate Line ⓘ
surface form:
Seishin–Yamate Line
|
| hasMapDisplay |
in-car route maps
ⓘ
station route maps ⓘ |
| hasRollingStockType | electric multiple units ⓘ |
| isPartOf | public transportation network of Kobe ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Hyogo Prefecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Hyōgo Prefecture
|
| numberOfLines | 3 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1980s ⓘ |
| operator |
Kobe city government
ⓘ
surface form:
Transportation Bureau City of Kobe
|
| owner |
Kobe
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Kobe
|
| primaryFunction | urban mass transit in Kobe ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater Kyoto–Osaka metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Keihanshin metropolitan area
|
| safetySystem | train protection system ⓘ |
| serves |
commercial areas of Kobe
ⓘ
residential areas of Kobe ⓘ waterfront areas of Kobe ⓘ |
| servesStation |
Harborland area stations
ⓘ
Myōdani Station ⓘ Nagata Station ⓘ Sannomiya Station ⓘ Seishin-Chūō Station ⓘ Shin-Kobe Station ⓘ |
| serviceType | all-stations stopping services ⓘ |
| ticketing | compatible with IC cards used in Kansai region ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| totalStations | approximately 28 ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kobe Municipal Subway Description of subject: The Kobe Municipal Subway is an urban rapid transit system serving the city of Kobe, Japan, connecting key commercial, residential, and waterfront areas.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line
this entity surface form:
Kobe urban rail network
this entity surface form:
Kobe municipal public transport network
this entity surface form:
Kobe municipal subway
this entity surface form:
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line
this entity surface form:
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line
this entity surface form:
Kobe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line