Port Liner
E302798
Port Liner is an automated guideway transit system in Kobe, Japan, known as one of the world’s first driverless urban transit lines, linking central Kobe with Port Island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Port Liner canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2840558 — 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: Port Liner Context triple: [Port Island, connectedBy, Port Liner]
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A.
MV Arlanza
MV Arlanza was a British ocean liner built by the renowned shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for passenger and cargo service in the mid-20th century.
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B.
S.S. Lotus
S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
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C.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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D.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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E.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
- 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: Port Liner Target entity description: Port Liner is an automated guideway transit system in Kobe, Japan, known as one of the world’s first driverless urban transit lines, linking central Kobe with Port Island.
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A.
MV Arlanza
MV Arlanza was a British ocean liner built by the renowned shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for passenger and cargo service in the mid-20th century.
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B.
S.S. Lotus
S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
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C.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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D.
M/V Tustumena
M/V Tustumena is a rugged Alaska Marine Highway ferry known for serving remote coastal communities and challenging open-ocean routes in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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E.
M/V Columbia
M/V Columbia is a mainline passenger and vehicle ferry that serves as one of the flagship vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System, operating along coastal routes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automated guideway transit system
ⓘ
driverless urban transit line ⓘ people mover ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe
|
| connects |
Kobe Airport
ⓘ
Port Island ⓘ Sannomiya Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlSystem | automatic train control ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | 600 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareSystem | integrated with Kobe urban transport fares ⓘ |
| hasDepot | Port Island depot ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
driverless trains
ⓘ
fully automated operation ⓘ grade-separated alignment ⓘ platform screen doors on many stations ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | ポートライナー ⓘ |
| hasRollingStockType |
Kobe New Transit 2000 series
ⓘ
Kobe New Transit 8000 series ⓘ |
| hasTerminus |
Kobe Airport
ⓘ
North Port Island ⓘ Sannomiya ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | elevated railway ⓘ |
| isOneOf | world’s first driverless urban transit lines ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Kobe New Transit
ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe New Transit network
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hyogo Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan ⓘ
surface form:
Kobe
Port Island ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being among the first AGT systems used for urban transit
ⓘ
early adoption of driverless operation ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 1 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1981-02-05 ⓘ |
| operator | Kobe New Transit ⓘ |
| owner | Kobe New Transit ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
access to Kobe Airport
ⓘ
access to Port Island ⓘ urban transit ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Greater Kyoto–Osaka metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Keihanshin metropolitan area
|
| safetySystem | automatic train protection ⓘ |
| servesDistrict |
Port Island business district
ⓘ
Port Island residential areas ⓘ |
| servesFacility | Kobe Airport ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| transitType |
automated guideway transit
ⓘ
rubber-tyred metro ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Port Liner Description of subject: Port Liner is an automated guideway transit system in Kobe, Japan, known as one of the world’s first driverless urban transit lines, linking central Kobe with Port Island.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.