VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger)
E365558
VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) is a fully automated, driverless light metro system widely used in urban public transit networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) canonical | 3 |
| Véhicule Automatique Léger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3515767 — 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: VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) Context triple: [Turin Metro, usesTechnology, VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger)]
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A.
Citroën Ami (electric quadricycle)
The Citroën Ami is a compact, fully electric two-seat urban quadricycle designed for short-distance city travel and often accessible to younger drivers without a full car license.
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B.
Tramway T2
Tramway T2 is a Paris-region light rail line connecting La Défense to Porte de Versailles via western suburbs such as Saint-Cloud.
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C.
Alstom Citadis tram
The Alstom Citadis tram is a family of modern low-floor light rail vehicles widely used in urban tram networks around the world.
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D.
Tramway T5
Tramway T5 is a light rail line in the northern suburbs of Paris that forms part of the Île-de-France tramway network, connecting key residential and commercial areas.
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E.
CAF Urbos 3
The CAF Urbos 3 is a modern low-floor light rail tram model built by Spanish manufacturer CAF and used in various urban tram systems worldwide.
- 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: VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) Target entity description: VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) is a fully automated, driverless light metro system widely used in urban public transit networks.
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A.
Citroën Ami (electric quadricycle)
The Citroën Ami is a compact, fully electric two-seat urban quadricycle designed for short-distance city travel and often accessible to younger drivers without a full car license.
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B.
Tramway T2
Tramway T2 is a Paris-region light rail line connecting La Défense to Porte de Versailles via western suburbs such as Saint-Cloud.
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C.
Alstom Citadis tram
The Alstom Citadis tram is a family of modern low-floor light rail vehicles widely used in urban tram networks around the world.
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D.
Tramway T5
Tramway T5 is a light rail line in the northern suburbs of Paris that forms part of the Île-de-France tramway network, connecting key residential and commercial areas.
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E.
CAF Urbos 3
The CAF Urbos 3 is a modern low-floor light rail tram model built by Spanish manufacturer CAF and used in various urban tram systems worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automated guideway transit system
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driverless metro system ⓘ light metro system ⓘ |
| controlSystem | computer-based automatic control ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| designedFor |
fully segregated metro lines
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medium-capacity urban transit ⓘ short headways ⓘ |
| developer |
Matra Automobiles
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surface form:
Matra Transport
Siemens Transportation Systems ⓘ
surface form:
Siemens Mobility
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| firstCommercialApplication |
Lille Metro
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surface form:
Lille Metro Line 1
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| firstCommercialOperationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| fullName |
VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Véhicule Automatique Léger
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| inception | 1983 ⓘ |
| inceptionPlace |
Lille
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surface form:
Lille, France
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| manufacturer |
Matra
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Siemens ⓘ |
| marketedAs | VAL automatic metro system ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
automatic train control
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driverless trains ⓘ fully automated operation ⓘ grade-separated right-of-way ⓘ platform screen doors compatibility ⓘ rubber-tyred rolling stock ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
CDGVAL Line 1
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surface form:
CDGVAL at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
EVA (Eagle Village Aerotrain) Lille Airport shuttle ⓘ Lille Metro ⓘ Orlyval at Paris Orly Airport ⓘ Rennes Metro ⓘ Taipei Metro Wenhu line ⓘ
surface form:
Taipei Metro Wenhu Line
Toulouse Metro ⓘ Turin Metro ⓘ Uijeongbu Light Rail Transit ⓘ |
| operationMode | unattended train operation (UTO) ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem | electric traction ⓘ |
| runningSurface | rubber tyres on concrete or steel ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
automatic emergency braking
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continuous train control ⓘ platform screen doors integration ⓘ |
| technologyGeneration |
VAL 208
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surface form:
VAL 206
VAL 208 ⓘ VAL 256 ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| typicalHeadway | as low as 60 to 90 seconds ⓘ |
| typicalTrainConfiguration |
2-car trainsets
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4-car trainsets ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airport people mover services
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urban public transport ⓘ |
| uses |
automatic train operation
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automatic train protection ⓘ automatic train supervision ⓘ |
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: VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) Description of subject: VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) is a fully automated, driverless light metro system widely used in urban public transit networks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
CDGVAL
VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger)
→
fullName
→
VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
VAL
this entity surface form:
Véhicule Automatique Léger
subject surface form:
Line 1 (Turin Metro)