Sanin Main Line
E442675
The Sanin Main Line is a major railway route in western Japan running along the Sea of Japan coast through the San'in region, connecting cities such as Kyoto, Tottori, and Shimonoseki.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanin Main Line canonical | 5 |
| San'in Main Line | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2470103 — 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: Sanin Main Line Context triple: [JR West, operatesLine, Sanin Main Line]
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A.
Sōbu Line
The Sōbu Line is a major Japan Railways (JR) commuter and intercity railway line in the Tokyo–Chiba area, connecting central Tokyo with eastern suburbs and cities in Chiba Prefecture.
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B.
Yamatoji Line
The Yamatoji Line is a railway line in Japan operated by JR West that connects Osaka with Nara, serving as a key commuter and intercity route in the Kansai region.
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C.
Kosei Line
The Kosei Line is a railway line in Japan operated by JR West that runs along the western shore of Lake Biwa, connecting Kyoto with the Shiga and Fukui prefecture areas.
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D.
Shinetsu Main Line
The Shinetsu Main Line is a major railway line in Japan operated by JR East that historically connected the Tokyo region with Niigata Prefecture across central Honshu.
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E.
Sakaisuji Line
The Sakaisuji Line is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, forming part of the Osaka Metro network and connecting key districts through north–south underground service.
- 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: Sanin Main Line Target entity description: The Sanin Main Line is a major railway route in western Japan running along the Sea of Japan coast through the San'in region, connecting cities such as Kyoto, Tottori, and Shimonoseki.
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A.
Sōbu Line
The Sōbu Line is a major Japan Railways (JR) commuter and intercity railway line in the Tokyo–Chiba area, connecting central Tokyo with eastern suburbs and cities in Chiba Prefecture.
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B.
Yamatoji Line
The Yamatoji Line is a railway line in Japan operated by JR West that connects Osaka with Nara, serving as a key commuter and intercity route in the Kansai region.
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C.
Kosei Line
The Kosei Line is a railway line in Japan operated by JR West that runs along the western shore of Lake Biwa, connecting Kyoto with the Shiga and Fukui prefecture areas.
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D.
Shinetsu Main Line
The Shinetsu Main Line is a major railway line in Japan operated by JR East that historically connected the Tokyo region with Niigata Prefecture across central Honshu.
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E.
Sakaisuji Line
The Sakaisuji Line is a rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, forming part of the Osaka Metro network and connecting key districts through north–south underground service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
railway line in Japan ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Hagi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamada NERFINISHED ⓘ Izumo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Masuda NERFINISHED ⓘ Matsue NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimonoseki NERFINISHED ⓘ Tottori NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Sanyo Main Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokaido Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | 1500 V DC overhead catenary ⓘ |
| endPoint | Shimonoseki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCoastOf | Sea of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOperator | Japanese National Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gauge |
1067 mm
ⓘ
Cape gauge ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 山陰本線 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasService |
limited express trains
ⓘ
local trains ⓘ rapid trains ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
San'in region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | San'in region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator |
JR West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Japan Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | West Japan Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | JR West urban and regional network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThroughPrefecture |
Hyogo Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Tottori Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOrientation | east–west ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Chugoku region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansai region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsAlong | Sea of Japan coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startPoint | Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in operation ⓘ |
| terminus |
Kyoto Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shimonoseki Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration |
partially double track
ⓘ
single track ⓘ |
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: Sanin Main Line Description of subject: The Sanin Main Line is a major railway route in western Japan running along the Sea of Japan coast through the San'in region, connecting cities such as Kyoto, Tottori, and Shimonoseki.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San'in Main Line
subject surface form:
Matsue