British Rail Class 220
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The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Rail Class 220 canonical | 3 |
| British Rail Class 220 Voyager | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5313784 — 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: British Rail Class 220 Context triple: [Voyager family, hasSubclass, British Rail Class 220]
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A.
British Rail Class 158
The British Rail Class 158 is a diesel multiple-unit train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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B.
British Rail Class 159
The British Rail Class 159 is a diesel multiple-unit train used for long-distance regional services in the UK, particularly known for operating intercity-style routes in the southwest of England.
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C.
British Rail Class 450
The British Rail Class 450 is a fleet of electric multiple unit commuter trains operated in southern England, particularly on suburban and regional services.
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D.
British Rail Class 375
The British Rail Class 375 is a fleet of electric multiple-unit passenger trains operated by Southeastern on suburban and regional services in southeast England.
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E.
British Rail Class 323
The British Rail Class 323 is a type of electric multiple unit train widely used on suburban and commuter rail services in the West Midlands and North West England.
- 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: British Rail Class 220 Target entity description: The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
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A.
British Rail Class 158
The British Rail Class 158 is a diesel multiple-unit train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s for regional and intercity services across the UK rail network.
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B.
British Rail Class 159
The British Rail Class 159 is a diesel multiple-unit train used for long-distance regional services in the UK, particularly known for operating intercity-style routes in the southwest of England.
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C.
British Rail Class 450
The British Rail Class 450 is a fleet of electric multiple unit commuter trains operated in southern England, particularly on suburban and regional services.
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D.
British Rail Class 375
The British Rail Class 375 is a fleet of electric multiple-unit passenger trains operated by Southeastern on suburban and regional services in southeast England.
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E.
British Rail Class 323
The British Rail Class 323 is a type of electric multiple unit train widely used on suburban and commuter rail services in the West Midlands and North West England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Rail multiple unit
ⓘ
diesel-electric multiple unit ⓘ |
| brakingSystem |
disc brakes
ⓘ
electro-pneumatic brakes ⓘ |
| carBodyConstruction | aluminium ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| couplingType | Dellner automatic coupler ⓘ |
| designedBy | Bombardier Transportation UK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | high-speed intercity services ⓘ |
| doorType | powered sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| electricSystem | none (diesel only) ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2001 ⓘ |
| formation | 4-car sets ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| introduced | early 2000s ⓘ |
| livery | CrossCountry livery ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bombardier Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multipleWorking |
with Class 221
ⓘ
with Class 222 (limited compatibility) ⓘ within Voyager family ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 34 sets ⓘ |
| operator |
CrossCountry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin CrossCountry (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorClassName | Voyager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | rolling stock leasing companies in the UK ⓘ |
| partOf | Voyager family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel-electric ⓘ |
| previousLivery | Virgin Trains livery ⓘ |
| propulsion | diesel engine with electric transmission ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Rail Class 221
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 222 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeUsage | CrossCountry network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
AWS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
OTMR NERFINISHED ⓘ TPWS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity
ⓘ
long-distance passenger ⓘ |
| tiltingCapability | no ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
125 mph
ⓘ
200 km/h ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1435 mm ⓘ |
| trainFamily | Voyager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ (per 4-car set, approximate) ⓘ |
| usage | passenger services ⓘ |
| usedFor | non-electrified main lines ⓘ |
| yearConstructionBegan | 1999 ⓘ |
| yearConstructionCompleted | 2001 ⓘ |
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: British Rail Class 220 Description of subject: The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British Rail Class 220 Voyager
subject surface form:
British Rail Class 221 Super Voyager
this entity surface form:
British Rail Class 220 Voyager