First North Western (past)
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First North Western was a former British train operating company that ran regional and intercity passenger services across northwest England and parts of Wales in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First North Western | 2 |
| First North Western (past) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5493733 — 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: First North Western (past) Context triple: [British Rail Class 158, operator, First North Western (past)]
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A.
North Western
North Western is a regional case law reporter in the United States that publishes appellate court decisions from several Midwestern states.
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B.
First National Bank of Northfield
First National Bank of Northfield is a historic bank in Northfield, Minnesota, best known as the site of the failed 1876 James-Younger Gang robbery attempt.
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C.
South West Company
South West Company was a 19th-century American fur trading enterprise established by prominent merchant and fur magnate John Jacob Astor.
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D.
North-Western State
North-Western State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Sokoto and Niger States.
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E.
Northwest Farmers Bank
Northwest Farmers Bank was a regional Chinese financial institution that served as a predecessor to the modern central bank, the People's Bank of China.
- 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: First North Western (past) Target entity description: First North Western was a former British train operating company that ran regional and intercity passenger services across northwest England and parts of Wales in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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A.
North Western
North Western is a regional case law reporter in the United States that publishes appellate court decisions from several Midwestern states.
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B.
First National Bank of Northfield
First National Bank of Northfield is a historic bank in Northfield, Minnesota, best known as the site of the failed 1876 James-Younger Gang robbery attempt.
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C.
South West Company
South West Company was a 19th-century American fur trading enterprise established by prominent merchant and fur magnate John Jacob Astor.
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D.
North-Western State
North-Western State was a former administrative region in northern Nigeria that existed from 1967 until it was split in 1976 into Sokoto and Niger States.
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E.
Northwest Farmers Bank
Northwest Farmers Bank was a regional Chinese financial institution that served as a predecessor to the modern central bank, the People's Bank of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British train operating company
ⓘ
former train operating company ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fleetIncluded |
Class 142 Pacer diesel multiple units
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Class 150 Sprinter diesel multiple units NERFINISHED ⓘ Class 156 Super Sprinter diesel multiple units NERFINISHED ⓘ Class 158 Express Sprinter diesel multiple units NERFINISHED ⓘ Class 175 Coradia diesel multiple units NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchiseType | passenger rail franchise ⓘ |
| industry | rail transport ⓘ |
| networkMembership | National Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedFreightServices | no ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod |
early 2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
North West England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedPassengerServices | yes ⓘ |
| operatedRoute |
Leeds to Manchester Victoria services
ⓘ
Liverpool to Blackpool services ⓘ Liverpool to Manchester Airport services ⓘ Liverpool to Wigan services ⓘ Manchester to Barrow-in-Furness services ⓘ Manchester to Blackpool services ⓘ Manchester to Chester services ⓘ Manchester to Liverpool services ⓘ Manchester to North Wales Coast services ⓘ Manchester to Windermere services ⓘ Trans-Pennine regional services ⓘ services between North West England and North Wales ⓘ |
| operatedStations | yes ⓘ |
| operatedUnderBrand | First North Western NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnderFranchiseFrom | Strategic Rail Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | FirstGroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | North West Regional Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAreaServed | North West England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railMode | heavy rail ⓘ |
| railSector | post-privatisation British rail system ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Office of Rail Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryAreaServed | North Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity passenger rail services
ⓘ
regional passenger rail services ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
First TransPennine Express
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem | National Rail fares structure ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| usedBrandingColour |
green
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
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: First North Western (past) Description of subject: First North Western was a former British train operating company that ran regional and intercity passenger services across northwest England and parts of Wales in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
British Rail Class 158
this entity surface form:
First North Western
this entity surface form:
First North Western