Class 153 diesel multiple unit
E553437
The Class 153 diesel multiple unit is a single-car British regional train used primarily for local and rural passenger services on non-electrified lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 153 diesel multiple unit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5842016 — 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: Class 153 diesel multiple unit Context triple: [Central Trains, operatedRollingStockType, Class 153 diesel multiple unit]
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A.
Class 150 diesel multiple unit
The Class 150 diesel multiple unit is a British two- or three-car regional passenger train introduced in the 1980s and widely used on local and suburban services across the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 365 electric multiple unit
The Class 365 electric multiple unit is a British dual-voltage commuter train type introduced in the 1990s for high-frequency suburban and regional services, primarily around London and the southeast.
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C.
Class 385 electric multiple units
The Class 385 electric multiple units are modern electric commuter trains used by ScotRail, primarily operating on electrified routes in Scotland’s Central Belt.
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D.
Class 321 electric multiple unit
The Class 321 electric multiple unit is a British suburban and commuter train type introduced in the late 1980s for high-capacity, overhead-electrified passenger services.
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E.
Voyager diesel-electric multiple units
The Voyager diesel-electric multiple units are high-speed intercity trains used on long-distance routes across the UK rail network.
- 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: Class 153 diesel multiple unit Target entity description: The Class 153 diesel multiple unit is a single-car British regional train used primarily for local and rural passenger services on non-electrified lines.
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A.
Class 150 diesel multiple unit
The Class 150 diesel multiple unit is a British two- or three-car regional passenger train introduced in the 1980s and widely used on local and suburban services across the UK rail network.
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B.
Class 365 electric multiple unit
The Class 365 electric multiple unit is a British dual-voltage commuter train type introduced in the 1990s for high-frequency suburban and regional services, primarily around London and the southeast.
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C.
Class 385 electric multiple units
The Class 385 electric multiple units are modern electric commuter trains used by ScotRail, primarily operating on electrified routes in Scotland’s Central Belt.
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D.
Class 321 electric multiple unit
The Class 321 electric multiple unit is a British suburban and commuter train type introduced in the late 1980s for high-capacity, overhead-electrified passenger services.
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E.
Voyager diesel-electric multiple units
The Voyager diesel-electric multiple units are high-speed intercity trains used on long-distance routes across the UK rail network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diesel multiple unit
ⓘ
single-car multiple unit ⓘ |
| brakeType | air brakes ⓘ |
| carBodyConstruction | steel ⓘ |
| category |
British Rail diesel multiple units
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Regional railcars ⓘ |
| configuration | single-car unit ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | British Rail Class 155 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| couplingType | BSI automatic coupler ⓘ |
| designedFor |
local services
ⓘ
non-electrified lines ⓘ regional services ⓘ rural services ⓘ |
| doorType | single-leaf sliding plug doors ⓘ |
| engineType | Cummins NT855-R5 diesel engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1991 ⓘ |
| family | Sprinter ⓘ |
| introduced | 1991 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
British Rail Engineering Limited
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leyland Bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multipleWorking | compatible with Sprinter family units ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 70 ⓘ |
| numberOfCarsPerSet | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfDoorsPerSide | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
Abellio Greater Anglia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ East Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ London North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Trains ⓘ ScotRail ⓘ Transport for Wales Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorArea | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel-mechanical ⓘ |
| primaryUse | passenger services ⓘ |
| railwayGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| seatingArrangement | 2+2 seating ⓘ |
| serviceType |
branch line services
ⓘ
stopping services ⓘ |
| topSpeed |
121 km/h
ⓘ
75 mph ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1435 mm ⓘ |
| transmission | Voith T211r hydraulic transmission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UICClassification | Bo′ ⓘ |
| usedIn |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Class 153 diesel multiple unit Description of subject: The Class 153 diesel multiple unit is a single-car British regional train used primarily for local and rural passenger services on non-electrified lines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Trains