Yamabiko
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Yamabiko is a high-speed Shinkansen train service in Japan that operates on the Tōhoku Shinkansen line, connecting Tokyo with northern regions such as Sendai.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6314031 — 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: Yamabiko Context triple: [Utsunomiya Station, servedByService, Yamabiko]
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A.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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B.
Oki-no-mimi
Oki-no-mimi is one of the principal peaks forming the summit area of Mount Tanigawa in Japan’s Tanigawa mountain range.
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C.
Yonashiro
Yonashiro was a former town in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, that later became part of the city of Uruma through municipal merger.
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D.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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E.
Kumaiwa
Kumaiwa is a small settlement located on Butaritari Atoll in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.
- 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: Yamabiko Target entity description: Yamabiko is a high-speed Shinkansen train service in Japan that operates on the Tōhoku Shinkansen line, connecting Tokyo with northern regions such as Sendai.
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A.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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B.
Oki-no-mimi
Oki-no-mimi is one of the principal peaks forming the summit area of Mount Tanigawa in Japan’s Tanigawa mountain range.
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C.
Yonashiro
Yonashiro was a former town in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, that later became part of the city of Uruma through municipal merger.
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D.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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E.
Kumaiwa
Kumaiwa is a small settlement located on Butaritari Atoll in the island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Shinkansen train service ⓘ |
| category |
Named passenger trains of Japan
ⓘ
Rail transport in Japan ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Sendai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | AC 25 kV 50 Hz overhead catenary ⓘ |
| introducedAsServiceOn | Tōhoku Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| majorStop |
Fukushima Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kōriyama Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Sendai Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Utsunomiya Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōmiya Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | yokai “yamabiko” (mountain echo spirit) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onboardClass |
Gran Class
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green Car ⓘ Ordinary Class ⓘ |
| operator |
East Japan Railway Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
JR East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | JR East Shinkansen services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayLineUsed | Tōhoku Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Kantō region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tōhoku region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rollingStockUsed |
E2 series Shinkansen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
E3 series Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ E5 series Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ E6 series Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servicePattern | stops at major stations on the Tōhoku Shinkansen ⓘ |
| serviceType |
high-speed rail
ⓘ
limited-stop service ⓘ |
| terminus | Tokyo Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ticketing |
non-reserved seats available
ⓘ
reserved seats available ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1,435 mm ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Yamabiko Description of subject: Yamabiko is a high-speed Shinkansen train service in Japan that operates on the Tōhoku Shinkansen line, connecting Tokyo with northern regions such as Sendai.
Referenced by (6)
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