Kumamoto City Tram
E628601
Kumamoto City Tram is the electric streetcar network serving Kumamoto, Japan, providing urban public transportation along key routes in the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kumamoto City Tram canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6922649 — 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: Kumamoto City Tram Context triple: [Kumamoto, Japan, hasTramSystem, Kumamoto City Tram]
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A.
Sapporo Streetcar
Sapporo Streetcar is a tram network in Sapporo, Japan, providing urban public transportation along a loop and branch lines through the city.
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B.
Minoo Arima Electric Tramway
Minoo Arima Electric Tramway was an early 20th-century Japanese private railway and tram company that developed suburban lines in the Osaka–Kobe area before becoming part of Hankyu Railway.
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C.
Okinawa Urban Monorail
Okinawa Urban Monorail is an elevated rail transit system serving the city of Naha and surrounding areas on Japan’s Okinawa Island.
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D.
Tama Monorail
Tama Monorail is a straddle-beam monorail line in Tokyo, Japan, providing urban transit service through the Tama area.
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E.
Nagasaki Electric Tramway
Nagasaki Electric Tramway is a streetcar operator providing one of Japan’s oldest and most iconic tram services throughout the city of Nagasaki.
- 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: Kumamoto City Tram Target entity description: Kumamoto City Tram is the electric streetcar network serving Kumamoto, Japan, providing urban public transportation along key routes in the city.
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A.
Sapporo Streetcar
Sapporo Streetcar is a tram network in Sapporo, Japan, providing urban public transportation along a loop and branch lines through the city.
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B.
Minoo Arima Electric Tramway
Minoo Arima Electric Tramway was an early 20th-century Japanese private railway and tram company that developed suburban lines in the Osaka–Kobe area before becoming part of Hankyu Railway.
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C.
Okinawa Urban Monorail
Okinawa Urban Monorail is an elevated rail transit system serving the city of Naha and surrounding areas on Japan’s Okinawa Island.
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D.
Tama Monorail
Tama Monorail is a straddle-beam monorail line in Tokyo, Japan, providing urban transit service through the Tama area.
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E.
Nagasaki Electric Tramway
Nagasaki Electric Tramway is a streetcar operator providing one of Japan’s oldest and most iconic tram services throughout the city of Nagasaki.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric streetcar system
ⓘ
tram network ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrificationSystem | overhead line ⓘ |
| farePaymentMethod |
IC card
ⓘ
cash ⓘ |
| fareSystem | flat fare system ⓘ |
| hasLine |
A Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
B Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRouteCharacteristic |
reserved track sections
ⓘ
street-running tracks ⓘ |
| hasStopNear |
Kumamoto Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumamoto City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumamoto Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | public transport in Kumamoto ⓘ |
| languageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kumamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Kumamoto city center ⓘ |
| operator | Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
access to Kumamoto Castle area
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access to Kumamoto Station ⓘ access to city center ⓘ commuter transport ⓘ |
| propulsionSystem | electric power ⓘ |
| regionServed | Kumamoto urban area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rollingStockType |
high-floor tramcars
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low-floor tramcars ⓘ |
| safetySystem | road-rail mixed traffic operation ⓘ |
| serviceFrequency | high frequency in daytime ⓘ |
| serviceType | urban public transport ⓘ |
| terminus |
Kami-Kumamoto-Ekimae
NERFINISHED
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Kengunmachi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumamoto-Ekimae Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Tasuwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1435 mm standard gauge ⓘ |
| transportationType | tram ⓘ |
| usesICCardBrand |
Hayakaken-compatible cards
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ICOCA-compatible cards ⓘ Kitaca-compatible cards ⓘ PASMO-compatible cards ⓘ SUGOCA-compatible cards ⓘ Suica-compatible cards ⓘ TOICA-compatible cards ⓘ nimoca-compatible cards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kumamoto City Tram Description of subject: Kumamoto City Tram is the electric streetcar network serving Kumamoto, Japan, providing urban public transportation along key routes in the city.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.