Sotetsu Railway
E690477
Sotetsu Railway is a private Japanese railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area, best known for its commuter lines in Kanagawa Prefecture and through-services into central Tokyo via interconnections with other major rail networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sotetsu | 1 |
| Sotetsu Railway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7497258 — 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: Sotetsu Railway Context triple: [Tokyu railway network, connectsWith, Sotetsu Railway]
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A.
Odakyu Electric Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates commuter and limited express train services connecting central Tokyo with surrounding suburban and regional areas.
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B.
Kintetsu Railway
Kintetsu Railway is a major Japanese private railway operator in the Kansai region, known for its extensive interurban network connecting cities such as Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Nagoya.
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C.
Tokyu Railways
Tokyu Railways is a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area of Japan, known for its extensive commuter rail network and integration with urban development projects.
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D.
West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company is one of Japan’s major regional railway operators, managing extensive rail networks across western Honshu including the Kansai area.
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E.
Tobu Railway
Tobu Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates extensive rail networks in the Greater Tokyo area and surrounding regions.
- 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: Sotetsu Railway Target entity description: Sotetsu Railway is a private Japanese railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area, best known for its commuter lines in Kanagawa Prefecture and through-services into central Tokyo via interconnections with other major rail networks.
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A.
Odakyu Electric Railway
Odakyu Electric Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates commuter and limited express train services connecting central Tokyo with surrounding suburban and regional areas.
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B.
Kintetsu Railway
Kintetsu Railway is a major Japanese private railway operator in the Kansai region, known for its extensive interurban network connecting cities such as Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, and Nagoya.
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C.
Tokyu Railways
Tokyu Railways is a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area of Japan, known for its extensive commuter rail network and integration with urban development projects.
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D.
West Japan Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company is one of Japan’s major regional railway operators, managing extensive rail networks across western Honshu including the Kansai area.
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E.
Tobu Railway
Tobu Railway is a major private railway company in Japan that operates extensive rail networks in the Greater Tokyo area and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese railway company
ⓘ
private railway operator ⓘ |
| connectsWithOperator |
JR East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyu Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | 1500 V DC overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareSystem | integrated with IC cards such as Suica and PASMO ⓘ |
| hasColorScheme | dark blue corporate livery ⓘ |
| headquartersCity | Yokohama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Nishi-ku, Yokohama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersPrefecture | Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | rail transport ⓘ |
| majorTerminalStation |
Ebina Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nishiya Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Shin-Yokohama Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Shōnandai Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 相鉄 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
through-services into central Tokyo via JR East network
ⓘ
through-services into central Tokyo via Tokyu network ⓘ |
| notableFor | commuter transport in Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| offersService | through-service to central Tokyo ⓘ |
| operatesInPrefecture | Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInRegion | Greater Tokyo Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesLine |
Sotetsu Izumino Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sotetsu Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu Shin-Yokohama Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownsInfrastructure |
railway stations
ⓘ
railway tracks ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Sotetsu Holdings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryServiceArea |
Yokohama metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Kanagawa Prefecture ⓘ |
| railwayType | commuter rail ⓘ |
| rollingStockSeries |
Sotetsu 10000 series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sotetsu 11000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu 12000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu 20000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu 21000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu 7000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu 8000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotetsu 9000 series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
limited express trains
ⓘ
local trains ⓘ rapid trains ⓘ |
| shortName | Sotetsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| throughServiceViaLine |
Sotetsu–JR Link Line
NERFINISHED
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Sotetsu–Tokyu Link Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1067 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
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: Sotetsu Railway Description of subject: Sotetsu Railway is a private Japanese railway operator in the Greater Tokyo area, best known for its commuter lines in Kanagawa Prefecture and through-services into central Tokyo via interconnections with other major rail networks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sotetsu