Tarka Line railway
E754726
The Tarka Line railway is a scenic rural rail route in Devon, England, running between Exeter and Barnstaple through the countryside that inspired Henry Williamson’s novel "Tarka the Otter."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarka Line corridor | 1 |
| Tarka Line railway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8760445 — 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: Tarka Line railway Context triple: [River Taw, associatedWith, Tarka Line railway]
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A.
Iida Line
The Iida Line is a regional railway line in central Japan operated by JR Central, running through mountainous areas of Aichi, Nagano, and Shizuoka Prefectures and connecting various local communities.
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B.
Valsugana Railway
The Valsugana Railway is a regional rail line in northern Italy that connects Trento with Bassano del Grappa through the Valsugana valley.
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C.
Hukun railway
Hukun railway is a major Chinese rail line connecting Shanghai with Kunming, linking the country’s eastern coast to its southwestern interior.
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D.
Honshi-Bisan Line
The Honshi-Bisan Line is a railway line in Japan that forms the rail link across the Seto Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku, running over the Seto Ohashi Bridge system.
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E.
Ljabru Line
The Ljabru Line is a tram line in Oslo, Norway, forming part of the city’s light rail network and serving the southeastern district of Ljabru.
- 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: Tarka Line railway Target entity description: The Tarka Line railway is a scenic rural rail route in Devon, England, running between Exeter and Barnstaple through the countryside that inspired Henry Williamson’s novel "Tarka the Otter."
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A.
Iida Line
The Iida Line is a regional railway line in central Japan operated by JR Central, running through mountainous areas of Aichi, Nagano, and Shizuoka Prefectures and connecting various local communities.
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B.
Valsugana Railway
The Valsugana Railway is a regional rail line in northern Italy that connects Trento with Bassano del Grappa through the Valsugana valley.
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C.
Hukun railway
Hukun railway is a major Chinese rail line connecting Shanghai with Kunming, linking the country’s eastern coast to its southwestern interior.
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D.
Honshi-Bisan Line
The Honshi-Bisan Line is a railway line in Japan that forms the rail link across the Seto Inland Sea between Honshu and Shikoku, running over the Seto Ohashi Bridge system.
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E.
Ljabru Line
The Ljabru Line is a tram line in Oslo, Norway, forming part of the city’s light rail network and serving the southeastern district of Ljabru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
scenic railway route ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tarka Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| electrification | none ⓘ |
| endPoint | Barnstaple railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsRiver |
River Taw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Yeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
rural stations
ⓘ
scenic countryside views ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Barnstaple railway station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crediton railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Exeter Central railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Exeter St Davids railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Polsloe Bridge railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ St James Park railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalOperator |
British Railways
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London and South Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredByLandscapeOf | Henry Williamson’s novel "Tarka the Otter" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lineLength | approximately 39 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Devon
ⓘ
Mid Devon District NERFINISHED ⓘ North Devon District NERFINISHED ⓘ Torridge District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketingNameFor | Exeter to Barnstaple railway route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Tarka the Otter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
character Tarka ⓘ |
| openedAsPartOf | North Devon Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Great Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Rail
ⓘ
surface form:
National Rail network
|
| passesThrough |
Chapelton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Copplestone NERFINISHED ⓘ Crediton NERFINISHED ⓘ Eggesford NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings Nympton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lapford NERFINISHED ⓘ Morchard Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Portsmouth Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ Umberleigh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promotedAs | community rail line ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| serviceType |
local passenger services
ⓘ
regional rail ⓘ |
| startPoint | Exeter St Davids railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminus |
Barnstaple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Exeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
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: Tarka Line railway Description of subject: The Tarka Line railway is a scenic rural rail route in Devon, England, running between Exeter and Barnstaple through the countryside that inspired Henry Williamson’s novel "Tarka the Otter."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tarka Line corridor