Class 196 diesel multiple unit
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The Class 196 diesel multiple unit is a modern British regional train operated by West Midlands Railway, designed for medium-distance services with improved performance, accessibility, and passenger comfort.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 196 diesel multiple unit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10309361 — 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 196 diesel multiple unit Context triple: [Birmingham New Street to Hereford, rollingStock, Class 196 diesel multiple unit]
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A.
Class 156 diesel multiple unit
The Class 156 diesel multiple unit is a British two-car regional train type introduced in the late 1980s for local and medium-distance passenger services.
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B.
Class 170 diesel multiple unit
The Class 170 diesel multiple unit is a British Turbostar family regional train used extensively for passenger services across the UK rail network.
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C.
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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D.
Class 158 diesel multiple unit
The Class 158 diesel multiple unit is a British regional passenger train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its air-conditioned interiors and use on longer-distance services across the UK rail network.
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E.
Class 153 diesel multiple unit
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.
- 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 196 diesel multiple unit Target entity description: The Class 196 diesel multiple unit is a modern British regional train operated by West Midlands Railway, designed for medium-distance services with improved performance, accessibility, and passenger comfort.
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A.
Class 156 diesel multiple unit
The Class 156 diesel multiple unit is a British two-car regional train type introduced in the late 1980s for local and medium-distance passenger services.
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B.
Class 170 diesel multiple unit
The Class 170 diesel multiple unit is a British Turbostar family regional train used extensively for passenger services across the UK rail network.
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C.
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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D.
Class 158 diesel multiple unit
The Class 158 diesel multiple unit is a British regional passenger train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its air-conditioned interiors and use on longer-distance services across the UK rail network.
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E.
Class 153 diesel multiple unit
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | diesel multiple unit ⓘ |
| brakeType | electro-pneumatic brakes ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| couplingType | Dellner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
medium-distance services
ⓘ
regional services ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2022 ⓘ |
| family | CAF Civity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
CCTV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wi‑Fi ⓘ accessible toilets ⓘ air conditioning ⓘ improved acceleration ⓘ level boarding at compliant platforms ⓘ luggage space ⓘ passenger information screens ⓘ power sockets at seats ⓘ pram and wheelchair spaces ⓘ |
| formation |
2-car units
ⓘ
4-car units ⓘ |
| franchise | West Midlands franchise ⓘ |
| introduced | 2022 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | CAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsStandard | Persons with Reduced Mobility Technical Specification for Interoperability NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| multipleWorking |
with other CAF Civity units
ⓘ
within class ⓘ |
| operator | West Midlands Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorLivery | West Midlands Railway purple and orange ⓘ |
| operatorRegion |
Shropshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | West Midlands Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerType | diesel ⓘ |
| purpose |
improved passenger comfort
ⓘ
improved performance ⓘ improved reliability ⓘ replacement of older diesel multiple units ⓘ |
| replaces |
British Rail Class 170
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Rail Class 172 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| routeUsedOn |
Birmingham–Hereford line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birmingham–Shrewsbury line NERFINISHED ⓘ Birmingham–Worcester line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
semi-fast services
ⓘ
stopping services ⓘ |
| 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: Class 196 diesel multiple unit Description of subject: The Class 196 diesel multiple unit is a modern British regional train operated by West Midlands Railway, designed for medium-distance services with improved performance, accessibility, and passenger comfort.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.