Irish broad gauge
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Irish broad gauge is the wider-than-standard railway track gauge historically and predominantly used on railways in Ireland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irish broad gauge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16470317 — 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: Irish broad gauge Context triple: [Irish gauge, regionalName, Irish broad gauge]
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A.
Indian broad gauge
Indian broad gauge is the standard, wider-than-average railway track gauge predominantly used across India’s rail network, enabling high-capacity and heavy-haul train operations.
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B.
Brill Tramway
Brill Tramway was a small rural light railway in Buckinghamshire, England, originally built to serve local agriculture and brickworks and later incorporated into the Metropolitan Railway network before its closure in 1935.
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C.
Portpatrick Railway
Portpatrick Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed lines in southwest Scotland, including the route serving Stranraer.
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D.
Pennsylvania trolley gauge
The Pennsylvania trolley gauge is a non-standard, wider-than-standard track gauge historically used by many streetcar and trolley systems in Pennsylvania, notably in the Philadelphia area.
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E.
Isle of Man Railway
The Isle of Man Railway is a historic narrow-gauge steam railway system on the Isle of Man that operates as a major heritage and tourist attraction.
- 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: Irish broad gauge Target entity description: Irish broad gauge is the wider-than-standard railway track gauge historically and predominantly used on railways in Ireland.
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A.
Indian broad gauge
Indian broad gauge is the standard, wider-than-average railway track gauge predominantly used across India’s rail network, enabling high-capacity and heavy-haul train operations.
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B.
Brill Tramway
Brill Tramway was a small rural light railway in Buckinghamshire, England, originally built to serve local agriculture and brickworks and later incorporated into the Metropolitan Railway network before its closure in 1935.
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C.
Portpatrick Railway
Portpatrick Railway was a 19th-century Scottish railway company that developed lines in southwest Scotland, including the route serving Stranraer.
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D.
Pennsylvania trolley gauge
The Pennsylvania trolley gauge is a non-standard, wider-than-standard track gauge historically used by many streetcar and trolley systems in Pennsylvania, notably in the Philadelphia area.
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E.
Isle of Man Railway
The Isle of Man Railway is a historic narrow-gauge steam railway system on the Isle of Man that operates as a major heritage and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.