Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm)
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Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm) is a narrow railway track gauge widely used in southern Africa, parts of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand for mainline and regional railways.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape gauge | 3 |
| Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16470320 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm) Context triple: [Irish gauge, distinguishedFrom, Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm)]
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A.
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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B.
North American loading gauge
The North American loading gauge is the standard set of maximum height and width dimensions that railway vehicles and loads must conform to in order to safely operate on North American rail networks.
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C.
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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D.
Granite Railway
The Granite Railway was one of the first commercial railroads in the United States, built in Quincy, Massachusetts, to transport granite from local quarries to nearby waterways.
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E.
Guilford Rail System
Guilford Rail System was a major New England-based freight railroad company that consolidated several regional railroads under common ownership before rebranding as Pan Am Railways.
- 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: Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm) Target entity description: Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm) is a narrow railway track gauge widely used in southern Africa, parts of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand for mainline and regional railways.
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A.
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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B.
North American loading gauge
The North American loading gauge is the standard set of maximum height and width dimensions that railway vehicles and loads must conform to in order to safely operate on North American rail networks.
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C.
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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D.
Granite Railway
The Granite Railway was one of the first commercial railroads in the United States, built in Quincy, Massachusetts, to transport granite from local quarries to nearby waterways.
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E.
Guilford Rail System
Guilford Rail System was a major New England-based freight railroad company that consolidated several regional railroads under common ownership before rebranding as Pan Am Railways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Cape gauge (3 ft 6 in / 1067 mm)