Kodama
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Kodama is a Japanese Shinkansen train service known for its all-stop, slower-speed runs along high-speed rail lines such as the Tokaido Shinkansen.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kodama canonical | 16 |
| Kodama services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2868482 — 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: Kodama Context triple: [Central Japan Railway Company, notableService, Kodama]
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A.
Kodama
Kodama is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and sports.
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B.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
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C.
Takamikura
Takamikura is the ornate imperial throne used in Kyoto for the enthronement ceremonies of Japanese emperors.
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D.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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E.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
- 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: Kodama Target entity description: Kodama is a Japanese Shinkansen train service known for its all-stop, slower-speed runs along high-speed rail lines such as the Tokaido Shinkansen.
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A.
Kodama
Kodama is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and sports.
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B.
Moruya
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its scenic river setting, nearby beaches, and historic granite quarries.
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C.
Takamikura
Takamikura is the ornate imperial throne used in Kyoto for the enthronement ceremonies of Japanese emperors.
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D.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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E.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinkansen train service
ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Hikari
ⓘ
Nozomi ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| countryRailSystem | Japanese National Rail system successor companies ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead catenary ⓘ |
| fareClass | Shinkansen fare system ⓘ |
| hasClassOptions |
green car
ⓘ
ordinary class ⓘ |
| infrastructureOwner |
Central Japan Railway Company
ⓘ
surface form:
JR Central
JR West ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
passengers using intermediate stations
ⓘ
shorter-distance Shinkansen passengers ⓘ |
| nameScript | Japanese kana ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
slower overall journey time than express Shinkansen services
ⓘ
stops at all stations on its route ⓘ |
| operator |
Central Japan Railway Company
ⓘ
Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
surface form:
JR Central
JR West ⓘ West Japan Railway Company ⓘ |
| primaryRole | all-stop Shinkansen service ⓘ |
| railNetwork |
Shinkansen high-speed rail network
ⓘ
surface form:
Shinkansen network
|
| railwayLineUsed |
Sanyo Shinkansen
ⓘ
Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ |
| railwaySignificance |
one of the main named Shinkansen services on the Tokaido Shinkansen
ⓘ
provides local access to all Shinkansen stations on its route ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Honshu
ⓘ
Sanyo corridor ⓘ Tōkaidō ⓘ
surface form:
Tokaido corridor
|
| rollingStockUsed |
E2 series Shinkansen
ⓘ
surface form:
Shinkansen electric multiple units
|
| safetyRecord | no passenger fatalities due to train accidents on Shinkansen operations ⓘ |
| safetySystem | Automatic Train Control ⓘ |
| serviceFrequency | multiple trains per day ⓘ |
| serviceLevel | stopping service on high-speed line ⓘ |
| servicePattern |
all-stations service
ⓘ
local stopping service ⓘ |
| serviceType |
high-speed rail
ⓘ
intercity rail ⓘ |
| speedClass | slower-speed Shinkansen service ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem | JR ticketing system ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| transportMode | rail ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructureType | dedicated high-speed rail lines ⓘ |
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: Kodama Description of subject: Kodama is a Japanese Shinkansen train service known for its all-stop, slower-speed runs along high-speed rail lines such as the Tokaido Shinkansen.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
0 Series Shinkansen
this entity surface form:
Kodama services
subject surface form:
Sanyō Shinkansen