Ulm–Aalen railway
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The Ulm–Aalen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the cities of Ulm and Aalen as part of the country’s conventional rail network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aalen–Ulm railway line | 1 |
| Ulm–Aalen railway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2746549 — 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: Ulm–Aalen railway Context triple: [Ulm Hauptbahnhof, railwayLine, Ulm–Aalen railway]
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A.
Ulm–Augsburg railway
The Ulm–Augsburg railway is a major rail line in southern Germany that connects the cities of Ulm and Augsburg and forms part of an important east–west transport corridor.
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B.
Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway
The Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway is a mainline rail route in southern Germany connecting the inland city of Ulm with the lakeside city of Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance.
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C.
Stuttgart–Ulm railway
The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
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D.
Ulm–Memmingen railway
The Ulm–Memmingen railway is a regional rail line in southern Germany connecting the cities of Ulm and Memmingen as part of the country’s broader rail network.
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E.
Ulm–Sigmaringen railway
The Ulm–Sigmaringen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the city of Ulm with Sigmaringen through the Swabian Jura.
- 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: Ulm–Aalen railway Target entity description: The Ulm–Aalen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the cities of Ulm and Aalen as part of the country’s conventional rail network.
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A.
Ulm–Augsburg railway
The Ulm–Augsburg railway is a major rail line in southern Germany that connects the cities of Ulm and Augsburg and forms part of an important east–west transport corridor.
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B.
Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway
The Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway is a mainline rail route in southern Germany connecting the inland city of Ulm with the lakeside city of Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance.
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C.
Stuttgart–Ulm railway
The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
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D.
Ulm–Memmingen railway
The Ulm–Memmingen railway is a regional rail line in southern Germany connecting the cities of Ulm and Memmingen as part of the country’s broader rail network.
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E.
Ulm–Sigmaringen railway
The Ulm–Sigmaringen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the city of Ulm with Sigmaringen through the Swabian Jura.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
regional rail line ⓘ |
| connects |
Aalen
ⓘ
Ulm ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC overhead line ⓘ |
| hasDoubleTrackSections | yes ⓘ |
| hasSingleTrackSections | yes ⓘ |
| hasStation |
Aalen railway station
ⓘ
surface form:
Aalen Hauptbahnhof
Heidenheim an der Brenz station ⓘ Langenau station ⓘ
surface form:
Langenau (Württ) station
Nördlingen (historical connection) ⓘ Ulm Hauptbahnhof ⓘ |
| infrastructureManager | DB Netz ⓘ |
| lineNumber | 751 (DB internal line number) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
Swabia (Bavaria) ⓘ
surface form:
Swabia
|
| operator | Deutsche Bahn ⓘ |
| owner |
DB Netz AG
ⓘ
surface form:
DB Netz
|
| partOf |
Brenz Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Brenz Railway corridor
German railway network ⓘ |
| regionServed | eastern Baden-Württemberg ⓘ |
| serviceType |
Regional-Express
ⓘ
Regionalbahn ⓘ |
| terminus |
Aalen railway station
ⓘ
surface form:
Aalen Hauptbahnhof
Ulm Hauptbahnhof ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ regional rail services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ulm–Aalen railway Description of subject: The Ulm–Aalen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the cities of Ulm and Aalen as part of the country’s conventional rail network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aalen–Ulm railway line