Beijing–Harbin railway
E340133
The Beijing–Harbin railway is a major trunk rail line in northeastern China that connects the capital Beijing with the city of Harbin, serving as a key corridor for passenger and freight transport.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beijing–Harbin Railway | 3 |
| Beijing–Harbin railway canonical | 1 |
| Jingha Railway | 1 |
| Jingha railway | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3207665 — 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: Beijing–Harbin railway Context triple: [Beijing Railway Station, servesRoute, Beijing–Harbin railway]
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A.
Beijing–Shanghai railway
The Beijing–Shanghai railway is one of China’s most important conventional rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major economic hub of Shanghai and serving numerous key cities along its route.
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B.
Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway is one of China’s longest and most important north–south trunk rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major southern metropolis of Guangzhou and serving numerous key cities along its route.
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C.
Shanghai–Kunming railway
The Shanghai–Kunming railway is a major east–west trunk line in China that connects the coastal metropolis of Shanghai with the southwestern city of Kunming, traversing several key provinces and economic regions.
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D.
Yangluo Line
The Yangluo Line is a rapid transit line within the Wuhan Metro system serving the Yangluo area and connecting it to the broader urban network.
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E.
Xijiao Line
The Xijiao Line is a light rail transit line in Beijing that primarily serves the city’s western suburban areas, including university and technology districts.
- 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: Beijing–Harbin railway Target entity description: The Beijing–Harbin railway is a major trunk rail line in northeastern China that connects the capital Beijing with the city of Harbin, serving as a key corridor for passenger and freight transport.
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A.
Beijing–Shanghai railway
The Beijing–Shanghai railway is one of China’s most important conventional rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major economic hub of Shanghai and serving numerous key cities along its route.
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B.
Beijing–Guangzhou Railway
The Beijing–Guangzhou Railway is one of China’s longest and most important north–south trunk rail lines, connecting the capital Beijing with the major southern metropolis of Guangzhou and serving numerous key cities along its route.
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C.
Shanghai–Kunming railway
The Shanghai–Kunming railway is a major east–west trunk line in China that connects the coastal metropolis of Shanghai with the southwestern city of Kunming, traversing several key provinces and economic regions.
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D.
Yangluo Line
The Yangluo Line is a rapid transit line within the Wuhan Metro system serving the Yangluo area and connecting it to the broader urban network.
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E.
Xijiao Line
The Xijiao Line is a light rail transit line in Beijing that primarily serves the city’s western suburban areas, including university and technology districts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway line
ⓘ
trunk railway ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beijing–Harbin railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Jingha railway
|
| category |
Rail transport in China
ⓘ
Railway lines in China ⓘ Transport in Beijing ⓘ Transport in Harbin ⓘ |
| connects | Beijing ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| electrification | electrified ⓘ |
| endPoint | Harbin ⓘ |
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| historicalRole | key corridor between North China and Northeast China ⓘ |
| importance | major north–south trunk line in China ⓘ |
| lineLength | over 1200 km (approximate) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northeastern China ⓘ |
| majorStation |
Changchun
ⓘ
Qinhuangdao ⓘ Shenyang ⓘ Tangshan ⓘ Tianjin ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Beijing
ⓘ
Harbin ⓘ |
| opened | early 20th century (phased completion) ⓘ |
| operator | China Railway ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway ⓘ |
| partOf |
China Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
China Railway network
|
| passesThrough |
Beijing
ⓘ
Hebei ⓘ Heilongjiang ⓘ Jilin Province ⓘ
surface form:
Jilin
Liaoning ⓘ |
| regionServed |
North China
ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
surface form:
Northeast China
|
| startPoint | Beijing ⓘ |
| status | in operation ⓘ |
| terminus |
Beijing Railway Station
ⓘ
surface form:
Beijing railway station
Harbin Railway Station ⓘ
surface form:
Harbin railway station
|
| trackConfiguration | double-track ⓘ |
| use |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
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: Beijing–Harbin railway Description of subject: The Beijing–Harbin railway is a major trunk rail line in northeastern China that connects the capital Beijing with the city of Harbin, serving as a key corridor for passenger and freight transport.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beijing–Harbin Railway
this entity surface form:
Beijing–Harbin Railway
this entity surface form:
Beijing–Harbin Railway
this entity surface form:
Jingha Railway
this entity surface form:
Jingha railway