Sapporo Station
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Sapporo Station is the main railway hub of Sapporo, Japan, serving as a major transit, commercial, and business center in Hokkaido.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sapporo Station canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1812827 — 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: Sapporo Station Context triple: [Sapporo, railwayStation, Sapporo Station]
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A.
Yokohama Station
Yokohama Station is one of Japan’s busiest railway hubs, serving numerous JR, private, and subway lines in central Yokohama.
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B.
Suita Station
Suita Station is a railway station in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving passengers on the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line).
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C.
Nagoya Station
Nagoya Station is one of Japan’s largest and busiest railway hubs, serving as a major Shinkansen and regional transit center in the city of Nagoya.
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D.
Zushi Station
Zushi Station is a railway station in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, served by JR East lines including the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan–Shinjuku Line.
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E.
Shin-Kobe Station
Shin-Kobe Station is a major railway hub in Kobe, Japan, serving Shinkansen and local lines and providing access to nearby attractions such as the Nunobiki Herb Garden.
- 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: Sapporo Station Target entity description: Sapporo Station is the main railway hub of Sapporo, Japan, serving as a major transit, commercial, and business center in Hokkaido.
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A.
Yokohama Station
Yokohama Station is one of Japan’s busiest railway hubs, serving numerous JR, private, and subway lines in central Yokohama.
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B.
Suita Station
Suita Station is a railway station in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, serving passengers on the JR Kyoto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line).
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C.
Nagoya Station
Nagoya Station is one of Japan’s largest and busiest railway hubs, serving as a major Shinkansen and regional transit center in the city of Nagoya.
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D.
Zushi Station
Zushi Station is a railway station in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, served by JR East lines including the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan–Shinjuku Line.
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E.
Shin-Kobe Station
Shin-Kobe Station is a major railway hub in Kobe, Japan, serving Shinkansen and local lines and providing access to nearby attractions such as the Nunobiki Herb Garden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | railway station ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Odori area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sapporo Clock Tower area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| code | 01 (JR Hokkaido station number) ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōhō Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Sapporo Subway Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Daimaru Sapporo department store
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Esta shopping complex NERFINISHED ⓘ JR Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo NERFINISHED ⓘ Midori-no-madoguchi ticket office NERFINISHED ⓘ Stellar Place shopping mall NERFINISHED ⓘ automatic ticket gates ⓘ bus terminal ⓘ coin lockers ⓘ office complex ⓘ restaurants ⓘ shopping center ⓘ ticket office ⓘ tourist information center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hokkaido
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kita-ku, Sapporo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sapporo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 5 island platforms ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 10 ⓘ |
| opened | 1880 ⓘ |
| operator |
Hokkaido Railway Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
JR Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Hokkaido Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType |
island platform
ⓘ
side platform ⓘ |
| railwayCompany | JR Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructed |
1908
ⓘ
1951 ⓘ 1978 ⓘ 2003 ⓘ |
| role |
business center in Sapporo
ⓘ
commercial center in Sapporo ⓘ main railway hub of Sapporo ⓘ major transit center in Hokkaido ⓘ |
| servedByLine |
Chitose Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hakodate Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasshō Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByService |
Airport rapid service to New Chitose Airport
NERFINISHED
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Limited Express Hokuto NERFINISHED ⓘ Limited Express Kamui NERFINISHED ⓘ Limited Express Lilac NERFINISHED ⓘ Limited Express Okhotsk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structureType | elevated station ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sapporo Station Description of subject: Sapporo Station is the main railway hub of Sapporo, Japan, serving as a major transit, commercial, and business center in Hokkaido.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.