Class 158 diesel multiple unit
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The Class 158 diesel multiple unit is a British regional passenger train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its air-conditioned interiors and use on longer-distance services across the UK rail network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class 158 DMU | 1 |
| Class 158 diesel multiple unit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6594309 — 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: Class 158 diesel multiple unit Context triple: [Edinburgh–Borders Railway, primaryRollingStock, Class 158 diesel multiple unit]
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A.
Class 153 diesel multiple unit
The Class 153 diesel multiple unit is a single-car British regional train used primarily for local and rural passenger services on non-electrified lines.
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Class 150 diesel multiple unit
The Class 150 diesel multiple unit is a British two- or three-car regional passenger train introduced in the 1980s and widely used on local and suburban services across the UK rail network.
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C.
Class 156 diesel multiple unit
The Class 156 diesel multiple unit is a British two-car regional train type introduced in the late 1980s for local and medium-distance passenger services.
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Class 170 diesel multiple unit
The Class 170 diesel multiple unit is a British Turbostar family regional train used extensively for passenger services across the UK rail network.
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E.
Class 385 electric multiple units
The Class 385 electric multiple units are modern electric commuter trains used by ScotRail, primarily operating on electrified routes in Scotland’s Central Belt.
- 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: Class 158 diesel multiple unit Target entity description: The Class 158 diesel multiple unit is a British regional passenger train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its air-conditioned interiors and use on longer-distance services across the UK rail network.
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A.
Class 153 diesel multiple unit
The Class 153 diesel multiple unit is a single-car British regional train used primarily for local and rural passenger services on non-electrified lines.
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B.
Class 150 diesel multiple unit
The Class 150 diesel multiple unit is a British two- or three-car regional passenger train introduced in the 1980s and widely used on local and suburban services across the UK rail network.
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C.
Class 156 diesel multiple unit
The Class 156 diesel multiple unit is a British two-car regional train type introduced in the late 1980s for local and medium-distance passenger services.
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D.
Class 170 diesel multiple unit
The Class 170 diesel multiple unit is a British Turbostar family regional train used extensively for passenger services across the UK rail network.
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E.
Class 385 electric multiple units
The Class 385 electric multiple units are modern electric commuter trains used by ScotRail, primarily operating on electrified routes in Scotland’s Central Belt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Class 158 diesel multiple unit Description of subject: The Class 158 diesel multiple unit is a British regional passenger train built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its air-conditioned interiors and use on longer-distance services across the UK rail network.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Class 158 diesel multiple unit