Tsurugi
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Tsurugi is a Japanese Shinkansen train service operating on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line, primarily providing all-stations shuttle connections between Toyama and Kanazawa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tsurugi canonical | 6 |
| Tsurugi means "sword" in Japanese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8089749 — 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: Tsurugi Context triple: [Hokuriku Shinkansen, serviceType, Tsurugi]
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A.
Banryū
Banryū was a Japanese warship that served in the late Edo period and took part in the Boshin War’s Naval Battle of Hakodate.
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B.
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi is a legendary Japanese sword of divine origin, revered as one of the three sacred treasures symbolizing the authority of the Emperor.
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C.
Unryu
Unryu was a World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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E.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
- 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: Tsurugi Target entity description: Tsurugi is a Japanese Shinkansen train service operating on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line, primarily providing all-stations shuttle connections between Toyama and Kanazawa.
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A.
Banryū
Banryū was a Japanese warship that served in the late Edo period and took part in the Boshin War’s Naval Battle of Hakodate.
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B.
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi is a legendary Japanese sword of divine origin, revered as one of the three sacred treasures symbolizing the authority of the Emperor.
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C.
Unryu
Unryu was a World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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E.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Shinkansen train service ⓘ |
| branding |
Hokuriku Shinkansen services
ⓘ
linked to:
Hokuriku Shinkansen
|
| category | domestic rail transport in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead ⓘ |
| fareSystem | JR conventional and Shinkansen fare structure ⓘ |
| hasRouteColor | Hokuriku Shinkansen route color scheme ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| lineSectionServed |
Toyama–Kanazawa section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen
ⓘ
linked to:
Hokuriku Shinkansen
|
| locale |
Ishikawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toyama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | up to 260 km/h on Hokuriku Shinkansen ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Tsurugi ⓘ |
| onboardClass |
Green Car
ⓘ
Ordinary Class ⓘ |
| operator |
JR West
ⓘ
West Japan Railway Company ⓘ |
| ownerOfInfrastructure | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT) ⓘ |
| purpose |
feeder service to Kagayaki and Hakutaka Shinkansen services
ⓘ
shuttle connection between Toyama and Kanazawa ⓘ |
| railwayCompanyGroup | Japan Railways Group ⓘ |
| railwayLineUsed | Hokuriku Shinkansen ⓘ |
| railwayNetwork |
JR West Shinkansen network
ⓘ
linked to:
JR West Shinkansen
|
| railwayServiceNumbering | Tsurugi train numbers on Hokuriku Shinkansen diagrams ⓘ |
| railwaySignaling | Shinkansen digital signaling ⓘ |
| regionServed | Hokuriku region ⓘ |
| reservationSystem | JR Shinkansen seat reservation system ⓘ |
| rollingStock |
E7 series Shinkansen
ⓘ
W7 series Shinkansen ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
ATC (Automatic Train Control)
ⓘ
linked to:
Automatic Train Control
|
| serviceCategory | limited express Shinkansen service ⓘ |
| serviceFrequency | multiple round trips per day ⓘ |
| servicePattern | stops at all stations between Toyama and Kanazawa ⓘ |
| serviceStartEvent | opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | in operation ⓘ |
| serviceType | all-stations shuttle ⓘ |
| terminus |
Kanazawa Station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toyama Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ticketingIntegration | IC cards accepted on access sections (where applicable) ⓘ |
| ticketTypeRequired | Shinkansen express ticket ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1,435 mm ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructureOf |
Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed line
ⓘ
linked to:
Hokuriku Shinkansen
|
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: Tsurugi Description of subject: Tsurugi is a Japanese Shinkansen train service operating on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line, primarily providing all-stations shuttle connections between Toyama and Kanazawa.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tsurugi