Keihan Bus
E917310
Keihan Bus is a Japanese bus company operating local and intercity routes, primarily serving the Kyoto–Osaka–Shiga region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keihan Bus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11309557 — 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: Keihan Bus Context triple: [Keihan Group, hasSubsidiary, Keihan Bus]
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A.
Toei Bus
Toei Bus is a major public bus network serving Tokyo, Japan, as part of the city’s municipal transportation system.
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B.
Odakyu Bus
Odakyu Bus is a Japanese bus company operating local and highway bus services, primarily in the Tokyo and Kanagawa areas, as part of the Odakyu Group’s transportation network.
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C.
Tokyu Bus
Tokyu Bus is a Japanese bus operator providing local and intercity bus services primarily in the Tokyo and Kanagawa areas.
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D.
Kyoto City Bus
Kyoto City Bus is the municipal bus system of Kyoto, Japan, providing extensive local public transportation throughout the city and its major attractions.
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E.
Kōtetsu
Kōtetsu was an ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a decisive role in ending the Boshin War and symbolized Japan’s early naval modernization.
- 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: Keihan Bus Target entity description: Keihan Bus is a Japanese bus company operating local and intercity routes, primarily serving the Kyoto–Osaka–Shiga region.
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A.
Toei Bus
Toei Bus is a major public bus network serving Tokyo, Japan, as part of the city’s municipal transportation system.
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B.
Odakyu Bus
Odakyu Bus is a Japanese bus company operating local and highway bus services, primarily in the Tokyo and Kanagawa areas, as part of the Odakyu Group’s transportation network.
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C.
Tokyu Bus
Tokyu Bus is a Japanese bus operator providing local and intercity bus services primarily in the Tokyo and Kanagawa areas.
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D.
Kyoto City Bus
Kyoto City Bus is the municipal bus system of Kyoto, Japan, providing extensive local public transportation throughout the city and its major attractions.
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E.
Kōtetsu
Kōtetsu was an ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that played a decisive role in ending the Boshin War and symbolized Japan’s early naval modernization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bus company
ⓘ
public transport operator ⓘ |
| acceptsPaymentMethod |
IC cards
ⓘ
cash ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| environmentalFocus | emissions reduction ⓘ |
| fareSystem |
distance-based fares
ⓘ
flat fares on some routes ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Japan ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | yes ⓘ |
| industry | public transportation ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport | bus ⓘ |
| offersService |
airport access routes
ⓘ
commuter bus routes ⓘ tourist-oriented routes ⓘ |
| operatesInCity |
Kyoto
ⓘ
Osaka ⓘ Otsu ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| operatesRouteType |
highway bus routes
ⓘ
suburban routes ⓘ urban routes ⓘ |
| operatesWithinMetropolitanArea |
Keihanshin metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Kyoto–Osaka metropolitan area
|
| parentCompany | Keihan Group ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| providesInformation |
fare tables
ⓘ
route maps ⓘ timetables ⓘ |
| regulatoryEnvironment |
Japanese road transport law
ⓘ
linked to:
Road Act of Japan
|
| relatedTo |
Keihan Electric Railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
|
| safetyFocus | passenger safety ⓘ |
| servesArea |
Kyoto–Osaka–Shiga region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansai region
|
| servesRegion |
Kyoto Prefecture
ⓘ
Osaka Prefecture ⓘ Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceCategory | scheduled public transport ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity bus services
ⓘ
local bus services ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
local commuters
ⓘ
students ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| transportModeIntegration | rail-bus interchanges ⓘ |
| typicalServiceHours | early morning to late night ⓘ |
| usesTicketingSystem | prepaid IC card system ⓘ |
| vehicleType |
low-floor buses
ⓘ
single-deck buses ⓘ |
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: Keihan Bus Description of subject: Keihan Bus is a Japanese bus company operating local and intercity routes, primarily serving the Kyoto–Osaka–Shiga region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.