Sheffield Supertram
E104768
Sheffield Supertram is a modern light rail and tram network serving the city of Sheffield and its surrounding areas in South Yorkshire, England.
All labels observed (18)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T817689 — 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: Sheffield Supertram Context triple: [Sheffield, hasTramSystem, Sheffield Supertram]
-
A.
Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, and surrounding areas in North East England.
-
B.
Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Metrolink is a light rail/tram network serving Greater Manchester, England, connecting the city centre with surrounding suburbs and key regional destinations.
-
C.
Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Trams is a modern light rail system in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing urban and suburban passenger transport across the city.
-
D.
Glasgow Subway
The Glasgow Subway is an underground rapid transit system serving the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and is one of the oldest metro systems in the world.
-
E.
MediaCityUK tram stop
MediaCityUK tram stop is a Metrolink light rail station in Salford, Greater Manchester, serving the MediaCityUK complex and nearby waterfront developments.
- 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: Sheffield Supertram Target entity description: Sheffield Supertram is a modern light rail and tram network serving the city of Sheffield and its surrounding areas in South Yorkshire, England.
-
A.
Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, and surrounding areas in North East England.
-
B.
Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Metrolink is a light rail/tram network serving Greater Manchester, England, connecting the city centre with surrounding suburbs and key regional destinations.
-
C.
Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Trams is a modern light rail system in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing urban and suburban passenger transport across the city.
-
D.
Glasgow Subway
The Glasgow Subway is an underground rapid transit system serving the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and is one of the oldest metro systems in the world.
-
E.
MediaCityUK tram stop
MediaCityUK tram stop is a Metrolink light rail station in Salford, Greater Manchester, serving the MediaCityUK complex and nearby waterfront developments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light rail system
ⓘ
tram network ⓘ |
| beganOperation | 1994 ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Meadowhall railway station
ⓘ
Rotherham Central railway station ⓘ Sheffield railway station ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depot | Nunnery Square depot ⓘ |
| electrificationSystem | 750 V DC overhead line ⓘ |
| fareSystem | integrated with local bus services ⓘ |
| fleet |
Siemens–Duewag Supertram vehicles
ⓘ
Vossloh Citylink tram-train vehicles ⓘ |
| hasColorCode |
Black for Tram Train Route
ⓘ
Blue for Blue Route ⓘ Purple for Purple Route ⓘ Yellow for Yellow Route ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Blue Route
ⓘ
Purple Route ⓘ Tram Train Route ⓘ Yellow Route ⓘ |
| hasServiceType |
tram
ⓘ
tram-train ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Sheffield ⓘ South Yorkshire ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
includes the UK’s first operational tram-train pilot route
ⓘ
one of the first modern tram systems in the UK ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 4 ⓘ |
| openedSection |
Halfway branch opened 1994
ⓘ
Herdings Park branch opened 1995 ⓘ Malin Bridge branch opened 1995 ⓘ Meadowhall to Fitzalan Square section opened 1994 ⓘ |
| operator |
Stagecoach Supertram
ⓘ
linked to:
Sheffield Supertram
|
| owner | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority ⓘ |
| primaryServiceArea |
Rotherham area
ⓘ
Sheffield urban area ⓘ
linked to:
Sheffield
|
| regulatoryAuthority | South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (historical) ⓘ |
| terminus |
Halfway
ⓘ
Herdings Park ⓘ Malin Bridge ⓘ Meadowhall Interchange ⓘ Rotherham Parkgate ⓘ |
| ticketing |
accepts contactless payment on some services
ⓘ
accepts smartcard tickets ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| website | https://www.stagecoachbus.com/supertram ⓘ |
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: Sheffield Supertram Description of subject: Sheffield Supertram is a modern light rail and tram network serving the city of Sheffield and its surrounding areas in South Yorkshire, England.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram
linked to: Sheffield Supertram