PASMO
E132941
PASMO is a rechargeable contactless smart card widely used for public transportation and electronic payments across the Tokyo metropolitan area.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PASMO canonical | 81 |
| PASMO system | 2 |
| IC card PASMO | 1 |
| PASMO adult cards | 1 |
| PASMO child cards | 1 |
| PASMO commuter passes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1146097 — 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: PASMO Context triple: [JR Yamanote Line, fareCardAccepted, PASMO]
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A.
Suica
Suica is a rechargeable contactless smart card issued by JR East that is widely used for train fares and electronic payments across Japan.
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B.
Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro is one of the two main rapid transit operators in Tokyo, running an extensive network of subway lines that serve the city’s central and metropolitan areas.
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C.
Tokyu Toyoko Line
The Tokyu Toyoko Line is a major private railway line in the Tokyo–Yokohama area that connects central Tokyo with Yokohama and links to multiple subway and intercity rail services.
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D.
JR Saikyo Line
The JR Saikyo Line is a major commuter rail line in the Tokyo metropolitan area operated by JR East, connecting central Tokyo with Saitama Prefecture and serving key hubs such as Shibuya and Shinjuku.
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E.
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line is a major private railway line in the Tokyo metropolitan area that connects central Tokyo with suburban residential districts, including service to Shibuya.
- 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: PASMO Target entity description: PASMO is a rechargeable contactless smart card widely used for public transportation and electronic payments across the Tokyo metropolitan area.
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A.
Suica
Suica is a rechargeable contactless smart card issued by JR East that is widely used for train fares and electronic payments across Japan.
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B.
Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metro is one of the two main rapid transit operators in Tokyo, running an extensive network of subway lines that serve the city’s central and metropolitan areas.
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C.
Tokyu Toyoko Line
The Tokyu Toyoko Line is a major private railway line in the Tokyo–Yokohama area that connects central Tokyo with Yokohama and links to multiple subway and intercity rail services.
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D.
JR Saikyo Line
The JR Saikyo Line is a major commuter rail line in the Tokyo metropolitan area operated by JR East, connecting central Tokyo with Saitama Prefecture and serving key hubs such as Shibuya and Shinjuku.
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E.
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line
Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line is a major private railway line in the Tokyo metropolitan area that connects central Tokyo with suburban residential districts, including service to Shibuya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic money system
ⓘ
fare card ⓘ rechargeable contactless smart card ⓘ stored-value card ⓘ |
| allows |
recharge at convenience stores
ⓘ
recharge at ticket machines ⓘ tap-in tap-out fare collection ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Greater Tokyo
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo metropolitan area
|
| canBeUsedFor |
small-value retail purchases
ⓘ
station kiosk payments ⓘ vending machine payments ⓘ |
| cardFormat | credit-card sized ⓘ |
| cardType | IC card ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Suica ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| currency | Japanese yen ⓘ |
| dataStorage | IC chip ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Tokyo metropolitan railway and bus networks ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
no physical contact required for reading
ⓘ
reusable card ⓘ stored balance on card ⓘ |
| hasPaymentFunction | electronic money ⓘ |
| industry |
financial services
ⓘ
transportation ⓘ |
| interoperableWithin | major transport operators in Tokyo area ⓘ |
| introducedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Japan IC fare card ecosystem ⓘ |
| medium | plastic card ⓘ |
| operator | PASMO Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| paymentType | contactless payment ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| requires | card reader terminals ⓘ |
| sector |
public transport
ⓘ
retail payments ⓘ |
| supports | prepaid stored value ⓘ |
| supportsFunction | fare integration across multiple operators ⓘ |
| technology | contactless smart card ⓘ |
| usedBy |
commuters
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
electronic payments
ⓘ
public transportation payments ⓘ |
| usedIn | Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ |
| usedOn |
buses
ⓘ
railways ⓘ subways ⓘ |
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: PASMO Description of subject: PASMO is a rechargeable contactless smart card widely used for public transportation and electronic payments across the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Referenced by (87)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PASMO
linked to: PASMO
linked to: PASMO