Stuttgart–Ulm railway
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The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stuttgart–Ulm railway canonical | 3 |
| Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway | 2 |
| Stuttgart–Ulm high-speed line | 1 |
| Stuttgart–Ulm rail corridor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2746543 — 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: Stuttgart–Ulm railway Context triple: [Ulm Hauptbahnhof, railwayLine, Stuttgart–Ulm railway]
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Ulm–Sigmaringen railway
The Ulm–Sigmaringen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the city of Ulm with Sigmaringen through the Swabian Jura.
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B.
Nuremberg–Bamberg railway
The Nuremberg–Bamberg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg and forms part of important regional and long-distance rail routes.
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C.
Nuremberg–Würzburg railway
The Nuremberg–Würzburg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Würzburg and forms part of an important north–south and east–west rail corridor.
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D.
Stuttgart Stadtbahn
The Stuttgart Stadtbahn is a light rail and tram system serving the city of Stuttgart and its surrounding metropolitan area in Germany.
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E.
Nuremberg–Fürth line
The Nuremberg–Fürth line is a historic German railway route in Bavaria, known as one of the earliest steam-operated passenger railways in continental Europe.
- 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: Stuttgart–Ulm railway Target entity description: The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
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A.
Ulm–Sigmaringen railway
The Ulm–Sigmaringen railway is a regional rail line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that connects the city of Ulm with Sigmaringen through the Swabian Jura.
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B.
Nuremberg–Bamberg railway
The Nuremberg–Bamberg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Bamberg and forms part of important regional and long-distance rail routes.
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C.
Nuremberg–Würzburg railway
The Nuremberg–Würzburg railway is a major German main line in Bavaria that connects the cities of Nuremberg and Würzburg and forms part of an important north–south and east–west rail corridor.
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D.
Stuttgart Stadtbahn
The Stuttgart Stadtbahn is a light rail and tram system serving the city of Stuttgart and its surrounding metropolitan area in Germany.
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E.
Nuremberg–Fürth line
The Nuremberg–Fürth line is a historic German railway route in Bavaria, known as one of the earliest steam-operated passenger railways in continental Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail corridor
ⓘ
railway line ⓘ |
| belongsTo | German long-distance rail corridors ⓘ |
| connects |
Stuttgart
ⓘ
Ulm ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crosses | Swabian Jura ⓘ |
| direction | east–west axis ⓘ |
| electrification | electrified railway line ⓘ |
| formsPartOf |
German rail network
ⓘ
linked to:
German railway network
trans-European transport network ⓘ
linked to:
Trans-European transport network
|
| gauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| hasConnectionWith |
Mannheim
ⓘ
Munich ⓘ Paris ⓘ Vienna ⓘ Zurich ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasService |
freight trains
ⓘ
long-distance trains ⓘ regional trains ⓘ |
| hasTerminus |
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
ⓘ
Ulm Hauptbahnhof ⓘ |
| importance | major German rail corridor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
city of Ulm ⓘ southwestern Germany ⓘ state capital Stuttgart ⓘ |
| operator | Deutsche Bahn ⓘ |
| partlyRebuiltAs |
Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway
ⓘ
linked to:
Stuttgart–Ulm railway
|
| partOf |
European east–west transport axis
ⓘ
linked to:
east–west European transport corridor
|
| passesThrough |
Fils valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Fils Valley
Neckar valley ⓘ
linked to:
Neckar
|
| railwayType | main line ⓘ |
| regionServed | Baden-Württemberg ⓘ |
| relatedProject | Stuttgart 21 ⓘ |
| startPoint | Stuttgart ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Stuttgart–Ulm railway Description of subject: The Stuttgart–Ulm railway is a major German rail corridor in Baden-Württemberg that connects the state capital Stuttgart with the city of Ulm and forms part of an important east–west European transport axis.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stuttgart–Ulm railway
linked to: Stuttgart–Ulm railway
linked to: Stuttgart–Ulm railway
linked to: Stuttgart–Ulm railway