Hikari
E306033
Hikari is a high-speed Shinkansen train service in Japan that operates on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, offering fast intercity travel with fewer stops than local services.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hikari canonical | 24 |
| Hikari services | 3 |
| Hikari service | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2868481 — 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: Hikari Context triple: [Central Japan Railway Company, notableService, Hikari]
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A.
Shinkiari
Shinkiari is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its agricultural surroundings and its location along the Karakoram Highway near Mansehra.
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B.
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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C.
Hekari
Hekari is a regional dialect of the Kurmanji variety of the Kurdish language, spoken in parts of the Hakkari region.
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D.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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E.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
- 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: Hikari Target entity description: Hikari is a high-speed Shinkansen train service in Japan that operates on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, offering fast intercity travel with fewer stops than local services.
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A.
Shinkiari
Shinkiari is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its agricultural surroundings and its location along the Karakoram Highway near Mansehra.
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B.
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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C.
Hekari
Hekari is a regional dialect of the Kurmanji variety of the Kurdish language, spoken in parts of the Hakkari region.
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D.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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E.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinkansen train service
ⓘ
high-speed rail service ⓘ |
| brandingLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| category | passenger rail transport ⓘ |
| classAccommodation |
Green Car (First Class)
ⓘ
linked to:
Green Car (first class)
Ordinary Class ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead catenary ⓘ |
| infrastructureOwner |
JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen)
ⓘ
JR West (Sanyo Shinkansen) ⓘ
linked to:
JR West Shinkansen
|
| introducedAsService | 1964 ⓘ |
| introducedOnOccasion |
1964 Tokyo Olympics
ⓘ
linked to:
1964 Summer Olympics
|
| maximumOperatingSpeed | 270 km/h ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | light in Japanese ⓘ |
| notableRole | key intercity link between Tokyo and western Japan ⓘ |
| onboardFacilities |
non-reserved seating
ⓘ
reserved seating ⓘ vending machines or trolley service (varies by train) ⓘ |
| operatesOnLine |
Sanyo Shinkansen
ⓘ
Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ |
| operator |
Central Japan Railway Company
ⓘ
West Japan Railway Company ⓘ |
| predecessorService | original Shinkansen limited express service ⓘ |
| primaryRoute |
Shin-Osaka–Hakata
ⓘ
linked to:
Shin-Osaka – Hakata
Tokyo–Okayama ⓘ Tokyo–Shin-Osaka ⓘ |
| relativeSpeedCategory |
faster than Kodama
ⓘ
slower than Nozomi ⓘ |
| reservationSystem | JR Shinkansen reservation system ⓘ |
| rollingStockUsed |
700 series Shinkansen (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
700 series Shinkansen
N700 series Shinkansen ⓘ N700A series Shinkansen ⓘ
linked to:
N700A series
|
| safetyRecord | no passenger fatalities due to train accidents as of 2024 (shared Shinkansen record) ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyushu (via Sanyo Shinkansen connection) ⓘ
linked to:
Kyushu Shinkansen
|
| serviceFrequency | multiple trains per hour on core sections ⓘ |
| servicePattern |
fewer stops than Kodama
ⓘ
more stops than Nozomi ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | in operation ⓘ |
| serviceType |
intercity passenger rail
ⓘ
limited-stop service ⓘ |
| ticketAcceptance | Japan Rail Pass valid ⓘ |
| ticketClass | standard fare plus limited express surcharge ⓘ |
| ticketingRequirement | requires reserved or non-reserved Shinkansen ticket ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1,435 mm standard gauge ⓘ |
| typicalTrainLength |
16-car sets on Tokaido Shinkansen
ⓘ
8-car or 16-car sets on Sanyo Shinkansen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hikari Description of subject: Hikari is a high-speed Shinkansen train service in Japan that operates on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, offering fast intercity travel with fewer stops than local services.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car
linked to: Hikari
subject linked to:
Sanyō Shinkansen line
linked to: Hikari
linked to: Hikari
linked to: Hikari