Meitetsu
E320648
Meitetsu is a major private railway company in Japan’s Chubu region, best known for operating extensive rail and transport services centered around Nagoya.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meitetsu canonical | 12 |
| Meitetsu Chita New Line | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3040073 — 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: Meitetsu Context triple: [Nagoya Station, operator, Meitetsu]
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A.
Shibaura Futo
Shibaura Futo is a waterfront district and pier area in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, known for its views of Tokyo Bay and proximity to the Rainbow Bridge.
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B.
Nisshoki
Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
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C.
Gari
Gari is a celebrated Kannada literary work by the renowned poet D. R. Bendre.
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D.
Kada Line
The Kada Line is a regional railway line in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, providing local passenger service between Wakayamashi and Kada along the coast.
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E.
Mibuchi
Mibuchi is a Japanese surname borne by individuals such as Tadahiko Mibuchi.
- 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: Meitetsu Target entity description: Meitetsu is a major private railway company in Japan’s Chubu region, best known for operating extensive rail and transport services centered around Nagoya.
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A.
Shibaura Futo
Shibaura Futo is a waterfront district and pier area in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, known for its views of Tokyo Bay and proximity to the Rainbow Bridge.
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B.
Nisshoki
Nisshoki, more commonly known as the Hinomaru, is the national flag of Japan featuring a red sun disc centered on a white field.
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C.
Gari
Gari is a celebrated Kannada literary work by the renowned poet D. R. Bendre.
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D.
Kada Line
The Kada Line is a regional railway line in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, providing local passenger service between Wakayamashi and Kada along the coast.
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E.
Mibuchi
Mibuchi is a Japanese surname borne by individuals such as Tadahiko Mibuchi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
private railway company
ⓘ
public transport operator ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| focusCity |
Gifu
ⓘ
Inuyama ⓘ Nagoya ⓘ Toyohashi ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Meitetsu ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nagoya Railroad
ⓘ
linked to:
Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
|
| hasBrand |
Meitetsu Bus
ⓘ
Meitetsu Department Store ⓘ Meitetsu Inn ⓘ |
| hasFareSystem | distance-based fares ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Nagoya ⓘ |
| industry |
bus transport
ⓘ
leisure and tourism ⓘ rail transport ⓘ real estate ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Nagoya Railroad Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| mainHub | Nagoya ⓘ |
| marketPosition | major private railway operator in Japan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense suburban rail coverage around Nagoya
ⓘ
major role in Chubu region commuter transport ⓘ |
| notableServiceArea |
Chubu Centrair International Airport access
ⓘ
Nagoya metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to:
Chūkyō metropolitan area
|
| offersService |
commuter passes
ⓘ
limited express surcharges ⓘ |
| operates |
airport access railway services
ⓘ
bus network ⓘ railway network ⓘ |
| operatesInPrefecture |
Aichi Prefecture
ⓘ
Gifu Prefecture ⓘ Mie Prefecture ⓘ Shizuoka Prefecture ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Chubu region
ⓘ
linked to:
Chūbu region
Tokai region ⓘ
linked to:
Tōkai region
|
| serviceCharacteristic |
airport access services to Chubu Centrair International Airport
ⓘ
extensive private railway network in Chubu region ⓘ integrated rail and bus operations centered on Nagoya ⓘ |
| serviceType |
bus services
ⓘ
commuter rail ⓘ interurban rail ⓘ limited express rail ⓘ |
| transportMode |
bus
ⓘ
rail ⓘ tram (historical) ⓘ |
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: Meitetsu Description of subject: Meitetsu is a major private railway company in Japan’s Chubu region, best known for operating extensive rail and transport services centered around Nagoya.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Chita Peninsula (surrounding landform)
linked to: Meitetsu
subject linked to:
Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
subject linked to:
Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
linked to: Meitetsu
linked to: Meitetsu