Sakura
E328289
Sakura is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train service that operates mainly on the Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sakura canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3091492 — 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: Sakura Context triple: [Sanyo Shinkansen, throughServices, Sakura]
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A.
Hana
Hana is a compassionate Canadian army nurse in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," who cares for a badly burned man in an abandoned Italian villa during World War II.
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B.
Hana
Hana is a small, remote town on the eastern coast of Maui, Hawaii, known for its lush landscapes, waterfalls, and the scenic Road to Hana.
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C.
Hana
Hana is a person known primarily as the romantic partner of Kip.
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D.
Miraitowa
Miraitowa is the futuristic, blue-and-white checkered character created as the official mascot of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, symbolizing tradition, innovation, and a hopeful future.
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E.
Asaka
Asaka is a Japanese noble family name historically associated with a collateral branch of the Imperial Family, including Prince Asaka Yasuhiko.
- 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: Sakura Target entity description: Sakura is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train service that operates mainly on the Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines.
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A.
Hana
Hana is a compassionate Canadian army nurse in Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient," who cares for a badly burned man in an abandoned Italian villa during World War II.
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B.
Hana
Hana is a small, remote town on the eastern coast of Maui, Hawaii, known for its lush landscapes, waterfalls, and the scenic Road to Hana.
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C.
Hana
Hana is a person known primarily as the romantic partner of Kip.
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D.
Miraitowa
Miraitowa is the futuristic, blue-and-white checkered character created as the official mascot of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, symbolizing tradition, innovation, and a hopeful future.
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E.
Asaka
Asaka is a Japanese noble family name historically associated with a collateral branch of the Imperial Family, including Prince Asaka Yasuhiko.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinkansen train service
ⓘ
high-speed rail service ⓘ |
| brandingLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| classConfiguration | Green car and ordinary class ⓘ |
| connectsCity |
Fukuoka
ⓘ
Hiroshima ⓘ Kagoshima ⓘ
linked to:
Kagoshima City
Kumamoto ⓘ Osaka ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| electrification | AC 25 kV 60 Hz overhead catenary ⓘ |
| hasOnboardFacilities |
power outlets (in many cars)
ⓘ
reserved seating ⓘ toilets ⓘ vending machines or trolley service ⓘ |
| introduced | 2011 ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 300 km/h ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | cherry blossom ⓘ |
| operatesOnLine |
Kyushu Shinkansen
ⓘ
Sanyo Shinkansen ⓘ |
| operator |
Kyushu Railway Company
ⓘ
West Japan Railway Company ⓘ |
| primaryUse | intercity passenger transport ⓘ |
| railNetwork |
JR Kyushu network
ⓘ
JR West network ⓘ
linked to:
JR West railway lines
|
| railwaySystem | Shinkansen ⓘ |
| relatedService |
Hikari
ⓘ
Mizuho ⓘ Nozomi ⓘ Tsubame ⓘ |
| rollingStock |
N700 series Shinkansen
ⓘ
N700-7000 series Shinkansen ⓘ
linked to:
N700 series Shinkansen
N700-8000 series Shinkansen ⓘ
linked to:
N700 series Shinkansen
|
| safetyRecord | no passenger fatalities due to train accidents as of 2024 (Shinkansen-wide) ⓘ |
| safetySystem | Automatic Train Control ⓘ |
| seatReservation | both reserved and non-reserved seats ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ |
| serviceCategoryWithinJR | mid-range Shinkansen service ⓘ |
| servicePattern | stops at major stations only ⓘ |
| serviceType | limited-stop Shinkansen service ⓘ |
| ticketClass |
Green car
ⓘ
ordinary car ⓘ |
| ticketingSystem | JR Shinkansen fare system ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 1435 mm ⓘ |
| usesTrainFormation | 8-car N700 series sets ⓘ |
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: Sakura Description of subject: Sakura is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train service that operates mainly on the Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.