Alstom New Pendolino
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The Alstom New Pendolino is a family of high-speed tilting electric multiple unit trains designed for fast, comfortable intercity services on conventional, curving rail lines.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pendolino trains | 4 |
| Alstom Pendolino | 3 |
| Pendolino | 2 |
| Alstom New Pendolino canonical | 1 |
| Alstom New Pendolino family | 1 |
| Avelia Pendolino | 1 |
| New Pendolino | 1 |
| Pendolino family | 1 |
| Pendolino tilting train family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8142075 — 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: Alstom New Pendolino Context triple: [Alstom multiple units, hasSubclass, Alstom New Pendolino]
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A.
Sm6 Pendolino
The Sm6 Pendolino is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit train used on cross-border services between Finland and Russia.
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B.
Class 390 Pendolino
The Class 390 Pendolino is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit train used by Avanti West Coast on the West Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom.
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C.
British Rail Class 220
The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
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D.
Alstom Coradia Polyvalent
The Alstom Coradia Polyvalent is a family of modern regional and intercity multiple-unit trains designed for flexible operation, including electric and dual-mode configurations, widely used across France and other European countries.
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E.
British Rail Class 455 electric multiple units
The British Rail Class 455 electric multiple units are suburban commuter trains introduced in the early 1980s for services in and around London, known for their long service life and extensive use on the Southern Region network.
- 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: Alstom New Pendolino Target entity description: The Alstom New Pendolino is a family of high-speed tilting electric multiple unit trains designed for fast, comfortable intercity services on conventional, curving rail lines.
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A.
Sm6 Pendolino
The Sm6 Pendolino is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit train used on cross-border services between Finland and Russia.
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B.
Class 390 Pendolino
The Class 390 Pendolino is a high-speed tilting electric multiple unit train used by Avanti West Coast on the West Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom.
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C.
British Rail Class 220
The British Rail Class 220 is a high-speed diesel-electric multiple unit train used in the UK for intercity services, known as part of the Voyager family built by Bombardier.
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D.
Alstom Coradia Polyvalent
The Alstom Coradia Polyvalent is a family of modern regional and intercity multiple-unit trains designed for flexible operation, including electric and dual-mode configurations, widely used across France and other European countries.
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E.
British Rail Class 455 electric multiple units
The British Rail Class 455 electric multiple units are suburban commuter trains introduced in the early 1980s for services in and around London, known for their long service life and extensive use on the Southern Region network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric multiple unit
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high-speed train family ⓘ tilting train ⓘ |
| advantage |
higher speeds on curving lines without major track upgrades
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improved passenger comfort on curves ⓘ reduced journey times on conventional lines ⓘ |
| belongsToBrand |
Alstom Pendolino
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linked to:
Alstom New Pendolino
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| brakeType |
electrodynamic brakes
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pneumatic brakes ⓘ |
| category | high-speed rail in Europe ⓘ |
| configuration | fixed-formation multiple unit ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Alstom Ferroviaria
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linked to:
Alstom
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| designedFor |
intercity services
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operation on conventional rail lines ⓘ operation on curving rail lines ⓘ operation under overhead line electrification ⓘ |
| designedToOperateOn | existing mainline infrastructure ⓘ |
| designGoal |
fast comfortable intercity travel
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maintaining high comfort at higher lateral accelerations ⓘ minimizing infrastructure modification costs ⓘ |
| feature |
aerodynamic design
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air-conditioned passenger compartments ⓘ bogies designed for tilting ⓘ electric traction ⓘ electronic control of tilt ⓘ high acceleration performance ⓘ high-speed capability ⓘ multiple-unit configuration ⓘ onboard passenger information systems ⓘ passenger comfort enhancements ⓘ regenerative braking ⓘ seating for long-distance travel ⓘ tilting technology ⓘ |
| hasPassengerService |
intercity
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long-distance ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Alstom ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
New Pendolino
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linked to:
Alstom New Pendolino
|
| operatorType | long-distance passenger operators ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pendolino family
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linked to:
Alstom New Pendolino
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| powerType | electric ⓘ |
| railwayVehicleType | passenger train ⓘ |
| successorOf | earlier Pendolino generations ⓘ |
| technology |
active tilting system
ⓘ
computer-controlled suspension ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fast intercity connections
ⓘ
services on routes with many curves ⓘ |
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: Alstom New Pendolino Description of subject: The Alstom New Pendolino is a family of high-speed tilting electric multiple unit trains designed for fast, comfortable intercity services on conventional, curving rail lines.
Referenced by (15)
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