Ma'an station
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Ma'an station is a historic railway station in southern Jordan that served as a key stop on the Ottoman-era Hejaz Railway connecting Damascus to Medina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ma'an station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9718612 — 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: Ma'an station Context triple: [Hejaz Railway, notableStation, Ma'an station]
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A.
BurJuman station
BurJuman station is a major interchange stop on the Dubai Metro, connecting key lines and serving the busy BurJuman shopping and business district.
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B.
Haifa East railway station
Haifa East railway station is a historic railway station in Haifa that served as a key terminus and administrative center during the British Mandate era.
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C.
Ramla railway station
Ramla railway station is a passenger rail station in the city of Ramla, Israel, serving as a stop on the country’s central railway network.
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D.
Amman station
Amman station is a historic railway station in Jordan’s capital that served as a key stop on the early 20th-century Hejaz Railway connecting the Levant to the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
Damascus al-Hijaz railway station
Damascus al-Hijaz railway station is a historic early 20th-century terminus in Damascus that served as a key hub on the Ottoman-era Hejaz Railway linking Syria to the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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: Ma'an station Target entity description: Ma'an station is a historic railway station in southern Jordan that served as a key stop on the Ottoman-era Hejaz Railway connecting Damascus to Medina.
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A.
BurJuman station
BurJuman station is a major interchange stop on the Dubai Metro, connecting key lines and serving the busy BurJuman shopping and business district.
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B.
Haifa East railway station
Haifa East railway station is a historic railway station in Haifa that served as a key terminus and administrative center during the British Mandate era.
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C.
Ramla railway station
Ramla railway station is a passenger rail station in the city of Ramla, Israel, serving as a stop on the country’s central railway network.
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D.
Amman station
Amman station is a historic railway station in Jordan’s capital that served as a key stop on the early 20th-century Hejaz Railway connecting the Levant to the Arabian Peninsula.
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E.
Damascus al-Hijaz railway station
Damascus al-Hijaz railway station is a historic early 20th-century terminus in Damascus that served as a key hub on the Ottoman-era Hejaz Railway linking Syria to the Arabian Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hejaz region
ⓘ
linked to:
Hejaz
Ottoman railway network ⓘ |
| builtFor | Hejaz Railway ⓘ |
| category |
Hejaz Railway stations
ⓘ
Historic sites in Jordan ⓘ Railway stations in Jordan ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Damascus
ⓘ
Medina ⓘ |
| countryDuringConstruction | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| gaugeType | narrow-gauge railway ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic railway station ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
military logistics node for the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
stop for pilgrims traveling to the Hejaz ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Ottoman era ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ma'an
ⓘ
linked to:
Ma’an
|
| locatedInContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Jordan ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southern Jordan ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute |
Damascus–Medina railway line
ⓘ
linked to:
Hejaz Railway
|
| namedAfter |
Ma'an
ⓘ
linked to:
Ma’an
|
| originalOperator | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Hejaz Railway ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Hejaz Railway ⓘ |
| significance | key stop on the Hejaz Railway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ pilgrimage transport to Mecca region via Hejaz Railway ⓘ |
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: Ma'an station Description of subject: Ma'an station is a historic railway station in southern Jordan that served as a key stop on the Ottoman-era Hejaz Railway connecting Damascus to Medina.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.