Ouigo
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Ouigo is a low-cost high-speed train service operated by France's SNCF, offering budget TGV travel with simplified onboard services.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ouigo canonical | 18 |
| OUIGO | 4 |
| Ouigo (some services) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T661381 — 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: Ouigo Context triple: [TGV, branding, Ouigo]
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A.
Thalys
Thalys is a high-speed international train service connecting major cities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
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B.
Léman Express
Léman Express is a cross-border regional rail network linking Geneva with surrounding areas in Switzerland and France as part of the Léman metropolitan transport system.
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C.
Intercités
Intercités is a network of French long-distance conventional trains operated by SNCF, connecting major cities and regions across the country.
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D.
Paris–Marseille railway
The Paris–Marseille railway is a major French mainline rail route linking the capital Paris with the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, serving as one of the country’s most important north–south transport corridors.
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E.
Paris–Lyon railway
The Paris–Lyon railway is a major French mainline rail route connecting the capital Paris with the city of Lyon, serving as a key corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
- 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: Ouigo Target entity description: Ouigo is a low-cost high-speed train service operated by France's SNCF, offering budget TGV travel with simplified onboard services.
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A.
Thalys
Thalys is a high-speed international train service connecting major cities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
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B.
Léman Express
Léman Express is a cross-border regional rail network linking Geneva with surrounding areas in Switzerland and France as part of the Léman metropolitan transport system.
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C.
Intercités
Intercités is a network of French long-distance conventional trains operated by SNCF, connecting major cities and regions across the country.
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D.
Paris–Marseille railway
The Paris–Marseille railway is a major French mainline rail route linking the capital Paris with the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, serving as one of the country’s most important north–south transport corridors.
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E.
Paris–Lyon railway
The Paris–Lyon railway is a major French mainline rail route connecting the capital Paris with the city of Lyon, serving as a key corridor for both passenger and freight traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand
ⓘ
low-cost high-speed train service ⓘ subsidiary brand of SNCF ⓘ |
| acceptsPaymentMethod |
credit card
ⓘ
debit card ⓘ |
| bookingRequirement | advance purchase recommended ⓘ |
| brandLanguage |
French
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| brandNameStyle | stylized uppercase ⓘ |
| brandOf | TGV services ⓘ |
| brandPositioning | no-frills high-speed travel ⓘ |
| competesWith |
long-distance coaches in France
ⓘ
other European low-cost rail services ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| fareModel | low-cost ⓘ |
| hasLogoColor |
blue
ⓘ
pink ⓘ |
| hasLuggagePolicy |
paid extra luggage options
ⓘ
restricted included luggage ⓘ |
| hasOnboardService |
basic snack vending or limited catering
ⓘ
no traditional restaurant car ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ouigo.com ⓘ |
| network | French high-speed rail network ⓘ |
| offers | budget TGV travel ⓘ |
| onboardServices | simplified services ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry | France ⓘ |
| operatesOnInfrastructureOwnedBy | SNCF Réseau ⓘ |
| operator | SNCF ⓘ |
| operatorType | state-owned railway operator subsidiary ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | SNCF ⓘ |
| powerType | electric ⓘ |
| pricingStrategy | unbundled services ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| reservationPolicy | mandatory seat reservation ⓘ |
| reservationSystem | SNCF online booking system ⓘ |
| seatAssignment | pre-assigned seats ⓘ |
| serviceClassStructure | single-class seating ⓘ |
| serviceModel | point-to-point high-speed services ⓘ |
| serviceType |
high-speed rail
ⓘ
low-cost rail service ⓘ |
| targetMarket | budget-conscious travelers ⓘ |
| ticketDistribution | primarily direct-to-consumer ⓘ |
| ticketFlexibility |
limited exchangeability
ⓘ
limited refundability ⓘ |
| ticketSalesChannel |
mobile app booking
ⓘ
online booking ⓘ |
| ticketType | digital tickets ⓘ |
| usesRollingStock | TGV trainsets ⓘ |
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: Ouigo Description of subject: Ouigo is a low-cost high-speed train service operated by France's SNCF, offering budget TGV travel with simplified onboard services.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
TGV high-speed rail
linked to: Ouigo
subject linked to:
TGV Duplex trainset
linked to: Ouigo
linked to: Ouigo
subject linked to:
“inOui” suggests “unheard-of” or “unprecedented” in French