Le Shuttle
E92231
Le Shuttle is a vehicle-carrying rail service that transports cars, trucks, and passengers through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Shuttle canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T757227 — 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: Le Shuttle Context triple: [Channel Tunnel, usedByService, Le Shuttle]
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A.
Mission: SPACE
Mission: SPACE is a spaceflight-simulation attraction at EPCOT that immerses guests in a realistic, high-intensity mission to Mars experience.
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B.
The Rocket
The Rocket was an early 19th-century steam locomotive designed by George Stephenson that became famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
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C.
Starhopper
Starhopper is SpaceX’s early prototype test vehicle used to validate key technologies for the Starship launch system, particularly its Raptor engines and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities.
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D.
To Space and Back
"To Space and Back" is a popular science book by astronaut Sally Ride that recounts her experiences in space and explains the science and technology of spaceflight for a general audience.
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E.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
- 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: Le Shuttle Target entity description: Le Shuttle is a vehicle-carrying rail service that transports cars, trucks, and passengers through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
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A.
Mission: SPACE
Mission: SPACE is a spaceflight-simulation attraction at EPCOT that immerses guests in a realistic, high-intensity mission to Mars experience.
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B.
The Rocket
The Rocket was an early 19th-century steam locomotive designed by George Stephenson that became famous for winning the 1829 Rainhill Trials and proving the viability of railway transport.
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C.
Starhopper
Starhopper is SpaceX’s early prototype test vehicle used to validate key technologies for the Starship launch system, particularly its Raptor engines and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities.
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D.
To Space and Back
"To Space and Back" is a popular science book by astronaut Sally Ride that recounts her experiences in space and explains the science and technology of spaceflight for a general audience.
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E.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail transport service
ⓘ
shuttle train service ⓘ vehicle shuttle train ⓘ |
| bookingMode |
advance booking
ⓘ
on-the-day booking ⓘ |
| competesWith | ferry services across the English Channel ⓘ |
| connectsCountry |
France
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| electrification | 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ |
| hasTerminalFacility |
border control
ⓘ
check-in lanes ⓘ loading platforms ⓘ unloading platforms ⓘ |
| introduced | 1994 ⓘ |
| journeyType | cross-Channel ⓘ |
| languageOfBrandName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Channel Tunnel ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Le Shuttle ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Eurotunnel
ⓘ
linked to:
Channel Tunnel
Getlink ⓘ |
| operatingTunnel | Channel Tunnel ⓘ |
| operatorHeadquarters |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Paris ⓘ |
| owner | Getlink ⓘ |
| partOf | Channel Tunnel rail operations ⓘ |
| previousOwner |
Eurotunnel Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Groupe Eurotunnel
|
| primaryAccessMode | drive-on drive-off ⓘ |
| primaryCargo | road vehicles ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Hauts-de-France
ⓘ
Kent ⓘ |
| routeTerminus |
Coquelles
ⓘ
Folkestone ⓘ |
| safetySystem | Channel Tunnel safety regulations ⓘ |
| servicePattern | shuttle between Folkestone and Coquelles ⓘ |
| serviceType | vehicle-carrying rail service ⓘ |
| startStationFrance | Coquelles Terminal ⓘ |
| startStationUK | Cheriton Terminal ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| transports |
cars
ⓘ
coaches ⓘ motorcycles ⓘ passengers ⓘ trucks ⓘ |
| travelMode | train-through-tunnel ⓘ |
| usesInfrastructure | Channel Tunnel ⓘ |
| usesRollingStock |
double-deck vehicle shuttle wagons
ⓘ
locomotives ⓘ |
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: Le Shuttle Description of subject: Le Shuttle is a vehicle-carrying rail service that transports cars, trucks, and passengers through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.