Shigeru Nakamura
E1021675
Shigeru Nakamura is a Japanese name shared by several individuals, most notably a professional shogi player and other figures in Japanese culture and academia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shigeru Nakamura canonical | 1 |
| Shigeru Nakamura (academic) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10187075 — 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: Shigeru Nakamura Context triple: [Nakamura, hasNotableBearer, Shigeru Nakamura]
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A.
Kunio Nakagawa
Kunio Nakagawa was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the island’s fierce and protracted defense during the World War II Battle of Peleliu.
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B.
Koji Nakamura
Koji Nakamura is a Japanese musician and producer known for his work in alternative rock and electronic music, including as a member of the band Supercar and through his solo projects.
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C.
Masato Nakamura
Masato Nakamura is a Japanese musician and composer best known for creating the iconic soundtracks for the early Sonic the Hedgehog video games and as the bassist of the rock band Dreams Come True.
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D.
Toshi Yoshida
Toshi Yoshida is a Japanese woodblock print artist known for his modern interpretations of traditional ukiyo-e techniques and his association with the Yoshida family of artists.
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E.
Kenji Nakamura
Kenji Nakamura is a Japanese anime director known for his visually distinctive and psychologically complex works such as "Mononoke" and "Tsuritama."
- 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: Shigeru Nakamura Target entity description: Shigeru Nakamura is a Japanese name shared by several individuals, most notably a professional shogi player and other figures in Japanese culture and academia.
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A.
Kunio Nakagawa
Kunio Nakagawa was an Imperial Japanese Army officer best known for leading the island’s fierce and protracted defense during the World War II Battle of Peleliu.
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B.
Koji Nakamura
Koji Nakamura is a Japanese musician and producer known for his work in alternative rock and electronic music, including as a member of the band Supercar and through his solo projects.
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C.
Masato Nakamura
Masato Nakamura is a Japanese musician and composer best known for creating the iconic soundtracks for the early Sonic the Hedgehog video games and as the bassist of the rock band Dreams Come True.
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D.
Toshi Yoshida
Toshi Yoshida is a Japanese woodblock print artist known for his modern interpretations of traditional ukiyo-e techniques and his association with the Yoshida family of artists.
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E.
Kenji Nakamura
Kenji Nakamura is a Japanese anime director known for his visually distinctive and psychologically complex works such as "Mononoke" and "Tsuritama."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese given name and surname combination
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human name ⓘ |
| ambiguousRefersTo | multiple individuals ⓘ |
| associatedWithField |
Japanese culture
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academia ⓘ professional shogi ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Nakamura
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Shigeru ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasScript | Kanji ⓘ |
| NakamuraIs | Japanese surname ⓘ |
| partOfNamingCulture | Japanese naming conventions ⓘ |
| requiresDisambiguation | true ⓘ |
| sharesNameWith |
Shigeru Nakamura (academic)
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linked to:
Shigeru Nakamura
Shigeru Nakamura (cultural figure) ⓘ Shigeru Nakamura (shogi player) ⓘ |
| ShigeruIs | Japanese masculine given name ⓘ |
| usedAs |
family name
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personal name ⓘ |
| usedInCountryOrRegion | Japan ⓘ |
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: Shigeru Nakamura Description of subject: Shigeru Nakamura is a Japanese name shared by several individuals, most notably a professional shogi player and other figures in Japanese culture and academia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shigeru Nakamura