Toba
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Toba was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose reign and later cloistered rule significantly influenced imperial politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13494385 — 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: Toba Context triple: [Emperor Toba, posthumousName, Toba]
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Toba
Toba is a coastal city in central Japan’s Mie Prefecture, known for its pearl cultivation, scenic bays, and maritime heritage.
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Toba Caldera
Toba Caldera is a massive volcanic supervolcano in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, known for one of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth’s history and now largely filled by Lake Toba.
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Lake Toba
Lake Toba is a vast volcanic crater lake in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, renowned as one of the world’s largest and deepest volcanic lakes and a major natural and cultural tourism destination.
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Toba Highlands
Toba Highlands is a volcanic highland region in North Sumatra, Indonesia, known for its dramatic landscapes surrounding Lake Toba and its rich Batak cultural heritage.
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Toba Batak
Toba Batak is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
- 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: Toba Target entity description: Toba was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose reign and later cloistered rule significantly influenced imperial politics.
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A.
Toba
Toba is a coastal city in central Japan’s Mie Prefecture, known for its pearl cultivation, scenic bays, and maritime heritage.
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B.
Toba Caldera
Toba Caldera is a massive volcanic supervolcano in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, known for one of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth’s history and now largely filled by Lake Toba.
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C.
Lake Toba
Lake Toba is a vast volcanic crater lake in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, renowned as one of the world’s largest and deepest volcanic lakes and a major natural and cultural tourism destination.
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D.
Toba Highlands
Toba Highlands is a volcanic highland region in North Sumatra, Indonesia, known for its dramatic landscapes surrounding Lake Toba and its rich Batak cultural heritage.
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E.
Toba Batak
Toba Batak is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emperor of Japan
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Japanese monarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Emperor Toba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedClan | Fujiwara clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1103 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Toba no misasagi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emperor Konoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Sutoku NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Prince Masahito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1156 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticPeriod | Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Heian period ⓘ |
| eraNameUsed |
Eikyū
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gen’ei NERFINISHED ⓘ Hōan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kajō NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten’ei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Horikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Munehito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | cloistered rule (insei) ⓘ |
| house | Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | imperial court politics of the 12th century ⓘ |
| mother | Fujiwara no Ishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exercising cloistered rule after abdication
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influencing succession disputes in the late Heian period ⓘ |
| politicalRole | head of the insei (cloistered government) ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Toba-tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Horikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1123 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1107 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fujiwara no Nariko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fujiwara no Taishi NERFINISHED ⓘ Fujiwara no Tokushi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | cloistered emperor ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Sutoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsCloisteredEmperor | Emperor Go-Shirakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | 110th Emperor of Japan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Toba Description of subject: Toba was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose reign and later cloistered rule significantly influenced imperial politics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.