Emperor Sutoku

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Emperor Sutoku was a 12th-century Japanese emperor whose post-abdication involvement in the Hōgen Rebellion and subsequent exile led to his later portrayal as a vengeful spirit in Japanese legend.

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Label	Occurrences
Emperor Sutoku canonical	11

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13494384 — 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: Emperor Sutoku
Context triple: [Emperor Toba, successor, Emperor Sutoku]

A. Emperor Shirakawa
Emperor Shirakawa was a Japanese sovereign of the late 11th and early 12th centuries who is renowned for pioneering the system of cloistered rule that shaped Heian-period politics.
B. Emperor Juntoku
Emperor Juntoku was a 13th-century Japanese emperor known for his role in the Jōkyū War and subsequent exile, which marked a turning point in the balance of power between the imperial court and the Kamakura shogunate.
C. Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa was a 12th-century Japanese emperor whose turbulent reign and subsequent cloistered rule marked a pivotal period of political conflict and transition in the late Heian era.
D. Emperor Seiwa
Emperor Seiwa was a 9th-century Japanese emperor whose descendants founded the influential Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan, from which many prominent samurai, including the first shoguns, claimed lineage.
E. Emperor Nijō
Emperor Nijō was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose short reign was marked by intense court factionalism and armed conflict.
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: Emperor Sutoku
Target entity description: Emperor Sutoku was a 12th-century Japanese emperor whose post-abdication involvement in the Hōgen Rebellion and subsequent exile led to his later portrayal as a vengeful spirit in Japanese legend.

A. Emperor Shirakawa
Emperor Shirakawa was a Japanese sovereign of the late 11th and early 12th centuries who is renowned for pioneering the system of cloistered rule that shaped Heian-period politics.
B. Emperor Juntoku
Emperor Juntoku was a 13th-century Japanese emperor known for his role in the Jōkyū War and subsequent exile, which marked a turning point in the balance of power between the imperial court and the Kamakura shogunate.
C. Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Emperor Go-Shirakawa was a 12th-century Japanese emperor whose turbulent reign and subsequent cloistered rule marked a pivotal period of political conflict and transition in the late Heian era.
D. Emperor Seiwa
Emperor Seiwa was a 9th-century Japanese emperor whose descendants founded the influential Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan, from which many prominent samurai, including the first shoguns, claimed lineage.
E. Emperor Nijō
Emperor Nijō was a 12th-century Japanese emperor of the late Heian period whose short reign was marked by intense court factionalism and armed conflict.
F. None of above. chosen