Ōta clan
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The Ōta clan was a samurai family of medieval Japan best known for producing the military strategist and castle architect Ōta Dōkan, builder of Edo Castle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ōta clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14772786 — 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: Ōta clan Context triple: [Ōta Dōkan, clan, Ōta clan]
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A.
Nanbu clan
The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
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B.
Amago clan
The Amago clan was a powerful samurai family that controlled much of the Chūgoku region during Japan’s Sengoku period before being defeated by rival warlords.
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C.
Ise clan
The Ise clan was a Japanese samurai family of the Sengoku period best known for producing Hōjō Sōun, the founder of the Later Hōjō clan that dominated the Kantō region.
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D.
Ōuchi clan
The Ōuchi clan was a powerful samurai family of western Japan that dominated trade, politics, and culture in the Chūgoku region during the Muromachi period.
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E.
Ii clan
The Ii clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku and Edo periods, known for its military prowess and influential role as daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- 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: Ōta clan Target entity description: The Ōta clan was a samurai family of medieval Japan best known for producing the military strategist and castle architect Ōta Dōkan, builder of Edo Castle.
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A.
Nanbu clan
The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
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B.
Amago clan
The Amago clan was a powerful samurai family that controlled much of the Chūgoku region during Japan’s Sengoku period before being defeated by rival warlords.
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C.
Ise clan
The Ise clan was a Japanese samurai family of the Sengoku period best known for producing Hōjō Sōun, the founder of the Later Hōjō clan that dominated the Kantō region.
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D.
Ōuchi clan
The Ōuchi clan was a powerful samurai family of western Japan that dominated trade, politics, and culture in the Chūgoku region during the Muromachi period.
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E.
Ii clan
The Ii clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku and Edo periods, known for its military prowess and influential role as daimyō under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.