Shinsengumi
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The Shinsengumi was a special police force of master swordsmen loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate during Japan’s late Edo period, famed for its strict code and role in Kyoto during the turbulent Bakumatsu era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shinsengumi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15688952 — 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: Shinsengumi Context triple: [Hino, Japan, historicalAssociation, Shinsengumi]
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A.
Kenseikai
Kenseikai was a major early 20th-century Japanese political party that advocated constitutional government and moderate liberal reforms during the Taishō democracy era.
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B.
Jōruriji
Jōruriji is a historic Buddhist temple in Japan, known as Temple 46 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
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C.
Tokkeitai
Tokkeitai was the Japanese naval military police unit that operated as a feared security and intelligence force during Japan’s occupation of various territories in World War II, including Indonesia.
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D.
Kempeitai
The Kempeitai was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, notorious for its brutal secret-police functions and widespread war crimes across occupied territories before and during World War II.
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E.
Shinchōsha
Shinchōsha is a Japanese publishing company known for producing literary fiction, non-fiction, and cultural works, including prominent modern Japanese authors.
- 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: Shinsengumi Target entity description: The Shinsengumi was a special police force of master swordsmen loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate during Japan’s late Edo period, famed for its strict code and role in Kyoto during the turbulent Bakumatsu era.
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A.
Kenseikai
Kenseikai was a major early 20th-century Japanese political party that advocated constitutional government and moderate liberal reforms during the Taishō democracy era.
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B.
Jōruriji
Jōruriji is a historic Buddhist temple in Japan, known as Temple 46 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
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C.
Tokkeitai
Tokkeitai was the Japanese naval military police unit that operated as a feared security and intelligence force during Japan’s occupation of various territories in World War II, including Indonesia.
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D.
Kempeitai
The Kempeitai was the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, notorious for its brutal secret-police functions and widespread war crimes across occupied territories before and during World War II.
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E.
Shinchōsha
Shinchōsha is a Japanese publishing company known for producing literary fiction, non-fiction, and cultural works, including prominent modern Japanese authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.