東郷 茂徳
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東郷 茂徳 was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as foreign minister during World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
All labels observed (1)
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| 東郷 茂徳 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17363346 — 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: 東郷 茂徳 Context triple: [Shigenori Tōgō, nativeName, 東郷 茂徳]
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A.
東郷 平八郎
東郷 平八郎 was a famed Japanese admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for leading Japan to victory over Russia in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Kido Takayoshi
Kido Takayoshi was a key Japanese statesman and one of the principal architects of the Meiji Restoration who helped modernize Japan’s political and social systems in the late 19th century.
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D.
Iwakura Ushijima
Iwakura Ushijima is a notable individual distinguished by bearing the Japanese surname Ushijima.
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E.
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Meiji-era Japanese statesman and former samurai who served as the second Prime Minister of Japan and played a key role in the early development of Hokkaido.
- 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: 東郷 茂徳 Target entity description: 東郷 茂徳 was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as foreign minister during World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
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A.
東郷 平八郎
東郷 平八郎 was a famed Japanese admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known for leading Japan to victory over Russia in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
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B.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Ōkubo Toshimichi was a leading Meiji-era Japanese statesman and key architect of the modernization and centralization of Japan after the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
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C.
Kido Takayoshi
Kido Takayoshi was a key Japanese statesman and one of the principal architects of the Meiji Restoration who helped modernize Japan’s political and social systems in the late 19th century.
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D.
Iwakura Ushijima
Iwakura Ushijima is a notable individual distinguished by bearing the Japanese surname Ushijima.
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E.
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Kuroda Kiyotaka was a Meiji-era Japanese statesman and former samurai who served as the second Prime Minister of Japan and played a key role in the early development of Hokkaido.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.