Matashichi
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Matashichi is one of the two bumbling peasants in Akira Kurosawa’s film "The Hidden Fortress," providing comic relief and a commoner’s perspective on the story’s epic events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Matashichi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17436180 — 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: Matashichi Context triple: [The Hidden Fortress, hasCharacter, Matashichi]
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A.
Shindo
Shindo is a human character in the film "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah," portrayed as a powerful Japanese businessman with a past connection to Godzilla.
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B.
Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine was a prominent early Heian-period Japanese waka poet and courtier, known as one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry and an influential contributor to classical Japanese verse.
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C.
Shoki
"Shoki" is a popular Nigerian street-hop song by Lil Kesh that helped propel him to mainstream fame and popularized a viral dance of the same name.
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D.
Takadanobaba
Takadanobaba is a lively Tokyo neighborhood known for its student population, affordable eateries, and strong connections to nearby universities like Waseda.
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E.
Kudanshita
Kudanshita is a district and major subway station area in central Tokyo known for its proximity to the Imperial Palace, Yasukuni Shrine, and several universities and office buildings.
- 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: Matashichi Target entity description: Matashichi is one of the two bumbling peasants in Akira Kurosawa’s film "The Hidden Fortress," providing comic relief and a commoner’s perspective on the story’s epic events.
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A.
Shindo
Shindo is a human character in the film "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah," portrayed as a powerful Japanese businessman with a past connection to Godzilla.
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B.
Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine was a prominent early Heian-period Japanese waka poet and courtier, known as one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry and an influential contributor to classical Japanese verse.
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C.
Shoki
"Shoki" is a popular Nigerian street-hop song by Lil Kesh that helped propel him to mainstream fame and popularized a viral dance of the same name.
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D.
Takadanobaba
Takadanobaba is a lively Tokyo neighborhood known for its student population, affordable eateries, and strong connections to nearby universities like Waseda.
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E.
Kudanshita
Kudanshita is a district and major subway station area in central Tokyo known for its proximity to the Imperial Palace, Yasukuni Shrine, and several universities and office buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.