Aki, Tosa Province, Japan
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Aki, in former Tosa Province (now part of Kōchi Prefecture), is a coastal Japanese town historically noted as the birthplace of Mitsubishi founder Yataro Iwasaki.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aki, Tosa Province, Japan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17726115 — 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: Aki, Tosa Province, Japan Context triple: [Yataro Iwasaki, placeOfBirth, Aki, Tosa Province, Japan]
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Tsushima, Aichi, Japan
Tsushima, Aichi, Japan is a small city in Aichi Prefecture known for its historic shrines and traditional festivals in the Chūbu region of central Japan.
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Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Ōdate, in Akita Prefecture, Japan, is a regional city best known as the birthplace of the famously loyal Akita dog Hachikō and for its strong association with the Akita breed.
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Sumoto, Japan
Sumoto is a coastal city on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its hot springs, scenic views of the Seto Inland Sea, and agricultural products such as onions and citrus fruits.
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Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Amakusa, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, is a remote island city known for its scenic coastal landscapes, historic Christian heritage, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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E.
Osugi, Shikoku, Japan
Osugi in Shikoku, Japan is a small rural locality best known as the birthplace of World War II-era Imperial Japanese Army general Tomoyuki Yamashita.
- 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: Aki, Tosa Province, Japan Target entity description: Aki, in former Tosa Province (now part of Kōchi Prefecture), is a coastal Japanese town historically noted as the birthplace of Mitsubishi founder Yataro Iwasaki.
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A.
Tsushima, Aichi, Japan
Tsushima, Aichi, Japan is a small city in Aichi Prefecture known for its historic shrines and traditional festivals in the Chūbu region of central Japan.
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B.
Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Ōdate, in Akita Prefecture, Japan, is a regional city best known as the birthplace of the famously loyal Akita dog Hachikō and for its strong association with the Akita breed.
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C.
Sumoto, Japan
Sumoto is a coastal city on Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its hot springs, scenic views of the Seto Inland Sea, and agricultural products such as onions and citrus fruits.
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D.
Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Amakusa, in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, is a remote island city known for its scenic coastal landscapes, historic Christian heritage, and role as a regional transportation hub.
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E.
Osugi, Shikoku, Japan
Osugi in Shikoku, Japan is a small rural locality best known as the birthplace of World War II-era Imperial Japanese Army general Tomoyuki Yamashita.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.