Heike
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Heike refers to the Taira clan, a powerful samurai family that dominated Japanese court politics in the late Heian period and famously clashed with the Minamoto in the Genpei War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heike canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18132032 — 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: Heike Context triple: [Taira no Munemori, house, Heike]
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A.
Heike
Heike is a feminine given name of German origin, commonly used in German-speaking countries.
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B.
Seishi
Seishi is a Japanese given name historically borne by figures such as Fujiwara no Seishi, a noblewoman of the Heian period.
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C.
Teika
Teika is the commonly used name for Fujiwara no Teika, a renowned Japanese poet, critic, and anthologist of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
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D.
Shige
Shige is a given name, notably used by the Chinese mathematician Peng Shige, recognized for his contributions to probability theory and stochastic analysis.
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E.
Shirō
Shirō is a Japanese given name most infamously associated with Shirō Ishii, the Imperial Japanese Army general who led the biological warfare research unit known as Unit 731 during World War II.
- 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: Heike Target entity description: Heike refers to the Taira clan, a powerful samurai family that dominated Japanese court politics in the late Heian period and famously clashed with the Minamoto in the Genpei War.
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A.
Heike
Heike is a feminine given name of German origin, commonly used in German-speaking countries.
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B.
Seishi
Seishi is a Japanese given name historically borne by figures such as Fujiwara no Seishi, a noblewoman of the Heian period.
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C.
Teika
Teika is the commonly used name for Fujiwara no Teika, a renowned Japanese poet, critic, and anthologist of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.
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D.
Shige
Shige is a given name, notably used by the Chinese mathematician Peng Shige, recognized for his contributions to probability theory and stochastic analysis.
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E.
Shirō
Shirō is a Japanese given name most infamously associated with Shirō Ishii, the Imperial Japanese Army general who led the biological warfare research unit known as Unit 731 during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.