Mariko
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Mariko is a character in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "A Pale View of Hills," depicted as a troubled young girl whose strained relationship with her mother reflects the book’s themes of memory, loss, and postwar dislocation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mariko canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19224360 — 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: Mariko Context triple: [A Pale View of Hills, hasCharacter, Mariko]
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A.
Mariko
Mariko is a central female character in the 1980 television miniseries "Shogun," known for her complex role as a noblewoman navigating political intrigue and cultural conflict in feudal Japan.
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B.
Yukiko
Yukiko is a character in Haruki Murakami’s novel "South of the Border, West of the Sun," serving as a figure from the protagonist’s past whose reappearance profoundly affects his adult life and relationships.
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C.
Misako
Misako is a key character in the Ninjago universe, known as an archaeologist and historian who is the mother of Lloyd Garmadon and the wife of Garmadon.
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D.
Masako
Masako is the Empress of Japan, a former diplomat and Harvard-educated member of the Imperial House known for her international background and public role.
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E.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
- 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: Mariko Target entity description: Mariko is a character in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "A Pale View of Hills," depicted as a troubled young girl whose strained relationship with her mother reflects the book’s themes of memory, loss, and postwar dislocation.
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A.
Mariko
Mariko is a central female character in the 1980 television miniseries "Shogun," known for her complex role as a noblewoman navigating political intrigue and cultural conflict in feudal Japan.
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B.
Yukiko
Yukiko is a character in Haruki Murakami’s novel "South of the Border, West of the Sun," serving as a figure from the protagonist’s past whose reappearance profoundly affects his adult life and relationships.
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C.
Misako
Misako is a key character in the Ninjago universe, known as an archaeologist and historian who is the mother of Lloyd Garmadon and the wife of Garmadon.
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D.
Masako
Masako is the Empress of Japan, a former diplomat and Harvard-educated member of the Imperial House known for her international background and public role.
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E.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.