Santō
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UNEXPLORED
Santō was a former town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, that was incorporated into the city of Maibara during a municipal merger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Santō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16239797 — 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: Santō Context triple: [Maibara, formedByMergerOf, Santō]
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A.
Sanjo
Sanjo was a Japanese noblewoman best known as the principal wife of the Sengoku-period warlord Takeda Shingen.
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B.
Sanjo
Sanjo is a city in central Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its metalworking and cutlery industries.
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C.
Saijo
Saijo is a city in Ehime Prefecture on Japan’s Shikoku island, known for its industrial facilities and maritime-related industries.
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D.
Kominato
Kominato is a coastal area in present-day Chiba Prefecture, Japan, historically known as the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Nichiren.
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E.
Wakamatsu
Wakamatsu is a ward in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan, known historically as a port and industrial area on the northern coast of Kyushu.
- 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: Santō Target entity description: Santō was a former town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, that was incorporated into the city of Maibara during a municipal merger.
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A.
Sanjo
Sanjo was a Japanese noblewoman best known as the principal wife of the Sengoku-period warlord Takeda Shingen.
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B.
Sanjo
Sanjo is a city in central Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its metalworking and cutlery industries.
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C.
Saijo
Saijo is a city in Ehime Prefecture on Japan’s Shikoku island, known for its industrial facilities and maritime-related industries.
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D.
Kominato
Kominato is a coastal area in present-day Chiba Prefecture, Japan, historically known as the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Nichiren.
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E.
Wakamatsu
Wakamatsu is a ward in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan, known historically as a port and industrial area on the northern coast of Kyushu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.