Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
E255527
Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, known for its historic castle, scenic lakes, and blend of traditional culture with modern technology industries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan canonical | 2 |
| Matsue, Shimane, Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2313777 — 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: Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Context triple: [Yukihiro Matsumoto, residence, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan]
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A.
Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Katsuragi is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical and cultural significance in the Kansai region.
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B.
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Kurashiki is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, known for its well-preserved Edo-period merchant quarter and picturesque canal district.
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C.
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Nishinomiya, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, is a city in the Kansai region known for its iconic Koshien Stadium and strong baseball culture.
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D.
Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Takamatsu, in Kagawa Prefecture on Japan’s Shikoku island, is a regional administrative and economic center known for its port, historic Ritsurin Garden, and role as a transportation hub.
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E.
Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kashiwara is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and historical area within the Kansai region.
- 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: Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Target entity description: Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, known for its historic castle, scenic lakes, and blend of traditional culture with modern technology industries.
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A.
Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Katsuragi is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical and cultural significance in the Kansai region.
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B.
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Kurashiki is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, known for its well-preserved Edo-period merchant quarter and picturesque canal district.
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C.
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Nishinomiya, in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, is a city in the Kansai region known for its iconic Koshien Stadium and strong baseball culture.
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D.
Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Takamatsu, in Kagawa Prefecture on Japan’s Shikoku island, is a regional administrative and economic center known for its port, historic Ritsurin Garden, and role as a transportation hub.
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E.
Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Kashiwara is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and historical area within the Kansai region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Description of subject: Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, known for its historic castle, scenic lakes, and blend of traditional culture with modern technology industries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.