Shogun (1980 miniseries)
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Shogun (1980 miniseries) is an American television adaptation of James Clavell's novel, depicting an English navigator's entanglement in 17th-century Japanese politics and culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shogun (1980 miniseries) canonical | 1 |
| Shōgun (1980 miniseries) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2401844 — 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: Shogun (1980 miniseries) Context triple: [John Rhys-Davies, workedOn, Shogun (1980 miniseries)]
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A.
shadow shogun
Shadow shogun is a political nickname used in Japan for powerful behind-the-scenes leaders who wield significant influence without holding the top official post, notably applied to figures like Kakuei Tanaka.
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B.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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C.
Kaga Hyakumangoku
Kaga Hyakumangoku refers to the historical wealth and prosperity of Japan’s Kaga Domain, famed for its rich culture, powerful feudal lords, and flourishing arts and crafts.
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D.
House of Yamato
The House of Yamato is Japan’s imperial dynasty, traditionally regarded as the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy.
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E.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
- 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: Shogun (1980 miniseries) Target entity description: Shogun (1980 miniseries) is an American television adaptation of James Clavell's novel, depicting an English navigator's entanglement in 17th-century Japanese politics and culture.
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A.
shadow shogun
Shadow shogun is a political nickname used in Japan for powerful behind-the-scenes leaders who wield significant influence without holding the top official post, notably applied to figures like Kakuei Tanaka.
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B.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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C.
Kaga Hyakumangoku
Kaga Hyakumangoku refers to the historical wealth and prosperity of Japan’s Kaga Domain, famed for its rich culture, powerful feudal lords, and flourishing arts and crafts.
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D.
House of Yamato
The House of Yamato is Japan’s imperial dynasty, traditionally regarded as the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy.
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E.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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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: Shogun (1980 miniseries) Description of subject: Shogun (1980 miniseries) is an American television adaptation of James Clavell's novel, depicting an English navigator's entanglement in 17th-century Japanese politics and culture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Yoshii Toranaga in Shōgun (2024 miniseries)
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Shogun (1980 miniseries)
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subject surface form:
Yoshii Toranaga (Shōgun 2024)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (1980 miniseries)