Hinomisaki Lighthouse
E380345
Hinomisaki Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, known for its tall white tower overlooking the Sea of Japan and serving as a prominent navigational landmark and tourist attraction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hinomisaki Lighthouse canonical | 2 |
| 日御碕灯台 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3686865 — 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: Hinomisaki Lighthouse Context triple: [Izumo, hasNearbyFeature, Hinomisaki Lighthouse]
-
A.
Yeongdo Lighthouse
Yeongdo Lighthouse is a coastal beacon and tourist attraction located on Yeongdo Island in Busan, South Korea, known for its scenic ocean views and surrounding coastal park.
-
B.
Taejongdae Lighthouse
Taejongdae Lighthouse is a coastal beacon and popular scenic spot located on the cliffs of Taejongdae Park in Busan, South Korea.
-
C.
Pratas Island Lighthouse
Pratas Island Lighthouse is a coastal navigational beacon located on Pratas Island in the South China Sea, serving to guide maritime traffic in the surrounding waters.
-
D.
Arinagour pier
Arinagour pier is the main ferry terminal serving the village of Arinagour on the Isle of Coll in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.
-
E.
Tahkuna Lighthouse
Tahkuna Lighthouse is a historic cast-iron lighthouse located on the northern tip of Hiiumaa Island in Estonia, known for being one of the tallest lighthouses in the country.
- 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: Hinomisaki Lighthouse Target entity description: Hinomisaki Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, known for its tall white tower overlooking the Sea of Japan and serving as a prominent navigational landmark and tourist attraction.
-
A.
Yeongdo Lighthouse
Yeongdo Lighthouse is a coastal beacon and tourist attraction located on Yeongdo Island in Busan, South Korea, known for its scenic ocean views and surrounding coastal park.
-
B.
Taejongdae Lighthouse
Taejongdae Lighthouse is a coastal beacon and popular scenic spot located on the cliffs of Taejongdae Park in Busan, South Korea.
-
C.
Pratas Island Lighthouse
Pratas Island Lighthouse is a coastal navigational beacon located on Pratas Island in the South China Sea, serving to guide maritime traffic in the surrounding waters.
-
D.
Arinagour pier
Arinagour pier is the main ferry terminal serving the village of Arinagour on the Isle of Coll in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.
-
E.
Tahkuna Lighthouse
Tahkuna Lighthouse is a historic cast-iron lighthouse located on the northern tip of Hiiumaa Island in Estonia, known for being one of the tallest lighthouses in the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lighthouse
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Shimane Prefecture
ⓘ
Lighthouses in Japan ⓘ Tourist attractions in Shimane Prefecture ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1903 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| designedBy | Richard Henry Brunton ⓘ |
| focalHeight | approximately 63 meters ⓘ |
| function |
coastal beacon
ⓘ
navigational aid ⓘ |
| hasAccess | road access from Izumo city center ⓘ |
| hasFeature | tall white tower ⓘ |
| hasObservationDeck | true ⓘ |
| hasStairs | internal spiral staircase ⓘ |
| height | approximately 43 meters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ |
| JapaneseName |
Hinomisaki Lighthouse
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
日御碕灯台
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | white flashing light ⓘ |
| lightRange | about 40 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūgoku region
ⓘ
Hinomisaki ⓘ Izumo NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Daisen-Oki National Park ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Honshu
ⓘ
coast of the Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| managedBy | Japan Coast Guard ⓘ |
| material | masonry ⓘ |
| near |
Cape Hinomisaki
ⓘ
Hinomisaki Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the tallest lighthouses in Japan
ⓘ
panoramic views of the Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operator | Japan Coast Guard ⓘ |
| overlooks | Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| powerSource | electric light ⓘ |
| region |
San’in region
ⓘ
surface form:
Sanin region
|
| status | active lighthouse ⓘ |
| touristActivity |
coastal sightseeing
ⓘ
sunset viewing ⓘ |
| towerHeight | approximately 43 meters ⓘ |
| towerShape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maritime navigation
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1903 ⓘ |
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: Hinomisaki Lighthouse Description of subject: Hinomisaki Lighthouse is a historic coastal beacon in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, known for its tall white tower overlooking the Sea of Japan and serving as a prominent navigational landmark and tourist attraction.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
日御碕灯台