Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
E420811
Izumo, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, is a historic city best known for the ancient Shinto shrine Izumo Taisha and its rich cultural and mythological heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan canonical | 5 |
| Izumo, Shimane Prefecture | 3 |
| Izumo, Japan | 1 |
| Izumo, Shimane, Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4202863 — 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: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Context triple: [Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, locatedIn, Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan]
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A.
Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
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B.
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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C.
Omihachiman, Japan
Omihachiman is a historic city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its preserved merchant quarters, canals, and traditional architecture along the eastern shore of Lake Biwa.
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D.
Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
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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E.
Fujinomiya, Japan
Fujinomiya, Japan is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture known as a gateway to Mount Fuji and for its scenic views, shrines, and local cuisine.
- 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: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Target entity description: Izumo, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, is a historic city best known for the ancient Shinto shrine Izumo Taisha and its rich cultural and mythological heritage.
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A.
Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
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B.
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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C.
Omihachiman, Japan
Omihachiman is a historic city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its preserved merchant quarters, canals, and traditional architecture along the eastern shore of Lake Biwa.
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D.
Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
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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E.
Fujinomiya, Japan
Fujinomiya, Japan is a city in Shizuoka Prefecture known as a gateway to Mount Fuji and for its scenic views, shrines, and local cuisine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan Description of subject: Izumo, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, is a historic city best known for the ancient Shinto shrine Izumo Taisha and its rich cultural and mythological heritage.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan