Tokiko
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Tokiko, also known as Taira no Tokiko or the Nun of Second Rank, was a prominent noblewoman of the late Heian period and stepmother of Emperor Antoku, influential within the powerful Taira clan.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4254742 — 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: Tokiko Context triple: [Taira no Kiyomori, spouse, Tokiko]
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A.
Tsutako
Tsutako is a Japanese given name, most notably borne by Tsutako Nakasone.
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B.
Ibuki
Ibuki is the nickname of Japan’s Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), an Earth observation mission dedicated to monitoring global greenhouse gas concentrations from space.
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C.
Teimei
Teimei is the posthumous name of the Japanese empress consort of Emperor Taishō, who served as Empress of Japan in the early 20th century.
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D.
Towa
Towa is a Native American Tanoan language spoken primarily by the Jemez Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.
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Mitaka
Mitaka is a city in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and the Ghibli Museum.
- 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: Tokiko Target entity description: Tokiko, also known as Taira no Tokiko or the Nun of Second Rank, was a prominent noblewoman of the late Heian period and stepmother of Emperor Antoku, influential within the powerful Taira clan.
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A.
Tsutako
Tsutako is a Japanese given name, most notably borne by Tsutako Nakasone.
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B.
Ibuki
Ibuki is the nickname of Japan’s Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), an Earth observation mission dedicated to monitoring global greenhouse gas concentrations from space.
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C.
Teimei
Teimei is the posthumous name of the Japanese empress consort of Emperor Taishō, who served as Empress of Japan in the early 20th century.
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D.
Towa
Towa is a Native American Tanoan language spoken primarily by the Jemez Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.
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E.
Mitaka
Mitaka is a city in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its residential neighborhoods, parks, and the Ghibli Museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heian-period person
ⓘ
Japanese noblewoman ⓘ historical figure ⓘ member of the Taira clan ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nun of Second Rank
ⓘ
Taira no Tokiko ⓘ
linked to:
Taira no Tokuko
|
| associatedEvent | Genpei War ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Taira no Kiyomori ⓘ |
| associatedWork | The Tale of the Heike ⓘ |
| clan | Taira clan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Japan ⓘ |
| era |
late Heian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Heian period
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Genpei War ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Tokiko ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Taira clan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
political influence within the Taira clan
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religious status as a Buddhist nun ⓘ role as stepmother of Emperor Antoku ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Tale of the Heike ⓘ |
| position | influential figure within the Taira clan ⓘ |
| relative | Emperor Antoku ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| socialRank | noblewoman ⓘ |
| stepmotherOf | Emperor Antoku ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 12th century ⓘ |
| title | Nun of Second Rank ⓘ |
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: Tokiko Description of subject: Tokiko, also known as Taira no Tokiko or the Nun of Second Rank, was a prominent noblewoman of the late Heian period and stepmother of Emperor Antoku, influential within the powerful Taira clan.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tokiko