Kiyoshi Shiga
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Kiyoshi Shiga was a Japanese bacteriologist best known for discovering the dysentery-causing bacterium Shigella dysenteriae, which is named after him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kiyoshi Shiga canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2150985 — 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: Kiyoshi Shiga Context triple: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, notableStudent, Kiyoshi Shiga]
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A.
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Jun-ichi Nishizawa was a pioneering Japanese engineer and physicist often called the "father of Japanese microelectronics" for his foundational contributions to semiconductor and optoelectronic device technology.
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B.
Gisiro Maruyama
Gisiro Maruyama was a Japanese mathematician known for his foundational contributions to the theory and numerical analysis of stochastic differential equations.
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C.
Shigetarō Shimada
Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served as Navy Minister and a key naval leader during World War II.
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D.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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E.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
- 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: Kiyoshi Shiga Target entity description: Kiyoshi Shiga was a Japanese bacteriologist best known for discovering the dysentery-causing bacterium Shigella dysenteriae, which is named after him.
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A.
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Jun-ichi Nishizawa was a pioneering Japanese engineer and physicist often called the "father of Japanese microelectronics" for his foundational contributions to semiconductor and optoelectronic device technology.
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B.
Gisiro Maruyama
Gisiro Maruyama was a Japanese mathematician known for his foundational contributions to the theory and numerical analysis of stochastic differential equations.
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C.
Shigetarō Shimada
Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served as Navy Minister and a key naval leader during World War II.
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D.
Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō Adachi was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, best known for commanding forces in the Pacific theater.
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E.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese scientist
ⓘ
bacteriologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Culture
ⓘ
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | isolation of the dysentery bacillus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-02-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1957-01-25 ⓘ |
| discovered |
Shigella dysenteriae
ⓘ
linked to:
Shigella
|
| educatedAt |
Tokyo Imperial University
ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo Daigaku
|
| employer |
Institute for Infectious Diseases
ⓘ
Keio University ⓘ Manchurian Medical College ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Shigella dysenteriae
ⓘ
linked to:
Shigella
genus Shigella ⓘ
linked to:
Shigella
|
| era |
Meiji period
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to:
Showa era
Taishō period ⓘ
linked to:
Taisho era
|
| familyName | Shiga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bacteriology
ⓘ
infectious diseases ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Kiyoshi ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | medical microbiology ⓘ |
| hasNameInKanji | 志賀潔 ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern bacteriology in Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of Shigella dysenteriae
ⓘ
research on dysentery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Academy ⓘ |
| name | Kiyoshi Shiga ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork | identification of dysentery bacillus in 1897 ⓘ |
| occupation | bacteriologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Miyagi Prefecture
ⓘ
Sendai Domain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| studied | epidemic dysentery ⓘ |
| studiedAt | Kitasato Institute ⓘ |
| workedUnder | Kitasato Shibasaburō ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kiyoshi Shiga Description of subject: Kiyoshi Shiga was a Japanese bacteriologist best known for discovering the dysentery-causing bacterium Shigella dysenteriae, which is named after him.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.