Yakushima
E444729
Japanese cedar
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ancient cedar tree
animated film
island
mountain
national park
subtropical island
Yakushima is a subtropical Japanese island renowned for its ancient cedar forests, rich biodiversity, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yakushima canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2355279 — 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: Yakushima Context triple: [Kagoshima Prefecture, contains, Yakushima]
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A.
Tokunoshima
Tokunoshima is a subtropical Japanese island in Kagoshima Prefecture known for its unique biodiversity, traditional culture, and role as part of the Amami archipelago.
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B.
Kikaijima
Kikaijima is a small coral island in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its limestone plateau landscape, sugarcane cultivation, and location within the Amami archipelago.
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C.
Rokkō Island
Rokkō Island is a large man-made island in Kobe, Japan, known for its residential areas, commercial facilities, and port-related infrastructure in Osaka Bay.
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D.
Taisho-jima
Taisho-jima is one of the small, uninhabited islets in the disputed Senkaku Islands chain in the East China Sea.
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E.
Mukōjima
Mukōjima is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Sumida ward known for its traditional atmosphere, historic geisha district, and riverside cherry blossom viewing along the Sumida River.
- 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: Yakushima Target entity description: Yakushima is a subtropical Japanese island renowned for its ancient cedar forests, rich biodiversity, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Tokunoshima
Tokunoshima is a subtropical Japanese island in Kagoshima Prefecture known for its unique biodiversity, traditional culture, and role as part of the Amami archipelago.
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B.
Kikaijima
Kikaijima is a small coral island in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its limestone plateau landscape, sugarcane cultivation, and location within the Amami archipelago.
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C.
Rokkō Island
Rokkō Island is a large man-made island in Kobe, Japan, known for its residential areas, commercial facilities, and port-related infrastructure in Osaka Bay.
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D.
Taisho-jima
Taisho-jima is one of the small, uninhabited islets in the disputed Senkaku Islands chain in the East China Sea.
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E.
Mukōjima
Mukōjima is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Sumida ward known for its traditional atmosphere, historic geisha district, and riverside cherry blossom viewing along the Sumida River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese cedar
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient cedar tree ⓘ animated film ⓘ island ⓘ mountain ⓘ national park ⓘ subtropical island ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Yakushima Town ⓘ |
| area | approximately 504 km² ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Hayao Miyazaki ⓘ |
| ecosystemType |
evergreen broadleaf forest
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montane forest ⓘ subalpine forest ⓘ |
| elevation | 1936 m ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Yakushima Airport ⓘ |
| hasEndemicSpecies |
Yakushima deer
ⓘ
Yakushima macaque ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Miyanoura-dake ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Yakusugi cedar
ⓘ
linked to:
Cryptomeria
|
| hasNotableTree | Jōmon Sugi ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 13,000 ⓘ |
| hasPort |
Anbō Port
ⓘ
Miyanoura Port ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Yakushima National Park ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Princess Mononoke ⓘ |
| knownFor |
UNESCO World Heritage status
ⓘ
linked to:
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ancient cedar forests ⓘ heavy rainfall ⓘ hiking ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kagoshima Prefecture
ⓘ
Kyushu region ⓘ
linked to:
Kyushu
|
| locatedInBodyOfWater |
East China Sea
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Yakushima ⓘ |
| partOf | Ōsumi Islands ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
forest bathing
ⓘ
trekking ⓘ wildlife observation ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
natural criteria (ix)
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natural criteria (vii) ⓘ natural criteria (x) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
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: Yakushima Description of subject: Yakushima is a subtropical Japanese island renowned for its ancient cedar forests, rich biodiversity, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.