Prince Ōtomo
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Prince Ōtomo was a Japanese imperial prince of the Asuka period who briefly served as crown prince and de facto ruler before his defeat and death in the Jinshin War of 672.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prince Ōtomo canonical | 3 |
| Prince Ōama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4446976 — 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: Prince Ōtomo Context triple: [Daijō-daijin, notableOfficeHolder, Prince Ōtomo]
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A.
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru was a prominent Japanese imperial prince and career army officer who served as a field marshal and played key roles in Japan’s military and diplomatic affairs during the late Meiji and Taishō periods.
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B.
Prince Chichibu
Prince Chichibu was a Japanese imperial prince, the second son of Emperor Taishō, known for his military career and role in pre-World War II Japan.
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C.
Yoshitsugu
Yoshitsugu is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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D.
Prince Hitachi
Prince Hitachi is a member of the Japanese imperial family and a younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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E.
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a Japanese imperial family member and senior naval officer who rose to become one of the highest-ranking leaders of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century.
- 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: Prince Ōtomo Target entity description: Prince Ōtomo was a Japanese imperial prince of the Asuka period who briefly served as crown prince and de facto ruler before his defeat and death in the Jinshin War of 672.
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A.
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru was a prominent Japanese imperial prince and career army officer who served as a field marshal and played key roles in Japan’s military and diplomatic affairs during the late Meiji and Taishō periods.
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B.
Prince Chichibu
Prince Chichibu was a Japanese imperial prince, the second son of Emperor Taishō, known for his military career and role in pre-World War II Japan.
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C.
Yoshitsugu
Yoshitsugu is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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D.
Prince Hitachi
Prince Hitachi is a member of the Japanese imperial family and a younger brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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E.
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu was a Japanese imperial family member and senior naval officer who rose to become one of the highest-ranking leaders of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asuka period person
ⓘ
Japanese imperial prince ⓘ crown prince of Japan ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Jinshin War ⓘ |
| conflict | Jinshin War ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| date | 672 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yamato dynasty ⓘ |
| endCause | defeat in the Jinshin War ⓘ |
| era |
Asuka period
ⓘ
linked to:
Yamato period
|
| father | Emperor Tenji ⓘ |
| government | Yamato court ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableEvent | defeat in the Jinshin War of 672 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being de facto ruler of Japan before the Jinshin War
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brief tenure as crown prince ⓘ death following defeat in the Jinshin War of 672 ⓘ |
| occupation | royal prince ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
crown prince of Japan
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de facto ruler of Japan ⓘ |
| region | Yamato Province ⓘ |
| relative | Emperor Tenji ⓘ |
| roleDuringEvent | de facto ruler of Japan during the Jinshin War ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Imperial House of Japan ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Tenmu ⓘ |
| title |
Crown Prince of Japan
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Prince Ōtomo ⓘ |
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: Prince Ōtomo Description of subject: Prince Ōtomo was a Japanese imperial prince of the Asuka period who briefly served as crown prince and de facto ruler before his defeat and death in the Jinshin War of 672.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Prince Ōtomo