Kurō
E457546
Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4627444 — 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: Kurō Context triple: [Minamoto no Yoshitsune, honorificName, Kurō]
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A.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
Ebisu
Ebisu is a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood known for its upscale dining, craft beer scene, and convenient access via Ebisu Station near Shibuya.
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C.
Konomihu
Konomihu is an extinct Native American language variety traditionally spoken in northern California, considered a dialect of the Shasta language.
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D.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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E.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
- 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: Kurō Target entity description: Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
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A.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
Ebisu
Ebisu is a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood known for its upscale dining, craft beer scene, and convenient access via Ebisu Station near Shibuya.
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C.
Konomihu
Konomihu is an extinct Native American language variety traditionally spoken in northern California, considered a dialect of the Shasta language.
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D.
Tarō
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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E.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese honorific name
ⓘ
historical name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese given names
ⓘ
Japanese honorifics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | samurai culture ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | Japanese historical onomastics ⓘ |
| era | Heian period ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Heian period
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linked to:
Heian period
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| honorificFor |
a son in birth order
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younger male of a noble or warrior family ⓘ |
| honorificUsage | used as a respectful form of address ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| nameType | honorific ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| region | Japanese archipelago ⓘ |
| usedBy | Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| writingSystem | kanji ⓘ |
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: Kurō Description of subject: Kurō is an honorific name historically associated with the famed Japanese military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune of the late Heian period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.