Shōhō
E465190
Shōhō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Edo period, used for a brief span in the mid-17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shōhō canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4419553 — 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: Shōhō Context triple: [Emperor Shirakawa, eraNameUsedDuringReign, Shōhō]
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A.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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B.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Naoyoshi
Naoyoshi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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D.
Shintaro
Shintaro is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in sports, entertainment, and politics.
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E.
Takayoshi
Takayoshi is a Japanese given name notably borne by Kido Takayoshi, a key samurai and statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
- 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: Shōhō Target entity description: Shōhō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Edo period, used for a brief span in the mid-17th century.
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A.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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B.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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C.
Naoyoshi
Naoyoshi is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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D.
Shintaro
Shintaro is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in sports, entertainment, and politics.
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E.
Takayoshi
Takayoshi is a Japanese given name notably borne by Kido Takayoshi, a key samurai and statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese era name
ⓘ
nengō ⓘ |
| associatedShogun | Tokugawa Iemitsu ⓘ |
| calendarType | Japanese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| capitalCityDuringEra | Edo ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| durationInYearsApprox | 4 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1648-02-15 ⓘ |
| endYear | 1648 ⓘ |
| eraNameSystem | nengō system ⓘ |
| eraOf | Edo period ⓘ |
| eraSequenceNumber | after Kan'ei and before Keian ⓘ |
| followedBy | Keian ⓘ |
| follows | Kan'ei ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringEra | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Archipelago of Japan ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | auspicious phrase in classical Chinese ⓘ |
| partOf |
early Edo period
ⓘ
linked to:
Edo period
|
| precededBy | Kan'ei ⓘ |
| reigningEmperor | Emperor Go-Kōmyō ⓘ |
| startDate | 1644-12-16 ⓘ |
| startYear | 1644 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-17th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| 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: Shōhō Description of subject: Shōhō was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the early Edo period, used for a brief span in the mid-17th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.