Ōkubo
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Ōkubo is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Meiji-era statesman Ōkubo Toshimichi, one of the key architects of Japan’s modernization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ōkubo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3352775 — 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: Ōkubo Context triple: [Ōkubo Toshimichi, familyName, Ōkubo]
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A.
Okubo
Okubo is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, known for its vibrant Korean district, diverse immigrant communities, and bustling nightlife.
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B.
Mutaguchi
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding the disastrous Imphal offensive during World War II.
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C.
Takamado
Takamado is a Japanese imperial family name most prominently associated with the late Prince Takamado and his descendants, a branch of Japan’s royal household.
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D.
Ushijima
Ushijima is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and fictional characters.
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E.
Murayama
Murayama is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
- 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: Ōkubo Target entity description: Ōkubo is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Meiji-era statesman Ōkubo Toshimichi, one of the key architects of Japan’s modernization.
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A.
Okubo
Okubo is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, known for its vibrant Korean district, diverse immigrant communities, and bustling nightlife.
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B.
Mutaguchi
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding the disastrous Imphal offensive during World War II.
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C.
Takamado
Takamado is a Japanese imperial family name most prominently associated with the late Prince Takamado and his descendants, a branch of Japan’s royal household.
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D.
Ushijima
Ushijima is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and fictional characters.
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E.
Murayama
Murayama is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese statesman
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Japanese surname ⓘ family name ⓘ person ⓘ samurai ⓘ |
| advocated |
centralized modern state
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industrialization of Japan ⓘ land tax reform in Japan ⓘ |
| canBeWrittenAs |
大久保
NERFINISHED
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大窪 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| era | Meiji era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ōkubo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Toshimichi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Ōkubo Toshimichi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Satsuma Domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to the modernization of Japan
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leading role in the Meiji Restoration ⓘ |
| occupation |
government official
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politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Iwakura Mission planning ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Home Minister of Japan
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Lord of Home Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ member of the Meiji oligarchy ⓘ |
| 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: Ōkubo Description of subject: Ōkubo is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Meiji-era statesman Ōkubo Toshimichi, one of the key architects of Japan’s modernization.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.