Iwakura
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Iwakura is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iwakura canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3531439 — 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: Iwakura Context triple: [Iwakura Tomomi, familyName, Iwakura]
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A.
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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B.
Ichikawa
Ichikawa is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, located just east of Tokyo and known as a residential and commercial hub within the Greater Tokyo Area.
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C.
Higashikuni
Higashikuni is a former Japanese princely house and branch of the Imperial Family, established in the Meiji era and known for its close ties to the main imperial line.
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D.
Murayama
Murayama is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
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E.
Tanaka
Tanaka is a common Japanese surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
- 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: Iwakura Target entity description: Iwakura is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
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A.
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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B.
Ichikawa
Ichikawa is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, located just east of Tokyo and known as a residential and commercial hub within the Greater Tokyo Area.
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C.
Higashikuni
Higashikuni is a former Japanese princely house and branch of the Imperial Family, established in the Meiji era and known for its close ties to the main imperial line.
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D.
Murayama
Murayama is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
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E.
Tanaka
Tanaka is a common Japanese surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese diplomatic mission
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Japanese statesman ⓘ Japanese surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Iwakura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Tomomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableHistoricalAssociation |
Iwakura Mission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
renegotiate unequal treaties
ⓘ
study Western institutions and technologies ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Iwakura Tomomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Iwakura Tomomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the Iwakura Mission ⓘ |
| occupation |
court noble
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diplomat ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Meiji government modernization efforts
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overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
imperial court councillor
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leader of the Iwakura Mission ⓘ statesman of early Meiji government ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| 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: Iwakura Description of subject: Iwakura is a Japanese surname most famously associated with Iwakura Tomomi, a key statesman of the Meiji Restoration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.