Benkei
E482828
Benkei was a legendary Japanese warrior monk famed for his fierce loyalty and service to the samurai hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benkei canonical | 4 |
| Benkei as a loyal retainer | 1 |
| Musashibō Benkei | 1 |
| 弁慶 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4627479 — 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: Benkei Context triple: [Minamoto no Yoshitsune, associatedWith, Benkei]
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A.
Tokiwa Gozen
Tokiwa Gozen was a famed beauty and noblewoman of late Heian-period Japan, celebrated in legend for her courage and sacrifice during the Genpei War era.
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B.
Yura Gozen
Yura Gozen was a noblewoman of the late Heian period in Japan, best known as the mother of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.
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C.
Kenkichi
Kenkichi is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and has been borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader 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: Benkei Target entity description: Benkei was a legendary Japanese warrior monk famed for his fierce loyalty and service to the samurai hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
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A.
Tokiwa Gozen
Tokiwa Gozen was a famed beauty and noblewoman of late Heian-period Japan, celebrated in legend for her courage and sacrifice during the Genpei War era.
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B.
Yura Gozen
Yura Gozen was a noblewoman of the late Heian period in Japan, best known as the mother of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.
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C.
Kenkichi
Kenkichi is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and has been borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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D.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese folk hero
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legendary warrior monk ⓘ monk ⓘ retainer ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kabuki plays
ⓘ
linked to:
kabuki theater
Noh plays ⓘ
linked to:
Noh theatre
The Tale of the Heike ⓘ jidaigeki dramas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Genpei War
ⓘ
Heian period ⓘ Kamakura period ⓘ Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical warrior monk ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| employer | Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| familyName | Musashibō ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | semi‑legendary ⓘ |
| genre |
Japanese folklore
ⓘ
warrior monk tales ⓘ |
| givenName | Benkei ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Musashibō Benkei
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linked to:
Benkei
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| hasQuality |
brave
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devoted ⓘ loyal ⓘ strong ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between duty and authority
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loyalty unto death ⓘ |
| influenced |
later samurai literature
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popular images of warrior monks ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath |
killed in battle
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standing to protect Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Benkei’s standing death at Koromogawa
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duel with Minamoto no Yoshitsune on Gojo Bridge ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fierce loyalty to Minamoto no Yoshitsune
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prowess in battle ⓘ service to Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| occupation |
retainer
ⓘ
warrior monk ⓘ |
| partOf |
Yoshitsune legends
ⓘ
linked to:
Gikeiki (chronicle of Yoshitsune)
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| placeOfActivity |
Gojo Bridge
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ |
| positionHeld | sohei ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
loyalty
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martial valor ⓘ self‑sacrifice ⓘ |
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: Benkei Description of subject: Benkei was a legendary Japanese warrior monk famed for his fierce loyalty and service to the samurai hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.