Cio-Cio San
E487517
Cio-Cio San is the tragic Japanese geisha heroine of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Madama Butterfly."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cio-Cio San canonical | 2 |
| Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly | 2 |
| Cio-Cio-San | 1 |
| Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" | 1 |
| Cio-Cio-San is a young Japanese geisha | 1 |
| Madama Butterfly (role of Cio-Cio-San) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5030954 — 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: Cio-Cio San Context triple: [Kristīne Opolais, notableRole, Cio-Cio San]
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A.
Shigeko
Shigeko is a Japanese feminine given name that has been borne by various notable women, including members of the imperial family.
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B.
Yorimichi
Yorimichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by the powerful Heian-period court noble Fujiwara no Yorimichi.
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C.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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D.
Ono no Komachi
Ono no Komachi was a renowned 9th-century Japanese waka poet celebrated for her passionate verse and legendary beauty, and is counted among the Rokkasen and Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
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E.
Princess Toshiko
Princess Toshiko was a Japanese imperial princess of the Higashikuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family, known for her role within early 20th-century Japanese court society.
- 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: Cio-Cio San Target entity description: Cio-Cio San is the tragic Japanese geisha heroine of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Madama Butterfly."
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A.
Shigeko
Shigeko is a Japanese feminine given name that has been borne by various notable women, including members of the imperial family.
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B.
Yorimichi
Yorimichi is a Japanese given name most notably borne by the powerful Heian-period court noble Fujiwara no Yorimichi.
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C.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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D.
Ono no Komachi
Ono no Komachi was a renowned 9th-century Japanese waka poet celebrated for her passionate verse and legendary beauty, and is counted among the Rokkasen and Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.
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E.
Princess Toshiko
Princess Toshiko was a Japanese imperial princess of the Higashikuni-no-miya branch of the Imperial Family, known for her role within early 20th-century Japanese court society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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geisha ⓘ opera character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Madama Butterfly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Madama Butterfly ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy |
David Belasco
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John Luther Long ⓘ |
| createdFor | premiere of Madama Butterfly in 1904 ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic figure of tragic Asian heroine in Western opera ⓘ |
| diesBy | suicide ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | tragic protagonist ⓘ |
| familyStatus | disowned by her family ⓘ |
| famousAria | Un bel dì vedremo ⓘ |
| famousScene | flower duet with Suzuki ⓘ |
| formerReligion | Japanese traditional religion ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givesUpChildTo | Pinkerton and his American wife ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Dolore
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Trouble ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
play Madame Butterfly by David Belasco
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short story Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long ⓘ |
| killsHerselfAfter | learning of Pinkerton’s American wife ⓘ |
| librettoLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| marriedTo | B. F. Pinkerton ⓘ |
| name | Cio-Cio San ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
devotion to Pinkerton
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naivety ⓘ steadfast loyalty ⓘ |
| occupation | geisha ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Maria Callas
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Mirella Freni ⓘ Renata Tebaldi ⓘ |
| rejectedSuitor | Prince Yamadori ⓘ |
| religion | converted to Christianity ⓘ |
| servedBy | Suzuki ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Nagasaki ⓘ |
| spouseType | American naval officer ⓘ |
| suicideMethod | seppuku ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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clash of cultures ⓘ female sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| vocalType | soprano ⓘ |
| wardOf | Goro ⓘ |
| workBy | Giacomo Puccini ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cio-Cio San Description of subject: Cio-Cio San is the tragic Japanese geisha heroine of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "Madama Butterfly."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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