Shigenobu
E519766
Shigenobu is a Japanese given name notably borne by Ōkuma Shigenobu, a prominent Meiji-era statesman and former Prime Minister of Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shigenobu canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5124018 — 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: Shigenobu Context triple: [Ōkuma Shigenobu, givenName, Shigenobu]
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A.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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B.
Ōshima Yoshimasa
Ōshima Yoshimasa was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for his leadership during the First Sino-Japanese War, including commanding Japanese forces at the Battle of Seonghwan.
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C.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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D.
Nogi Maresuke
Nogi Maresuke was a prominent Japanese general of the Meiji era, renowned for his leadership in the Russo-Japanese War and his embodiment of traditional samurai values.
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E.
Yasuhiko
Yasuhiko is a Japanese given name notably borne by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a member of the Imperial Family of Japan in the early 20th century.
- 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: Shigenobu Target entity description: Shigenobu is a Japanese given name notably borne by Ōkuma Shigenobu, a prominent Meiji-era statesman and former Prime Minister of Japan.
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A.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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B.
Ōshima Yoshimasa
Ōshima Yoshimasa was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for his leadership during the First Sino-Japanese War, including commanding Japanese forces at the Battle of Seonghwan.
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C.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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D.
Nogi Maresuke
Nogi Maresuke was a prominent Japanese general of the Meiji era, renowned for his leadership in the Russo-Japanese War and his embodiment of traditional samurai values.
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E.
Yasuhiko
Yasuhiko is a Japanese given name notably borne by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, a member of the Imperial Family of Japan in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese given name
ⓘ
human ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| era |
Meiji period
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
|
| familyName | Ōkuma ⓘ |
| founderOf | Waseda University ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Shigenobu ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Kenseitō
ⓘ
Rikken Kaishintō ⓘ
linked to:
Rikken Kokumintō
|
| movement |
Meiji government
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji oligarchy
|
| notableBearer | Ōkuma Shigenobu ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of constitutional government in Japan
ⓘ
role in modernization of Japan ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
statesman ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saga Domain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Finance Minister of Japan
ⓘ
Foreign Minister of Japan ⓘ Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Hizen Province ⓘ |
| script |
Hiragana
ⓘ
Kanji ⓘ Katakana ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
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: Shigenobu Description of subject: Shigenobu is a Japanese given name notably borne by Ōkuma Shigenobu, a prominent Meiji-era statesman and former Prime Minister of Japan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.