Iijima
E569311
Iijima is a Japanese surname most notably associated with physicist Sumio Iijima, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iijima canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5855489 — 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: Iijima Context triple: [Sumio Iijima, familyName, Iijima]
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A.
Takaishi
Takaishi is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a small industrial and residential hub within the Osaka metropolitan area.
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B.
Nishiwaki
Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
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C.
Akizuki
Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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D.
Gotō
Gotō is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in politics, business, and the arts.
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E.
Fujinami
Fujinami is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including professional athletes and entertainers.
- 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: Iijima Target entity description: Iijima is a Japanese surname most notably associated with physicist Sumio Iijima, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
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A.
Takaishi
Takaishi is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a small industrial and residential hub within the Osaka metropolitan area.
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B.
Nishiwaki
Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
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C.
Akizuki
Akizuki was a Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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D.
Gotō
Gotō is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in politics, business, and the arts.
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E.
Fujinami
Fujinami is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including professional athletes and entertainers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese surname
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
ⓘ
linked to:
Franklin Medal
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience ⓘ
linked to:
Kavli Prize
Order of Culture (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-05-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tohoku University
ⓘ
University of Electro-Communications ⓘ |
| employer |
Meijo University
ⓘ
NEC ⓘ |
| familyName | Iijima ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
carbon nanotubes
ⓘ
nanomaterials ⓘ nanotechnology ⓘ |
| givenName | Sumio ⓘ |
| hasAcademicTitle | professor ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Sumio Iijima
ⓘ
Sumio Iijima (physicist) ⓘ
linked to:
Sumio Iijima
|
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
ⓘ
Japan Academy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
characterization of carbon nanotubes
ⓘ
discovery of carbon nanotubes ⓘ |
| occupation |
materials scientist
ⓘ
physicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saga Prefecture ⓘ |
| romanizationSystem | Hepburn romanization ⓘ |
| script | Kanji ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| writtenAs |
飯島
ⓘ
飯嶋 ⓘ |
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: Iijima Description of subject: Iijima is a Japanese surname most notably associated with physicist Sumio Iijima, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.