Obata
E583666
Obata is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as architecture, art, and sports.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obata canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6274784 — 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: Obata Context triple: [Gyo Obata, familyName, Obata]
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A.
Itagaki
Itagaki is a Japanese surname associated with several notable historical and contemporary figures in Japan.
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B.
Yamashita
Yamashita is a Japanese surname most famously associated with General Tomoyuki Yamashita, a prominent Imperial Japanese Army commander during World War II.
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C.
Owada
Owada is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Empress Masako of Japan and her family.
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D.
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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E.
Ozawa
Ozawa is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as music, politics, and sports.
- 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: Obata Target entity description: Obata is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as architecture, art, and sports.
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A.
Itagaki
Itagaki is a Japanese surname associated with several notable historical and contemporary figures in Japan.
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B.
Yamashita
Yamashita is a Japanese surname most famously associated with General Tomoyuki Yamashita, a prominent Imperial Japanese Army commander during World War II.
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C.
Owada
Owada is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Empress Masako of Japan and her family.
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D.
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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E.
Ozawa
Ozawa is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as music, politics, and sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese surname
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person ⓘ |
| category | Japanese-language surnames ⓘ |
| familyName |
Obata
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Obata ⓘ Obata ⓘ Obata ⓘ Obata ⓘ Obata ⓘ Obata ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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art ⓘ association football ⓘ botany ⓘ manga ⓘ mathematics ⓘ voice acting ⓘ |
| givenName |
Chiura
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Gyo ⓘ Masamori ⓘ Takeshi ⓘ Tomoko ⓘ Yasuhiro ⓘ Yukio ⓘ |
| hasVariantTransliteration | Obata ⓘ |
| isSurnameOf |
Chiura Obata
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Gyo Obata ⓘ Masamori Obata ⓘ Takeshi Obata ⓘ Tomoko Obata ⓘ Yasuhiro Obata ⓘ Yukio Obata ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Japanese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Japanese-American ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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art professor ⓘ botanist ⓘ footballer ⓘ manga artist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ voice actress ⓘ |
| romanizationSystem | Hepburn romanization ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| 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: Obata Description of subject: Obata is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as architecture, art, and sports.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.