National Diet Library of Japan
E620235
The National Diet Library of Japan is the country’s national parliamentary and depository library, serving as the primary research library for the legislature and the public and preserving Japan’s documentary heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Diet Library of Japan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6802975 — 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: National Diet Library of Japan Context triple: [Shinto Directive, archivedAt, National Diet Library of Japan]
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A.
University of Tokyo General Library
The University of Tokyo General Library is the main academic library of the University of Tokyo, housing extensive research collections and serving as a central resource for students and scholars.
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B.
Keio University Library
Keio University Library is the academic library system of Keio University in Japan, housing extensive research collections and providing information services to support the university’s education and scholarship.
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C.
Waseda University Central Library
Waseda University Central Library is the main academic library of Waseda University in Tokyo, serving as a major research and study hub for students and scholars.
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D.
Kitasato Institute
The Kitasato Institute is a Japanese medical research and educational organization renowned for its pioneering work in infectious diseases, immunology, and public health.
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E.
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s oldest and largest museum, renowned for its extensive collection of art and archaeological artifacts from Japan and other Asian countries.
- 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: National Diet Library of Japan Target entity description: The National Diet Library of Japan is the country’s national parliamentary and depository library, serving as the primary research library for the legislature and the public and preserving Japan’s documentary heritage.
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A.
University of Tokyo General Library
The University of Tokyo General Library is the main academic library of the University of Tokyo, housing extensive research collections and serving as a central resource for students and scholars.
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B.
Keio University Library
Keio University Library is the academic library system of Keio University in Japan, housing extensive research collections and providing information services to support the university’s education and scholarship.
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C.
Waseda University Central Library
Waseda University Central Library is the main academic library of Waseda University in Tokyo, serving as a major research and study hub for students and scholars.
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D.
Kitasato Institute
The Kitasato Institute is a Japanese medical research and educational organization renowned for its pioneering work in infectious diseases, immunology, and public health.
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E.
Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum is Japan’s oldest and largest museum, renowned for its extensive collection of art and archaeological artifacts from Japan and other Asian countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national library
ⓘ
parliamentary library ⓘ |
| buildingType | library building ⓘ |
| collectionType |
audiovisual materials
ⓘ
books ⓘ digital resources ⓘ legal deposit collection ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ newspapers ⓘ official publications ⓘ periodicals ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith | other national libraries worldwide ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| governedBy | National Diet of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
International Library of Children’s Literature
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Main Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCatalogue | NDL Online NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDigitalLibrary | NDL Digital Collections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1948 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | National Diet Library Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDepositScope |
Japanese government publications
ⓘ
publications produced in Japan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kyoto
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| mandate |
collect and preserve materials related to Japan
ⓘ
support legislative activities through research and reference ⓘ |
| memberOf |
CDNL
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IFLA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 国立国会図書館 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | ja ⓘ |
| parentInstitution | National Diet of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
preserve Japan’s documentary heritage
ⓘ
provide library services to the general public ⓘ provide research services to members of the National Diet ⓘ serve as Japan’s national depository library ⓘ serve as the library of the National Diet of Japan ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Japanese public
ⓘ
members of the National Diet ⓘ overseas researchers ⓘ |
| shortName | NDL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ndl.go.jp/ ⓘ |
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: National Diet Library of Japan Description of subject: The National Diet Library of Japan is the country’s national parliamentary and depository library, serving as the primary research library for the legislature and the public and preserving Japan’s documentary heritage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.