Oda clan
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The Oda clan was a powerful samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for producing the warlord Oda Nobunaga, who initiated the unification of the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oda clan canonical | 9 |
| Oda clan (through Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s service) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6864496 — 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: Oda clan Context triple: [Nene, associatedWith, Oda clan]
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A.
Javanshir clan
The Javanshir clan was a prominent Azerbaijani noble family that played a significant political and military role in the Karabakh region.
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B.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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C.
Nanbu clan
The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
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D.
Ōuchi clan
The Ōuchi clan was a powerful samurai family of western Japan that dominated trade, politics, and culture in the Chūgoku region during the Muromachi period.
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E.
Snipe clan
The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
- 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: Oda clan Target entity description: The Oda clan was a powerful samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for producing the warlord Oda Nobunaga, who initiated the unification of the country.
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A.
Javanshir clan
The Javanshir clan was a prominent Azerbaijani noble family that played a significant political and military role in the Karabakh region.
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B.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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C.
Nanbu clan
The Nanbu clan was a powerful samurai family that ruled much of northern Honshu, particularly the Morioka domain in Mutsu Province, throughout Japan’s feudal era.
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D.
Ōuchi clan
The Ōuchi clan was a powerful samurai family of western Japan that dominated trade, politics, and culture in the Chūgoku region during the Muromachi period.
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E.
Snipe clan
The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Tokugawa clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanCrest | Oda mokkō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| defeatedAt | Incident at Honnō-ji (loss of Oda Nobunaga) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Asakura clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azai clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ikkō-ikki NERFINISHED ⓘ Takeda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Oda Toshisada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Chūbu region ⓘ |
| homeProvince | Owari Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
initiating the unification of Japan
ⓘ
military innovation in the Sengoku period ⓘ use of firearms in battle ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| laterSubordinatedTo |
Tokugawa shogunate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostSupremacyAfter | death of Oda Nobunaga in 1582 ⓘ |
| mainCastle |
Gifu Castle (under Oda Nobunaga)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kiyosu Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagoya Castle (early Oda stronghold in Owari) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Oda Hidenobu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oda Nagamasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuharu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuhide NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobukane NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobukatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobukiyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobumasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobumitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobutada NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobutaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobutomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuyori NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Oda Nobuyoshi (Nobunaga’s grandson) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedAs | branch of the Taira clan ⓘ |
| peakPowerUnder | Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| roseToPowerUnder | Oda Nobuhide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | shugo-dai of Owari Province ⓘ |
| statusInEdoPeriod | minor daimyō and hatamoto branches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oda clan Description of subject: The Oda clan was a powerful samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for producing the warlord Oda Nobunaga, who initiated the unification of the country.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oda clan (through Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s service)