Hiroshima metropolitan area
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The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the urban and economic region centered on the city of Hiroshima in western Honshu, Japan, encompassing its surrounding cities and suburbs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hiroshima metropolitan area canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7533858 — 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: Hiroshima metropolitan area Context triple: [Hiroshima Airport, serves, Hiroshima metropolitan area]
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A.
Yokohama metropolitan area
The Yokohama metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in Japan centered on the port city of Yokohama and its surrounding municipalities within the Greater Tokyo area.
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B.
Kyoto metropolitan area
The Kyoto metropolitan area is a major urban and cultural region in Japan centered on the historic city of Kyoto and its surrounding municipalities.
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C.
Yamagata metropolitan area
The Yamagata metropolitan area is an urban and economic region in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, centered on the city of Yamagata and its surrounding municipalities.
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D.
Nagano metropolitan area
The Nagano metropolitan area is an urban region in central Japan centered on the city of Nagano, known for its historical temples, surrounding mountains, and role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
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E.
Chūkyō metropolitan area
The Chūkyō metropolitan area is Japan’s third-largest urban and industrial region, centered on Nagoya and known as a major hub for automotive manufacturing and international trade.
- 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: Hiroshima metropolitan area Target entity description: The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the urban and economic region centered on the city of Hiroshima in western Honshu, Japan, encompassing its surrounding cities and suburbs.
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A.
Yokohama metropolitan area
The Yokohama metropolitan area is a major urban and economic region in Japan centered on the port city of Yokohama and its surrounding municipalities within the Greater Tokyo area.
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B.
Kyoto metropolitan area
The Kyoto metropolitan area is a major urban and cultural region in Japan centered on the historic city of Kyoto and its surrounding municipalities.
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C.
Yamagata metropolitan area
The Yamagata metropolitan area is an urban and economic region in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, centered on the city of Yamagata and its surrounding municipalities.
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D.
Nagano metropolitan area
The Nagano metropolitan area is an urban region in central Japan centered on the city of Nagano, known for its historical temples, surrounding mountains, and role as a regional economic and transportation hub.
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E.
Chūkyō metropolitan area
The Chūkyō metropolitan area is Japan’s third-largest urban and industrial region, centered on Nagoya and known as a major hub for automotive manufacturing and international trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | metropolitan area ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedByWaterBody | Seto Inland Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| coreCity | Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
automobile industry
ⓘ
education ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ |
| economicCenter | Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirport |
Hiroshima Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSite |
Hiroshima Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Itsukushima Shrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Itsukushima (Miyajima) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort | Port of Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRiver |
Enko River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ota River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSportsTeam |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanfrecce Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuburb |
Aki-ku, Hiroshima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asakita-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Higashi-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Minami-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Naka-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Nishi-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Saeki-ku, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUniversity |
Hiroshima City University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hiroshima Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiroshima University NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiroshima University of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ Prefectural University of Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Chūgoku region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Honshu ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Akitakata
NERFINISHED
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Etajima NERFINISHED ⓘ Fuchū, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatsukaichi NERFINISHED ⓘ Higashihiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Kure NERFINISHED ⓘ Mihara NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyoshi, Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Onomichi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shōbara NERFINISHED ⓘ Takehara NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōno, Hatsukaichi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōtake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCompany | Mazda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Setouchi region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railHub | Hiroshima Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByRailway |
Geibi Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kure Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanyō Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanyō Shinkansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByTram | Hiroden streetcar system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportCorridor |
National Route 2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanyō Expressway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +09:00 ⓘ |
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: Hiroshima metropolitan area Description of subject: The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the urban and economic region centered on the city of Hiroshima in western Honshu, Japan, encompassing its surrounding cities and suburbs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.