Natsume Kinnosuke
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Natsume Kinnosuke, better known by his pen name Natsume Sōseki, was a seminal Japanese novelist of the Meiji era, renowned for works such as "Kokoro" and "I Am a Cat."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Natsume | 2 |
| Natsume Kinnosuke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7790059 — 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: Natsume Kinnosuke Context triple: [Natsume Sōseki, birthName, Natsume Kinnosuke]
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A.
Ryūnosuke
Ryūnosuke is a Japanese masculine given name most famously borne by the writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, often associated with literary and artistic circles.
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B.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Chō Tsuratatsu
Chō Tsuratatsu was a samurai of Japan’s Sengoku period who served the Uesugi clan and was known as a retainer and military commander.
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E.
Katsura Kogorō
Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
- 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: Natsume Kinnosuke Target entity description: Natsume Kinnosuke, better known by his pen name Natsume Sōseki, was a seminal Japanese novelist of the Meiji era, renowned for works such as "Kokoro" and "I Am a Cat."
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A.
Ryūnosuke
Ryūnosuke is a Japanese masculine given name most famously borne by the writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, often associated with literary and artistic circles.
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B.
Kodama Gentarō
Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general and statesman who served as Governor-General of Taiwan, playing a key role in establishing Japanese colonial administration there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Kenjirō
Kenjirō is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by multiple notable individuals in fields such as sports, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Chō Tsuratatsu
Chō Tsuratatsu was a samurai of Japan’s Sengoku period who served the Uesugi clan and was known as a retainer and military commander.
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E.
Katsura Kogorō
Katsura Kogorō, better known as Kido Takayoshi, was a key samurai leader of the Chōshū domain and one of the principal architects of Japan’s Meiji Restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meiji-era writer
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary scholar ⓘ novelist ⓘ poet ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1916 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1890s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stomach ulcer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1867-02-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-12-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
Tokyo Imperial University
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linked to:
Tokyo Daigaku
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| era |
Meiji era
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Taishō era ⓘ
linked to:
Taisho era
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| familyName |
Natsume
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linked to:
Natsume Kinnosuke
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| fieldOfWork |
English literature
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Japanese literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Kinnosuke ⓘ |
| hasPenName |
Natsume Sōseki
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夏目漱石 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| nameInKanji | 夏目金之助 ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableAs | seminal figure in modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
And Then
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Botchan ⓘ I Am a Cat ⓘ Kokoro ⓘ Sanshirō ⓘ The Gate ⓘ こころ ⓘ それから ⓘ 三四郎 ⓘ 吾輩は猫である ⓘ
linked to:
I Am a Cat
坊っちゃん ⓘ 門 ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
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novelist ⓘ teacher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edo
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Japan ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
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Tokyo ⓘ |
| studied | English literature ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Natsume Kinnosuke Description of subject: Natsume Kinnosuke, better known by his pen name Natsume Sōseki, was a seminal Japanese novelist of the Meiji era, renowned for works such as "Kokoro" and "I Am a Cat."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Natsume Kinnosuke
linked to: Natsume Kinnosuke