Soka Gakkai
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Soka Gakkai is a Japanese lay Buddhist movement known for its large membership, global peace activism, and close historical ties to the Komeito political party.
All labels observed (12)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T601994 — 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: Soka Gakkai Context triple: [Komeito, religiousInfluence, Soka Gakkai]
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Japan Socialist Youth League
The Japan Socialist Youth League was the youth organization affiliated with Japan’s main postwar socialist party, engaging young people in left-wing political activism and education.
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Japan Socialist Women’s League
The Japan Socialist Women’s League was the women’s wing of the Japan Socialist Party, organizing and mobilizing female members around socialist and feminist causes in postwar Japan.
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Nichiren Buddhism
Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist tradition founded by the monk Nichiren that centers on chanting the title of the Lotus Sutra as the primary path to enlightenment and social transformation.
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Sangha
Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
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Komeito
Komeito is a Japanese political party known for its centrist, pacifist, and Buddhist-influenced platform and its long-standing role as a junior partner in national coalition governments.
- 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: Soka Gakkai Target entity description: Soka Gakkai is a Japanese lay Buddhist movement known for its large membership, global peace activism, and close historical ties to the Komeito political party.
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A.
Japan Socialist Youth League
The Japan Socialist Youth League was the youth organization affiliated with Japan’s main postwar socialist party, engaging young people in left-wing political activism and education.
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B.
Japan Socialist Women’s League
The Japan Socialist Women’s League was the women’s wing of the Japan Socialist Party, organizing and mobilizing female members around socialist and feminist causes in postwar Japan.
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C.
Nichiren Buddhism
Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist tradition founded by the monk Nichiren that centers on chanting the title of the Lotus Sutra as the primary path to enlightenment and social transformation.
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Sangha
Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
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Komeito
Komeito is a Japanese political party known for its centrist, pacifist, and Buddhist-influenced platform and its long-standing role as a junior partner in national coalition governments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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: Soka Gakkai Description of subject: Soka Gakkai is a Japanese lay Buddhist movement known for its large membership, global peace activism, and close historical ties to the Komeito political party.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Soka Kyoiku Gakkai
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Soka Gakkai International
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Soka Gakkai tradition (Buddhist-inspired)
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Human revolution (in Soka Gakkai interpretation)
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Soka Gakkai tradition
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Soka Gakkai International
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Soka (value-creation) education movement
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Sōka Kyōikugaku Taikei
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value-creationism (Soka philosophy)
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Soka Gakkai International
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Soka Gakkai International
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Soka Gakkai community networks
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Clean Government Party
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Clean Government Party
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Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
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Soka Gakkai teachings
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Soka Gakkai International