Date, Hokkaido
E762965
Date, Hokkaido is a coastal city in southwestern Hokkaido, Japan, known for its mild climate, agricultural production, and proximity to the volcanic Mount Usu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Date, Hokkaido canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8865541 — 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: Date, Hokkaido Context triple: [Minami-ku, Sapporo, hasBorderWith, Date, Hokkaido]
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A.
Rusutsu, Hokkaido
Rusutsu, Hokkaido is a village in Japan’s northernmost prefecture best known for its large ski resort and year-round outdoor recreation.
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B.
Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan
Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan is a city in central Hokkaido known as a major transportation hub, home to New Chitose Airport and serving as a gateway to Sapporo and the wider region.
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C.
Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan is a coastal town on Japan’s northernmost main island, known for its whisky distilleries, fruit orchards, and scenic views of the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Ebetsu is a city in Hokkaido, Japan, known as a suburban and educational hub near Sapporo with a strong agricultural and food-processing presence.
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E.
Rera Kamuy Hokkaido
Rera Kamuy Hokkaido was a professional basketball team based in Hokkaido, Japan, that competed in the bj league before being succeeded by Levanga Hokkaido.
- 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: Date, Hokkaido Target entity description: Date, Hokkaido is a coastal city in southwestern Hokkaido, Japan, known for its mild climate, agricultural production, and proximity to the volcanic Mount Usu.
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A.
Rusutsu, Hokkaido
Rusutsu, Hokkaido is a village in Japan’s northernmost prefecture best known for its large ski resort and year-round outdoor recreation.
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B.
Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan
Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan is a city in central Hokkaido known as a major transportation hub, home to New Chitose Airport and serving as a gateway to Sapporo and the wider region.
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C.
Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan is a coastal town on Japan’s northernmost main island, known for its whisky distilleries, fruit orchards, and scenic views of the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Ebetsu is a city in Hokkaido, Japan, known as a suburban and educational hub near Sapporo with a strong agricultural and food-processing presence.
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E.
Rera Kamuy Hokkaido
Rera Kamuy Hokkaido was a professional basketball team based in Hokkaido, Japan, that competed in the bj league before being succeeded by Levanga Hokkaido.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Pacific coast of Hokkaido ⓘ |
| agriculturalProduct |
fruits
ⓘ
rice ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| callingCode | +81 ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| currency | Japanese yen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drivesOn | left ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ horticulture ⓘ |
| governmentType | city government ⓘ |
| hasClimateCharacteristic |
cool summers
ⓘ
relatively mild winters for Hokkaido ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal plain
ⓘ
volcanic landscape nearby ⓘ |
| hasIsland | Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 伊達市 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Date clan of samurai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyNationalPark | Shikotsu-Toya National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyVolcano | Mount Usu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalSystem | Japanese postal code system ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionType | districts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural production
ⓘ
mild climate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hokkaido
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iburi Subprefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Hokkaido ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Hokkaido Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific coast of Iburi Subprefecture ⓘ |
| near |
Lake Toya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Usu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roadAccess | Hokkaido Expressway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy | Date-Mombetsu Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportation | Muroran Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +09:00 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Kanji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Date, Hokkaido Description of subject: Date, Hokkaido is a coastal city in southwestern Hokkaido, Japan, known for its mild climate, agricultural production, and proximity to the volcanic Mount Usu.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.