Nijūbashi Bridge
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Nijūbashi Bridge is a famous pair of arched bridges at the main entrance to Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, known as one of Japan’s most iconic and photographed landmarks.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nijubashi Bridge | 3 |
| Nijūbashi Bridge canonical | 2 |
| Nijūbashi bridge ensemble | 1 |
| outer bridge of Nijūbashi | 1 |
| 二重橋 | 1 |
| 北桔橋門 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T601880 — 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: Nijūbashi Bridge Context triple: [Tokyo Imperial Palace, hasPart, Nijūbashi Bridge]
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A.
Ebisu Bridge
Ebisu Bridge is a famous pedestrian bridge in Osaka’s Namba district, known for its neon-lit surroundings and as a popular photo spot overlooking the Dotonbori Canal.
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B.
Seto Ohashi Bridge system
The Seto Ohashi Bridge system is a series of double-deck road-and-rail suspension and cable-stayed bridges in Japan that spans the Seto Inland Sea, linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku.
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C.
The Japanese Bridge
The Japanese Bridge is a celebrated series of Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet depicting the arched footbridge over the water-lily pond in his garden at Giverny.
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D.
Osanbashi Pier
Osanbashi Pier is Yokohama’s main international passenger terminal and a distinctive waterfront architectural landmark known for its sweeping wooden decks and panoramic harbor views.
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E.
Shimanami Kaido
Shimanami Kaido is a scenic expressway and cycling route in Japan that spans a series of bridges and islands across the Seto Inland Sea, linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku.
- 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: Nijūbashi Bridge Target entity description: Nijūbashi Bridge is a famous pair of arched bridges at the main entrance to Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, known as one of Japan’s most iconic and photographed landmarks.
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A.
Ebisu Bridge
Ebisu Bridge is a famous pedestrian bridge in Osaka’s Namba district, known for its neon-lit surroundings and as a popular photo spot overlooking the Dotonbori Canal.
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B.
Seto Ohashi Bridge system
The Seto Ohashi Bridge system is a series of double-deck road-and-rail suspension and cable-stayed bridges in Japan that spans the Seto Inland Sea, linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku.
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C.
The Japanese Bridge
The Japanese Bridge is a celebrated series of Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet depicting the arched footbridge over the water-lily pond in his garden at Giverny.
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D.
Osanbashi Pier
Osanbashi Pier is Yokohama’s main international passenger terminal and a distinctive waterfront architectural landmark known for its sweeping wooden decks and panoramic harbor views.
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E.
Shimanami Kaido
Shimanami Kaido is a scenic expressway and cycling route in Japan that spans a series of bridges and islands across the Seto Inland Sea, linking the islands of Honshu and Shikoku.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tokyo landmark
ⓘ
bridge complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| access | viewable from Kokyo Gaien (Outer Garden of the Imperial Palace) ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Nijubashi ⓘ |
| bridgeType | arched bridge ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| crosses | palace moat ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
postcards of Tokyo
ⓘ
travel guides to Japan ⓘ |
| function | main approach to Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Imperial Palace security ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Seimon Ishibashi
ⓘ
Seimon Tetsubashi ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | 二重橋 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds ⓘ |
| material |
steel
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | double bridge ⓘ |
| near |
Marunouchi business district
ⓘ
Tokyo Station ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Japan’s most photographed landmarks
ⓘ
picturesque double-arch silhouette ⓘ |
| numberOfBridges | 2 ⓘ |
| ownership | Imperial Household Agency ⓘ |
| photography | popular photo spot for tourists ⓘ |
| publicAccess | viewed from outside palace inner grounds ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| safety | pedestrian access restricted to designated areas ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Imperial House of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese Imperial family
Tokyo ⓘ |
| tourism | major sightseeing spot in Tokyo ⓘ |
| usedFor | ceremonial processions to the Imperial Palace ⓘ |
| viewDirection | commonly photographed from the front plaza across the moat ⓘ |
| viewpointOf |
Fushimi-yagura (turret)
ⓘ
surface form:
Fushimi-yagura (Fushimi keep) of the Imperial Palace
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Nijūbashi Bridge Description of subject: Nijūbashi Bridge is a famous pair of arched bridges at the main entrance to Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, known as one of Japan’s most iconic and photographed landmarks.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nijubashi Bridge
this entity surface form:
二重橋
this entity surface form:
Nijubashi Bridge
this entity surface form:
Nijubashi Bridge
this entity surface form:
Nijūbashi bridge ensemble
this entity surface form:
outer bridge of Nijūbashi