Sendai Medical Academy
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Sendai Medical Academy was a Japanese medical school in Sendai where the influential Chinese writer Lu Xun studied medicine in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sendai Medical Academy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9046796 — 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: Sendai Medical Academy Context triple: [Lu Xun, educatedAt, Sendai Medical Academy]
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A.
Juntendo University
Juntendo University is a prominent private medical and health sciences university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its long history and affiliated hospitals.
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B.
Sapporo Medical University
Sapporo Medical University is a Japanese public medical school and research institution located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, known for training healthcare professionals and advancing medical science.
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C.
Tokyo Medical School
Tokyo Medical School was a prominent Japanese medical institution in Tokyo that trained many influential physicians and public health leaders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Jikei University School of Medicine
Jikei University School of Medicine is a private medical school and university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its long history of medical education and affiliated teaching hospitals.
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E.
Iwate Medical University
Iwate Medical University is a Japanese private medical university known for its education and research in medicine, dentistry, and related health sciences.
- 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: Sendai Medical Academy Target entity description: Sendai Medical Academy was a Japanese medical school in Sendai where the influential Chinese writer Lu Xun studied medicine in the early 20th century.
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A.
Juntendo University
Juntendo University is a prominent private medical and health sciences university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its long history and affiliated hospitals.
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B.
Sapporo Medical University
Sapporo Medical University is a Japanese public medical school and research institution located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, known for training healthcare professionals and advancing medical science.
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C.
Tokyo Medical School
Tokyo Medical School was a prominent Japanese medical institution in Tokyo that trained many influential physicians and public health leaders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Jikei University School of Medicine
Jikei University School of Medicine is a private medical school and university in Tokyo, Japan, known for its long history of medical education and affiliated teaching hospitals.
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E.
Iwate Medical University
Iwate Medical University is a Japanese private medical university known for its education and research in medicine, dentistry, and related health sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
ⓘ
medical school ⓘ |
| city | Sendai ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| countryDuringOperation |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
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| educationSystem | Japanese medical education system ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
medical science
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
anatomy
ⓘ
clinical medicine ⓘ internal medicine ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ physiology ⓘ public health ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| hasStudent | Lu Xun ⓘ |
| hasType | medical education institution ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
associated with early education of Lu Xun
ⓘ
educated influential foreign students ⓘ |
| influenced | Lu Xun ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sendai ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Miyagi Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| notableAlumni | Lu Xun ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Lu Xun ⓘ |
| operatedInPeriod |
Meiji era
ⓘ
Taisho era ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese higher education system ⓘ |
| region |
Tohoku region
ⓘ
linked to:
Tohoku
|
| status | defunct ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sendai Medical Academy Description of subject: Sendai Medical Academy was a Japanese medical school in Sendai where the influential Chinese writer Lu Xun studied medicine in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.