Urasoe Castle
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Urasoe Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as an early political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urasoe Castle canonical | 1 |
| Urasoe Castle Ruins | 1 |
| Urasoe Castle Ruins Park | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9205912 — 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: Urasoe Castle Context triple: [Urasoe, hasHistoricalSite, Urasoe Castle]
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A.
Shuri Castle
Shuri Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as the political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Karatsu Castle
Karatsu Castle is a historic Japanese hilltop fortress in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, known for its scenic seaside views and Edo-period architecture.
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Daishōji Castle
Daishōji Castle was a key fortified residence of the Maeda clan in Japan’s Kaga Domain, serving as an important regional military and administrative center during the feudal era.
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D.
Fukuyama Castle
Fukuyama Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, known for its reconstructed keep, traditional architecture, and role as a cultural and historical symbol of the region.
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E.
Zakimi Castle
Zakimi Castle is a 15th-century Ryukyuan gusuku (fortress) in Yomitan, Okinawa, renowned for its well-preserved stone walls and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.”
- 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: Urasoe Castle Target entity description: Urasoe Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as an early political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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A.
Shuri Castle
Shuri Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as the political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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B.
Karatsu Castle
Karatsu Castle is a historic Japanese hilltop fortress in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, known for its scenic seaside views and Edo-period architecture.
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C.
Daishōji Castle
Daishōji Castle was a key fortified residence of the Maeda clan in Japan’s Kaga Domain, serving as an important regional military and administrative center during the feudal era.
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D.
Fukuyama Castle
Fukuyama Castle is a historic Japanese castle in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, known for its reconstructed keep, traditional architecture, and role as a cultural and historical symbol of the region.
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E.
Zakimi Castle
Zakimi Castle is a 15th-century Ryukyuan gusuku (fortress) in Yomitan, Okinawa, renowned for its well-preserved stone walls and status as part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
castle ⓘ gusuku ⓘ |
| builtInCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| builtInPeriod | Gusuku period ⓘ |
| category |
Castles in Okinawa Prefecture
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Ryukyuan gusuku ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Battle of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | hilltop site ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ |
| formerCapitalOf | Ryukyu Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerRulerResidence |
Kings of Chūzan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Ryukyuan kings ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Urasoe yōdore royal mausoleum
NERFINISHED
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burial caves ⓘ earthen ramparts ⓘ gate ruins ⓘ moats ⓘ stone walls ⓘ terraced enclosures ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Urasoe Gusuku and Yodore Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Ryukyuan ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Japanese
ⓘ
Okinawan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Asia
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Okinawa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Urasoe, Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Urasoe Gusuku Site and Yodore Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Urasoe yōdore ⓘ |
| material |
Ryukyuan limestone
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limestone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Urasoe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| overlooks | East China Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ryukyu Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Shuri Castle as royal capital ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | historic site ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | ruin ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism site ⓘ |
| usedAs |
cultural center
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political center ⓘ royal residence ⓘ |
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: Urasoe Castle Description of subject: Urasoe Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as an early political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Urasoe Castle Ruins