Ōtomo
E788431
Ōtomo is a historical Japanese clan name borne by several notable aristocrats and poets in ancient Japan.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8605034 — 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: Ōtomo Context triple: [Ōtomo no Tabito, familyName, Ōtomo]
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A.
Sadozai
Sadozai is a Pashtun royal dynasty and clan historically associated with the founding rulers of the Durrani Empire in Afghanistan.
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B.
Yorihito
Yorihito was a Japanese imperial prince of the Higashifushimi-no-miya house who served as a high-ranking naval officer during the late Meiji and Taishō periods.
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C.
Takamori
Takamori is the given name of Saigō Takamori, a prominent 19th-century Japanese samurai and political figure often called the "last true samurai."
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D.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
- 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: Ōtomo Target entity description: Ōtomo is a historical Japanese clan name borne by several notable aristocrats and poets in ancient Japan.
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A.
Sadozai
Sadozai is a Pashtun royal dynasty and clan historically associated with the founding rulers of the Durrani Empire in Afghanistan.
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B.
Yorihito
Yorihito was a Japanese imperial prince of the Higashifushimi-no-miya house who served as a high-ranking naval officer during the late Meiji and Taishō periods.
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C.
Takamori
Takamori is the given name of Saigō Takamori, a prominent 19th-century Japanese samurai and political figure often called the "last true samurai."
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D.
Toshimichi
Toshimichi is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Ōkubo Toshimichi, a key statesman and leader of the Meiji Restoration.
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E.
Shinpei
Shinpei is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
ⓘ
Japanese poet ⓘ historical clan ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Imperial Court of Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ōtomo
ⓘ
Ōtomo ⓘ Ōtomo ⓘ Ōtomo ⓘ |
| hasClanType | uji ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Ōtomo ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Ōtomo no Kanamura
ⓘ
Ōtomo no Komaro ⓘ Ōtomo no Kuronushi ⓘ Ōtomo no Otomaro ⓘ Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume ⓘ Ōtomo no Tabito ⓘ Ōtomo no Yakamochi ⓘ |
| hasNotableWorkAssociation |
Man’yōshū
ⓘ
linked to:
Man'yōshū
|
| hasRomanization |
Otomo
ⓘ
linked to:
Ōtomo
|
| hasSurnameCategory | Japanese-language surnames ⓘ |
| hasSurnameForm | Ōtomo ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Man’yōshū poet
ⓘ
court aristocrats ⓘ poets ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ōtomo clan
ⓘ
Ōtomo clan ⓘ Ōtomo clan ⓘ Ōtomo clan ⓘ |
| nameTranscription | Ōtomo ⓘ |
| nativeName |
大伴氏
ⓘ
linked to:
大伴
|
| period |
Asuka period
ⓘ
Heian period ⓘ Nara period ⓘ |
| region | Yamato ⓘ |
| socialClass |
aristocracy
ⓘ
kuge ⓘ |
| writingSystem | kanji ⓘ |
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: Ōtomo Description of subject: Ōtomo is a historical Japanese clan name borne by several notable aristocrats and poets in ancient Japan.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.