Asano
E837867
Asano is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as acting, politics, and the arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asano canonical | 8 |
| Asano Naganori | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9994951 — 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: Asano Context triple: [Tadanobu Asano, familyName, Asano]
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A.
Yasuji
Yasuji is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in Japan.
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B.
Takarano
Takarano is a small settlement on the atoll of Tabiteuea in the island nation of Kiribati, located in the central Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Takarano
Takarano is a village located on the atoll of Abaiang in the island nation of Kiribati.
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D.
Yamauchi
Yamauchi is a Japanese surname notably associated with the founding family of Nintendo and other prominent historical figures in Japan.
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E.
Kuroshima
Kuroshima is a small, uninhabited Japanese island that forms part of the remote Mukojima subgroup in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands chain.
- 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: Asano Target entity description: Asano is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as acting, politics, and the arts.
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A.
Yasuji
Yasuji is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in Japan.
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B.
Takarano
Takarano is a small settlement on the atoll of Tabiteuea in the island nation of Kiribati, located in the central Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Takarano
Takarano is a village located on the atoll of Abaiang in the island nation of Kiribati.
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D.
Yamauchi
Yamauchi is a Japanese surname notably associated with the founding family of Nintendo and other prominent historical figures in Japan.
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E.
Kuroshima
Kuroshima is a small, uninhabited Japanese island that forms part of the remote Mukojima subgroup in the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands chain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese surname
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person ⓘ |
| category | Japanese-language surnames ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Japan
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Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ |
| familyName |
Asano
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Asano ⓘ Asano ⓘ Asano ⓘ Asano ⓘ Asano ⓘ Asano ⓘ |
| givenName |
Atsuko
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Inio ⓘ Tadanobu ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Atsuko Asano
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Hiroshi Asano NERFINISHED ⓘ Inio Asano NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagare Asano ⓘ Natsume Asano ⓘ Tadanobu Asano ⓘ Yukiko Asano ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Goodnight Punpun
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Ichi the Killer ⓘ Mongol ⓘ Solanin ⓘ Thor ⓘ Zatoichi ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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actress ⓘ manga artist ⓘ musician ⓘ politician ⓘ politician ⓘ singer ⓘ voice actress ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| 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: Asano Description of subject: Asano is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as acting, politics, and the arts.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.