Batou
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Batou is a cybernetically enhanced former soldier and loyal partner to Major Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, known for his imposing build, mechanical eyes, and dry sense of humor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Batou canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10195161 — 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: Batou Context triple: [Ghost in the Shell (2017 film), character, Batou]
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A.
Baka
Baka was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty, likely a son of Pharaoh Djedefre and possibly associated with an unfinished pyramid at Zawyet El Aryan.
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B.
Bembe
The Bembe are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their rich oral traditions, music, and farming and fishing livelihoods around the Lake Tanganyika and Kivu regions.
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C.
Batuu
Batuu is a remote Outer Rim world in the Star Wars universe, known as a bustling smuggler outpost and the setting for Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park lands.
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D.
Batta
Batta is an ethnic group indigenous to northeastern Nigeria, particularly associated with Adamawa State.
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E.
Batz
Batz is a German surname most notably associated with World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace Wilhelm Batz.
- 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: Batou Target entity description: Batou is a cybernetically enhanced former soldier and loyal partner to Major Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, known for his imposing build, mechanical eyes, and dry sense of humor.
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A.
Baka
Baka was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty, likely a son of Pharaoh Djedefre and possibly associated with an unfinished pyramid at Zawyet El Aryan.
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B.
Bembe
The Bembe are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their rich oral traditions, music, and farming and fishing livelihoods around the Lake Tanganyika and Kivu regions.
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C.
Batuu
Batuu is a remote Outer Rim world in the Star Wars universe, known as a bustling smuggler outpost and the setting for Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park lands.
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D.
Batta
Batta is an ethnic group indigenous to northeastern Nigeria, particularly associated with Adamawa State.
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E.
Batz
Batz is a German surname most notably associated with World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace Wilhelm Batz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cyborg
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fictional character ⓘ police officer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Japanese government
NERFINISHED
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Public Security Section 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ghost in the Shell
NERFINISHED
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Ghost in the Shell (1995 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell (2017 live-action film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyType | heavily cybernetically augmented ⓘ |
| closeTo | Motoko Kusanagi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatStyle | close-quarters combat ⓘ |
| createdBy | Masamune Shirow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eyeColor | artificial ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Ghost in the Shell (manga) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation |
Ranger
NERFINISHED
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soldier ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | white ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
imposing build
ⓘ
mechanical eyes ⓘ prosthetic body ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
fondness for Tachikoma AIs
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fondness for dogs ⓘ |
| occupation | Public Security Section 9 operative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partnerOf | Motoko Kusanagi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
dry sense of humor
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ protective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Pilou Asbæk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | second-in-command of Section 9 ⓘ |
| setting | near-future cyberpunk Japan ⓘ |
| specialization |
combat operations
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heavy weapons ⓘ tactics ⓘ |
| teamRole | field leader ⓘ |
| voiceActor | Akio Otsuka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceActorEnglish | Richard Epcar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice |
assault rifle
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handgun ⓘ |
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: Batou Description of subject: Batou is a cybernetically enhanced former soldier and loyal partner to Major Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, known for his imposing build, mechanical eyes, and dry sense of humor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.