Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture
E899327
Minobu is a town in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Buddhist temple Kuon-ji and scenic natural surroundings in the Fuji River region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10984150 — 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: Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture Context triple: [Lake Motosu, locatedIn, Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture]
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Sunpu, Suruga Province
Sunpu in Suruga Province was a prominent castle town and political center in Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, historically notable as the retirement residence and death place of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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B.
Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Kofu is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan, known as a regional commercial hub surrounded by mountains and vineyards near Mount Fuji.
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Numata, Gunma
Numata, Gunma is a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, known for its mountainous scenery, hot springs, and proximity to natural attractions such as lakes and ski areas.
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D.
Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture is a city in Japan known for hosting major military installations, including a key Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base and U.S. Army facilities.
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E.
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan is a historic castle city in central Honshu known for its scenic alpine setting and as the hometown of avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama.
- 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: Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture Target entity description: Minobu is a town in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Buddhist temple Kuon-ji and scenic natural surroundings in the Fuji River region.
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A.
Sunpu, Suruga Province
Sunpu in Suruga Province was a prominent castle town and political center in Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, historically notable as the retirement residence and death place of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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B.
Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Kofu is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan, known as a regional commercial hub surrounded by mountains and vineyards near Mount Fuji.
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C.
Numata, Gunma
Numata, Gunma is a city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, known for its mountainous scenery, hot springs, and proximity to natural attractions such as lakes and ski areas.
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D.
Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture is a city in Japan known for hosting major military installations, including a key Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base and U.S. Army facilities.
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E.
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan is a historic castle city in central Honshu known for its scenic alpine setting and as the hometown of avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
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railway line ⓘ railway station ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | town ⓘ |
| affiliation | Nichiren Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | Nichiren Buddhist heritage ⓘ |
| hasFamousTemple | Kuon-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRole | center of Nichiren Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalGovernment | Minobu town government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNaturalFeature |
forests
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ river valleys ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfWorship | Kuon-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Minobu Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
nature tourism
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Mount Fuji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Fuji River scenery
NERFINISHED
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Kuon-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Buddhist sites ⓘ mountain landscapes ⓘ scenic natural surroundings ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūbu region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fuji River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Alps area NERFINISHED ⓘ Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Southern Japanese Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Honshū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japan
ⓘ
Yamanashi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Chūbu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| river | Fuji River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedByRailLine | Minobu Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportConnection | Fuji River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +9 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Japanese writing system ⓘ |
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: Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture Description of subject: Minobu is a town in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Buddhist temple Kuon-ji and scenic natural surroundings in the Fuji River region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.