Kagi
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Kagi is a surname most notably associated with John Henry Kagi, an American abolitionist and close associate of John Brown.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kagi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11429634 — 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: Kagi Context triple: [John Henry Kagi, familyName, Kagi]
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A.
Kuji
Kuji is a coastal city in northeastern Japan known for its fishing industry, scenic Pacific shoreline, and traditional culture within Iwate Prefecture.
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B.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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D.
Tokashiki
Tokashiki is a small island municipality in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its clear waters, coral reefs, and popular diving and snorkeling spots within the Kerama Islands.
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E.
Karekari
Karekari is an alternative name for Karekare, a coastal settlement in West Auckland, New Zealand, known for its rugged black-sand surf beach and dramatic landscapes.
- 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: Kagi Target entity description: Kagi is a surname most notably associated with John Henry Kagi, an American abolitionist and close associate of John Brown.
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A.
Kuji
Kuji is a coastal city in northeastern Japan known for its fishing industry, scenic Pacific shoreline, and traditional culture within Iwate Prefecture.
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B.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi was a late-war Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
Katsuragi
Katsuragi is a city in Japan known for its location in Nara Prefecture and its historical and cultural ties to the ancient Yamato region.
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D.
Tokashiki
Tokashiki is a small island municipality in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its clear waters, coral reefs, and popular diving and snorkeling spots within the Kerama Islands.
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E.
Karekari
Karekari is an alternative name for Karekare, a coastal settlement in West Auckland, New Zealand, known for its rugged black-sand surf beach and dramatic landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American abolitionist
ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | John Brown ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1859 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | public schools in Ohio ⓘ |
| ideology | abolitionism ⓘ |
| knownFor | radical anti-slavery activism ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | multiple origins ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism in the United States ⓘ |
| notableBearer | John Henry Kagi ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with John Brown ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ stenographer ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Bleeding Kansas
ⓘ
linked to:
Bleeding Kansas crisis
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry ⓘ
linked to:
John Brown’s raid of 1859
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| placeOfBirth | Ohio ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Harpers Ferry
ⓘ
linked to:
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
|
| positionHeld | second in command to John Brown at Harpers Ferry ⓘ |
| residence |
Kansas Territory
ⓘ
Nebraska Territory ⓘ |
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: Kagi Description of subject: Kagi is a surname most notably associated with John Henry Kagi, an American abolitionist and close associate of John Brown.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John