Genshō-tennō
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Genshō-tennō was an 8th-century Japanese empress who ruled during the Nara period and is notable as one of the few women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Genshō-tennō canonical | 5 |
| Genshō Tennō | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11433835 — 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: Genshō-tennō Context triple: [Empress Genshō, regnalName, Genshō-tennō]
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A.
Tennō
Tennō is the Japanese term for the Emperor of Japan, regarded as the ceremonial and symbolic monarch and, in tradition, a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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B.
Genmei-tennō
Genmei-tennō was the 43rd monarch of Japan, a Nara-period empress known for establishing Heijō-kyō (Nara) as the imperial capital.
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C.
Daijō Tennō
Daijō Tennō was the honorary title given to a retired Japanese emperor who continued to wield significant political and cultural influence from behind the throne.
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D.
Daigo-tennō
Daigo-tennō was a Heian-period Japanese emperor remembered for his relatively stable and prosperous reign and for being one of the last rulers to exercise significant direct imperial authority before the rise of powerful regents and warrior clans.
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E.
Ōjin-tennō
Ōjin-tennō is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally regarded as the 15th ruler of Japan and later venerated as the god of war, Hachiman.
- 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: Genshō-tennō Target entity description: Genshō-tennō was an 8th-century Japanese empress who ruled during the Nara period and is notable as one of the few women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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A.
Tennō
Tennō is the Japanese term for the Emperor of Japan, regarded as the ceremonial and symbolic monarch and, in tradition, a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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B.
Genmei-tennō
Genmei-tennō was the 43rd monarch of Japan, a Nara-period empress known for establishing Heijō-kyō (Nara) as the imperial capital.
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C.
Daijō Tennō
Daijō Tennō was the honorary title given to a retired Japanese emperor who continued to wield significant political and cultural influence from behind the throne.
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D.
Daigo-tennō
Daigo-tennō was a Heian-period Japanese emperor remembered for his relatively stable and prosperous reign and for being one of the last rulers to exercise significant direct imperial authority before the rise of powerful regents and warrior clans.
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E.
Ōjin-tennō
Ōjin-tennō is a semi-legendary early Japanese emperor traditionally regarded as the 15th ruler of Japan and later venerated as the god of war, Hachiman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Empress of Japan
ⓘ
Japanese monarch ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthYear | 680 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nara ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign |
Heijō-kyō
ⓘ
linked to:
Nara
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Japan ⓘ |
| deathYear | 748 ⓘ |
| era | Nara period ⓘ |
| father | Prince Kusakabe ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Yamato dynasty ⓘ |
| monarchNumber | 44th monarch of Japan ⓘ |
| mother | Empress Genmei ⓘ |
| motherTitle | Empress regnant of Japan ⓘ |
| notableFact |
abdicated in favor of Emperor Shōmu
ⓘ
succeeded her mother Empress Genmei ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the few women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne
ⓘ
ruling during the Nara period ⓘ |
| occupation | sovereign ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Empress regnant of Japan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Mommu ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 724 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 715 ⓘ |
| relative |
Emperor Tenmu
ⓘ
Empress Jitō ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Yamato ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | Tennō ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Shōmu ⓘ |
| successorAsCrownHeir | Prince Obito (Emperor Shōmu) ⓘ |
| title | Empress Genshō ⓘ |
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: Genshō-tennō Description of subject: Genshō-tennō was an 8th-century Japanese empress who ruled during the Nara period and is notable as one of the few women to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Genshō-tennō