Engen era
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The Engen era was a Japanese historical period name (nengō) used by the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period in the early 14th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Engen era canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11749763 — 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: Engen era Context triple: [Kemmu era, precedes, Engen era]
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A.
Engen
Engen is a surname of Norwegian origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as aviation, sports, and public service.
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B.
Erfe
Erfe is the surname of Elaine Mendoza Erfe, best known as the wife of American comedian Dave Chappelle.
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C.
Enenga
Enenga is a dialect of the Myene language spoken by communities in Gabon.
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D.
Ernman
Ernman is the surname of Swedish opera singer and environmental activist Malena Ernman.
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E.
Geer
Geer is a surname most notably associated with American actress and theatre director Ellen Geer and her family of performers.
- 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: Engen era Target entity description: The Engen era was a Japanese historical period name (nengō) used by the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period in the early 14th century.
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A.
Engen
Engen is a surname of Norwegian origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as aviation, sports, and public service.
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B.
Erfe
Erfe is the surname of Elaine Mendoza Erfe, best known as the wife of American comedian Dave Chappelle.
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C.
Enenga
Enenga is a dialect of the Myene language spoken by communities in Gabon.
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D.
Ernman
Ernman is the surname of Swedish opera singer and environmental activist Malena Ernman.
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E.
Geer
Geer is a surname most notably associated with American actress and theatre director Ellen Geer and her family of performers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese era name
ⓘ
historical period ⓘ nengō ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmperor |
Emperor Go-Daigo
ⓘ
Emperor Go-Murakami ⓘ |
| calendarType | Japanese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| courtAffiliation | Yoshino Court ⓘ |
| endDate | 1340-04 ⓘ |
| endYear | 1340 ⓘ |
| eraNameReading | Engen ⓘ |
| eraNameWrittenInKanji | 延元 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Kōkoku ⓘ |
| follows | Genkō ⓘ |
| historicalEraClassification |
medieval Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
feudal Japan
|
| language | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| namedFor | era change under Southern Court authority ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Kenmu
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenmu Restoration
Ryakuō ⓘ
linked to:
Eiroku
|
| politicalContext | Northern and Southern Courts period ⓘ |
| precededBy | Genkō ⓘ |
| precedes | Kōkoku ⓘ |
| region |
Kinai region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansai region
|
| startDate | 1336-02 ⓘ |
| startYear | 1336 ⓘ |
| timeSpanInYears | 4 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Southern Court ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Nanboku-chō period ⓘ |
| usedIn |
imperial documents
ⓘ
official records ⓘ |
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: Engen era Description of subject: The Engen era was a Japanese historical period name (nengō) used by the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period in the early 14th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.