Lord of Echigo
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Lord of Echigo is the feudal title held by Uesugi Kenshin, a famed Sengoku-period warlord renowned for his military prowess and rivalry with Takeda Shingen in Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dragon of Echigo | 1 |
| Lord of Echigo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11867409 — 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: Lord of Echigo Context triple: [Uesugi Kenshin, title, Lord of Echigo]
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A.
Lord of Sendai
Lord of Sendai is the feudal title held by Date Masamune, the powerful and one-eyed daimyo who ruled the Sendai domain during Japan’s Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods.
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B.
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu is the famous nickname of Japanese warlord Date Masamune, a powerful and charismatic daimyo of the late Sengoku period known for his missing eye, crescent-moon helmet, and role in unifying northern Japan.
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C.
Prince of Takamado
Prince of Takamado is a Japanese imperial title held by a male member of the Emperor’s extended family, associated with the Takamado branch of the Imperial House.
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D.
King of Anzan
The King of Anzan was an ancient Elamite ruler associated with the important highland region of Anshan in southwestern Iran, often linked to early Persian royal traditions.
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E.
Shi No Numa
Shi No Numa is a swamp-themed Zombies map in the Call of Duty series known for introducing new gameplay elements and a distinct horror atmosphere.
- 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: Lord of Echigo Target entity description: Lord of Echigo is the feudal title held by Uesugi Kenshin, a famed Sengoku-period warlord renowned for his military prowess and rivalry with Takeda Shingen in Japan.
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A.
Lord of Sendai
Lord of Sendai is the feudal title held by Date Masamune, the powerful and one-eyed daimyo who ruled the Sendai domain during Japan’s Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods.
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B.
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu is the famous nickname of Japanese warlord Date Masamune, a powerful and charismatic daimyo of the late Sengoku period known for his missing eye, crescent-moon helmet, and role in unifying northern Japan.
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C.
Prince of Takamado
Prince of Takamado is a Japanese imperial title held by a male member of the Emperor’s extended family, associated with the Takamado branch of the Imperial House.
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D.
King of Anzan
The King of Anzan was an ancient Elamite ruler associated with the important highland region of Anshan in southwestern Iran, often linked to early Persian royal traditions.
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E.
Shi No Numa
Shi No Numa is a swamp-themed Zombies map in the Call of Duty series known for introducing new gameplay elements and a distinct horror atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese noble title
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feudal title ⓘ |
| associatedClan | Uesugi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMilitaryProwess | battlefield tactics GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedProvince | Echigo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedVirtue | warrior ethics ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kawanakajima campaigns ⓘ |
| conflictInvolvement | Sengoku-period conflicts ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | samurai culture ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| governmentSystem | feudalism ⓘ |
| governs | Echigo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldBy | Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
formidable rival of Takeda Shingen
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renowned strategist ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryRole | warlord ⓘ |
| militarySignificance | control of northern Honshu ⓘ |
| notableHolder | Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRival | Takeda Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | regional ruler ⓘ |
| powerBase | Kasugayama Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Chubu region of Honshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successionType | hereditary title ⓘ |
| titleHolderHonorific | Dragon of Echigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHolderReligion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| titleType | daimyo title ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Lord of Echigo Description of subject: Lord of Echigo is the feudal title held by Uesugi Kenshin, a famed Sengoku-period warlord renowned for his military prowess and rivalry with Takeda Shingen in Japan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dragon of Echigo