Akechi clan
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The Akechi clan was a samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for producing Akechi Mitsuhide, the general who betrayed and caused the death of Oda Nobunaga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akechi clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12241729 — 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: Akechi clan Context triple: [Akechi Mitsuhide, clan, Akechi clan]
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A.
Kobayakawa clan
The Kobayakawa clan was a prominent samurai family of western Japan, influential in the Sengoku period and later known for the pivotal role of Kobayakawa Hideaki at the Battle of Sekigahara.
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B.
Amago clan
The Amago clan was a powerful samurai family that controlled much of the Chūgoku region during Japan’s Sengoku period before being defeated by rival warlords.
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C.
Ōuchi clan
The Ōuchi clan was a powerful samurai family of western Japan that dominated trade, politics, and culture in the Chūgoku region during the Muromachi period.
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D.
Nagao clan
The Nagao clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as the original family of the famed warlord Uesugi Kenshin before his adoption into the Uesugi clan.
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E.
Azai clan
The Azai clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, known for its rule over northern Ōmi Province and its eventual destruction by Oda Nobunaga.
- 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: Akechi clan Target entity description: The Akechi clan was a samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for producing Akechi Mitsuhide, the general who betrayed and caused the death of Oda Nobunaga.
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A.
Kobayakawa clan
The Kobayakawa clan was a prominent samurai family of western Japan, influential in the Sengoku period and later known for the pivotal role of Kobayakawa Hideaki at the Battle of Sekigahara.
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B.
Amago clan
The Amago clan was a powerful samurai family that controlled much of the Chūgoku region during Japan’s Sengoku period before being defeated by rival warlords.
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C.
Ōuchi clan
The Ōuchi clan was a powerful samurai family of western Japan that dominated trade, politics, and culture in the Chūgoku region during the Muromachi period.
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D.
Nagao clan
The Nagao clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as the original family of the famed warlord Uesugi Kenshin before his adoption into the Uesugi clan.
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E.
Azai clan
The Azai clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, known for its rule over northern Ōmi Province and its eventual destruction by Oda Nobunaga.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese clan
ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Ashikaga shogunate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedAncestryFrom |
Minamoto clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seiwa Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArmsType | mon ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Japanese warrior culture ⓘ |
| endCause | defeat at Battle of Yamazaki ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Sakamoto Castle domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | clan leadership ⓘ |
| historicalCategory |
Samurai families
ⓘ
Sengoku-period clans ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| knownFor |
producing Akechi Mitsuhide
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rebellion against Oda Nobunaga ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Akechi clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Akechi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ Akechi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance |
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oda Nobunaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | daimyō retainers ⓘ |
| notableEvent | betrayal of Oda Nobunaga by Akechi Mitsuhide ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Akechi Hidemitsu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Akechi Mitsuhide NERFINISHED ⓘ Akechi Mitsutada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
Oda Nobunaga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentHouse | Toki clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedInEvent |
Battle of Yamazaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honnō-ji Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | feudal clan ⓘ |
| region |
Mino Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamba Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
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Shinto ⓘ |
| socialClass |
buke
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samurai ⓘ |
| statusUnderOda | vassal ⓘ |
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: Akechi clan Description of subject: The Akechi clan was a samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for producing Akechi Mitsuhide, the general who betrayed and caused the death of Oda Nobunaga.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.