shogun
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A shogun was the military dictator and de facto ruler of Japan for much of its feudal history, wielding actual political power while the emperor remained a ceremonial figurehead.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| shogun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13455871 — 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: shogun Context triple: [Feudal Japan, topRulerTitle, shogun]
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A.
shadow shogun
Shadow shogun is a political nickname used in Japan for powerful behind-the-scenes leaders who wield significant influence without holding the top official post, notably applied to figures like Kakuei Tanaka.
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B.
Shogun
Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
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C.
Sengoku
Sengoku refers to Japan’s turbulent “Warring States” period (c. 1467–1600), marked by constant military conflict, social upheaval, and the rise of powerful regional warlords.
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D.
Samurai
Samurai is a spinning thrill ride at Thorpe Park in the UK known for its intense, disorienting inversions and high-speed rotations.
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E.
Genpei War
The Genpei War was a late 12th-century Japanese civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans that led to the rise of the samurai class and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
- 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: shogun Target entity description: A shogun was the military dictator and de facto ruler of Japan for much of its feudal history, wielding actual political power while the emperor remained a ceremonial figurehead.
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A.
shadow shogun
Shadow shogun is a political nickname used in Japan for powerful behind-the-scenes leaders who wield significant influence without holding the top official post, notably applied to figures like Kakuei Tanaka.
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B.
Shogun
Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
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C.
Sengoku
Sengoku refers to Japan’s turbulent “Warring States” period (c. 1467–1600), marked by constant military conflict, social upheaval, and the rise of powerful regional warlords.
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D.
Samurai
Samurai is a spinning thrill ride at Thorpe Park in the UK known for its intense, disorienting inversions and high-speed rotations.
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E.
Genpei War
The Genpei War was a late 12th-century Japanese civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans that led to the rise of the samurai class and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
de facto ruler
ⓘ
historical title ⓘ military office ⓘ |
| abolishedDuringEvent | Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abolishedInYear | 1867 ⓘ |
| capitalDuringTokugawa | Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coexistedWith | emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | ceremonial emperor ⓘ |
| controlledInstitution |
bakufu government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
military administration ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| exercisedPowerOver |
daimyo
ⓘ
feudal domains ⓘ samurai class ⓘ |
| firstMajorShogunate | Kamakura shogunate GENERATED ⓘ |
| formalSuperior | emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| governedSystem | feudal Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentTypeAssociated |
bakufu
ⓘ
shogunate ⓘ |
| hadAuthorityOver |
foreign policy
ⓘ
land distribution ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| hasRole |
de facto head of government
ⓘ
military dictator ⓘ supreme military commander ⓘ |
| heldDeFactoPowerInsteadOf | emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| lastShogun | Tokugawa Yoshinobu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaning | “barbarian-subduing great general” ⓘ |
| notableTitleHolder |
Ashikaga Takauji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minamoto no Yoritomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Ieyasu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa Yoshinobu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageForm | Seii Taishōgun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSystemFeature | dual authority structure in Japan ⓘ |
| powerBase |
military strength
ⓘ
samurai ⓘ |
| religiousRelationship |
patron of Buddhist temples
ⓘ
protector of Shinto shrines ⓘ |
| residence |
Edo Castle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
shogunal palace ⓘ |
| secondMajorShogunate | Ashikaga shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateClass |
daimyo
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gokenin ⓘ hatamoto ⓘ |
| thirdMajorShogunate | Tokugawa shogunate 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: shogun Description of subject: A shogun was the military dictator and de facto ruler of Japan for much of its feudal history, wielding actual political power while the emperor remained a ceremonial figurehead.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Feudal Japan