Taira no Masakado
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Taira no Masakado was a 10th-century samurai and rebel leader in Japan’s Heian period, later venerated as a powerful and sometimes vengeful spirit.
All labels observed (1)
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| Taira no Masakado canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12334827 — 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: Taira no Masakado Context triple: [Kanda Myojin Shrine, dedicatedTo, Taira no Masakado]
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A.
Taira no Shigemori
Taira no Shigemori was a prominent 12th-century Japanese courtier and military leader of the Taira clan, noted for his moderation and attempts to restrain his family's growing power during the late Heian period.
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B.
Taira no Munemori
Taira no Munemori was a late Heian-period Japanese military leader and head of the Taira clan who commanded its forces during the Genpei War against the Minamoto.
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C.
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori was a powerful 12th-century Japanese warlord and head of the Taira clan who briefly established samurai dominance over the imperial court, setting the stage for the rise of military rule in Japan.
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D.
Minamoto no Yoshiie
Minamoto no Yoshiie was an 11th-century Japanese samurai warlord renowned for his military prowess and later celebrated as an ideal warrior and early hero of the Minamoto clan.
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E.
Minamoto no Yoshinaka
Minamoto no Yoshinaka was a 12th-century Japanese samurai general of the Genpei War who briefly seized control of Kyoto before being defeated by his Minamoto cousins.
- 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: Taira no Masakado Target entity description: Taira no Masakado was a 10th-century samurai and rebel leader in Japan’s Heian period, later venerated as a powerful and sometimes vengeful spirit.
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A.
Taira no Shigemori
Taira no Shigemori was a prominent 12th-century Japanese courtier and military leader of the Taira clan, noted for his moderation and attempts to restrain his family's growing power during the late Heian period.
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B.
Taira no Munemori
Taira no Munemori was a late Heian-period Japanese military leader and head of the Taira clan who commanded its forces during the Genpei War against the Minamoto.
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C.
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori was a powerful 12th-century Japanese warlord and head of the Taira clan who briefly established samurai dominance over the imperial court, setting the stage for the rise of military rule in Japan.
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D.
Minamoto no Yoshiie
Minamoto no Yoshiie was an 11th-century Japanese samurai warlord renowned for his military prowess and later celebrated as an ideal warrior and early hero of the Minamoto clan.
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E.
Minamoto no Yoshinaka
Minamoto no Yoshinaka was a 12th-century Japanese samurai general of the Genpei War who briefly seized control of Kyoto before being defeated by his Minamoto cousins.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.