Mononobe clan
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The Mononobe clan was an influential ancient Japanese aristocratic family known for its military role and strong opposition to the early adoption of Buddhism in Japan.
All labels observed (1)
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| Mononobe clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12459123 — 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: Mononobe clan Context triple: [Isonokami Shrine, associatedWithClan, Mononobe clan]
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Sugawara clan
The Sugawara clan was an influential Japanese aristocratic family renowned for its scholarship and literary achievements, most famously represented by the Heian-era scholar and statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
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B.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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Matsudaira clan
The Matsudaira clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, best known as the ancestral house of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa shogunate.
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D.
Kikkawa clan
The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku period.
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E.
Shiba clan
The Shiba clan was a prominent samurai family of the Muromachi period in Japan, known as one of the three major branch families of the Ashikaga shogunate and for holding high-ranking positions such as shugo (military governors).
- 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: Mononobe clan Target entity description: The Mononobe clan was an influential ancient Japanese aristocratic family known for its military role and strong opposition to the early adoption of Buddhism in Japan.
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A.
Sugawara clan
The Sugawara clan was an influential Japanese aristocratic family renowned for its scholarship and literary achievements, most famously represented by the Heian-era scholar and statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
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B.
Yamato clan
The Yamato clan was the dominant ruling family of early Japan that laid the foundations of the imperial line and centralized state during the formative centuries of Japanese history.
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C.
Matsudaira clan
The Matsudaira clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku and early Edo periods, best known as the ancestral house of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Tokugawa shogunate.
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D.
Kikkawa clan
The Kikkawa clan was a prominent samurai family in western Japan that became closely allied with and eventually absorbed into the powerful Mōri clan during the Sengoku period.
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E.
Shiba clan
The Shiba clan was a prominent samurai family of the Muromachi period in Japan, known as one of the three major branch families of the Ashikaga shogunate and for holding high-ranking positions such as shugo (military governors).
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.