Uraga
E104972
Uraga is a historic Japanese port town at the entrance of Tokyo Bay that served as a key naval and shipbuilding center, especially during the late Edo period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uraga canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T654998 — 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: Uraga Context triple: [Tokugawa shogunate navy, location, Uraga]
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A.
Ushijima
Ushijima is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and fictional characters.
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B.
Shimamoto
Shimamoto is a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, located between Kyoto and Osaka along the Yodo River.
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C.
Yumeshima
Yumeshima is a large artificial island in Osaka, Japan, known for planned large-scale developments including expo and integrated resort projects.
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D.
Fujiidera
Fujiidera is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical temples and role as a residential and commercial suburb in the Kansai region.
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E.
Tenjin
Tenjin is the Shinto kami of scholarship and learning, widely revered by students seeking academic success.
- 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: Uraga Target entity description: Uraga is a historic Japanese port town at the entrance of Tokyo Bay that served as a key naval and shipbuilding center, especially during the late Edo period.
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A.
Ushijima
Ushijima is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and fictional characters.
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B.
Shimamoto
Shimamoto is a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, located between Kyoto and Osaka along the Yodo River.
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C.
Yumeshima
Yumeshima is a large artificial island in Osaka, Japan, known for planned large-scale developments including expo and integrated resort projects.
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D.
Fujiidera
Fujiidera is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical temples and role as a residential and commercial suburb in the Kansai region.
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E.
Tenjin
Tenjin is the Shinto kami of scholarship and learning, widely revered by students seeking academic success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical place
ⓘ
port town ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| bayControl | entrance of Tokyo Bay ⓘ |
| coastType | indented coastline ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Kantō region ⓘ |
| governedAs | port town under shogunate control ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
local commerce ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
coastal defense base
ⓘ
inspection port for foreign ships ⓘ |
| hasHarborType | natural harbor ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalActivity |
coastal trade
ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ |
| hasModernUse |
local harbor
ⓘ
residential district ⓘ |
| hasNameInJapanese | 浦賀 ⓘ |
| hasRole |
naval center
ⓘ
port of entry ⓘ shipbuilding center ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Bakumatsu period reforms
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surface form:
Bakumatsu
Edo period ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedAtMouthOf | Tokyo Bay ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kanagawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyo Bay region ⓘ Yokosuka ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Miura Peninsula ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Yokohama ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tokyo Bay region
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Tokyo Bay area
Yokosuka city administrative area ⓘ |
| significancePeriod |
Edo period
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surface form:
late Edo period
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| strategicImportance |
control of access to Edo via Tokyo Bay
ⓘ
defense of the Tokugawa capital ⓘ |
| transportConnection | served by local rail and road networks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
customs inspection
ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ military logistics ⓘ |
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: Uraga Description of subject: Uraga is a historic Japanese port town at the entrance of Tokyo Bay that served as a key naval and shipbuilding center, especially during the late Edo period.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.