Masako Ando
E1050494
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Masako Ando was the wife of Momofuku Ando, the Japanese inventor of instant noodles and founder of Nissin Foods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Masako Ando canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13570054 — 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: Masako Ando Context triple: [Momofuku Ando, spouse, Masako Ando]
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A.
Masako Owada
Masako Owada, now Empress Masako of Japan, is a Harvard- and Oxford-educated former diplomat who became the consort of Emperor Naruhito and a prominent member of the Japanese imperial family.
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B.
Masuko Ushioda
Masuko Ushioda was a distinguished Japanese violinist and respected pedagogue known for her refined artistry and influential teaching career.
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C.
Reiko Yamamoto
Reiko Yamamoto was the wife of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the famed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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D.
Tomoko Ohta
Tomoko Ohta is a Japanese molecular evolutionary biologist best known for proposing the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution, which refined and extended Motoo Kimura’s neutral theory.
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E.
Akiko Yoshida
Akiko Yoshida is a person whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
- 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: Masako Ando Target entity description: Masako Ando was the wife of Momofuku Ando, the Japanese inventor of instant noodles and founder of Nissin Foods.
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A.
Masako Owada
Masako Owada, now Empress Masako of Japan, is a Harvard- and Oxford-educated former diplomat who became the consort of Emperor Naruhito and a prominent member of the Japanese imperial family.
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B.
Masuko Ushioda
Masuko Ushioda was a distinguished Japanese violinist and respected pedagogue known for her refined artistry and influential teaching career.
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C.
Reiko Yamamoto
Reiko Yamamoto was the wife of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the famed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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D.
Tomoko Ohta
Tomoko Ohta is a Japanese molecular evolutionary biologist best known for proposing the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution, which refined and extended Motoo Kimura’s neutral theory.
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E.
Akiko Yoshida
Akiko Yoshida is a person whose specific public background or notable achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.