Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
E106119
Kashiwazaki is a coastal city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its role in regional industry and as the site of one of the world’s largest nuclear power stations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan canonical | 1 |
| Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T895320 — 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: Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Context triple: [Kakuei Tanaka, placeOfBirth, Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan]
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A.
Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Nagaoka is a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic role in the Boshin War, its postwar reconstruction, and one of Japan’s most famous summer fireworks festivals.
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B.
Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan is a historic castle town in northeastern Honshu known for its samurai heritage, Yonezawa beef, and scenic mountainous surroundings.
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Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
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D.
Omihachiman, Japan
Omihachiman is a historic city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its preserved merchant quarters, canals, and traditional architecture along the eastern shore of Lake Biwa.
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E.
Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Wako is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on the northern outskirts of Tokyo, known for hosting major national institutions and research facilities.
- 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: Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Target entity description: Kashiwazaki is a coastal city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its role in regional industry and as the site of one of the world’s largest nuclear power stations.
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A.
Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Nagaoka is a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic role in the Boshin War, its postwar reconstruction, and one of Japan’s most famous summer fireworks festivals.
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B.
Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan is a historic castle town in northeastern Honshu known for its samurai heritage, Yonezawa beef, and scenic mountainous surroundings.
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C.
Tsuyama, Japan
Tsuyama, Japan is a historic city in Okayama Prefecture known for its well-preserved castle ruins, traditional townscape, and famous cherry blossom viewing spots.
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D.
Omihachiman, Japan
Omihachiman is a historic city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its preserved merchant quarters, canals, and traditional architecture along the eastern shore of Lake Biwa.
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E.
Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Wako is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on the northern outskirts of Tokyo, known for hosting major national institutions and research facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | municipality ⓘ |
| belongsToIslandNation | Japan ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| governanceLevel | local government ⓘ |
| governedBy | Kashiwazaki city government ⓘ |
| hasCoastline | Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| hasDisasterRisk |
earthquakes
ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
energy production ⓘ fishing ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ port-related industry ⓘ |
| hasEducationSystem | Japanese national education system ⓘ |
| hasEmergencyServices |
fire department
ⓘ
medical services ⓘ police ⓘ |
| hasEnergyInfrastructureSignificance | site of one of the world’s largest nuclear power stations ⓘ |
| hasEnergyRole | major electricity supply point in Japan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
coastal beaches
ⓘ
industrial zones ⓘ residential districts ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialRole | regional industrial center ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 柏崎市 ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacilityOperator | Tokyo Electric Power Company ⓘ |
| hasNuclearFacility | Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ |
| hasPostalSystem | Japanese postal system ⓘ |
| hasPowerInfrastructure | nuclear power generation facilities ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
highway access
ⓘ
railway connections within Niigata Prefecture ⓘ |
| isUrbanArea | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant
ⓘ
coastal location ⓘ regional industry ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūbu region
ⓘ
Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Honshu coast ⓘ
surface form:
Sea of Japan coast
|
| near | Kariwa ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japan
ⓘ
Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Japanese national law
ⓘ
Niigata Prefectural regulations ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| usesCurrency | Japanese yen ⓘ |
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: Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Description of subject: Kashiwazaki is a coastal city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known for its role in regional industry and as the site of one of the world’s largest nuclear power stations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan