jingū
E142230
A jingū is a major Shinto shrine of particularly high status, often associated with the imperial family or significant national deities in Japan.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1247010 — 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: jingū Context triple: [Meiji Shrine, hasType, jingū]
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A.
Shūgiin
Shūgiin is the lower house of Japan’s National Diet, responsible for passing legislation, approving the budget, and selecting the prime minister.
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B.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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C.
Jing
Jing is a common Chinese surname shared by various notable figures across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
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D.
Jimintō
Jimintō is the dominant conservative political party in Japan, formally known as the Liberal Democratic Party.
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E.
Naikaku
Naikaku is the Japanese term for the Cabinet, the executive branch of Japan’s national government headed by the Prime Minister.
- 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: jingū Target entity description: A jingū is a major Shinto shrine of particularly high status, often associated with the imperial family or significant national deities in Japan.
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A.
Shūgiin
Shūgiin is the lower house of Japan’s National Diet, responsible for passing legislation, approving the budget, and selecting the prime minister.
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B.
Kigensetsu
Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.
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C.
Jing
Jing is a common Chinese surname shared by various notable figures across fields such as entertainment, sports, and academia.
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D.
Jimintō
Jimintō is the dominant conservative political party in Japan, formally known as the Liberal Democratic Party.
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E.
Naikaku
Naikaku is the Japanese term for the Cabinet, the executive branch of Japan’s national government headed by the Prime Minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
religious building type
ⓘ
type of Shinto shrine ⓘ |
| architecturalTradition | Shinto shrine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imperial House of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
imperial family of Japan
kami ⓘ national deities of Japan ⓘ |
| classificationWithinShrines | higher rank than ordinary jinja ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
jinja
ⓘ
taisha ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important pilgrimage destination
ⓘ
protected cultural property in many cases ⓘ |
| denotes |
shrine dedicated to important kami
ⓘ
shrine with imperial connection ⓘ |
| etymology | combination of kanji for ‘deity’ and ‘palace’ ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Jinja Honchō (Shinto Shrine Association)
ⓘ
surface form:
Jinja Honchō (for most postwar shrines)
|
| hasComponentKanji |
宮
ⓘ
神 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Japanese culture ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
center of imperial rituals
ⓘ
site of national-level Shinto rites ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
focus of state Shinto in modern era
ⓘ
symbol of national identity in Japan ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimsFrom | all regions of Japan ⓘ |
| hasRituals |
imperial offerings
ⓘ
matsuri ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
high-status shrine
ⓘ
major Shinto shrine ⓘ |
| hasSubType |
Atsuta Jingū
ⓘ
Heian Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Heian Jingū
Ise Grand Shrine ⓘ
surface form:
Ise Jingū
Kashihara Jingū ⓘ Meiji Jingū ⓘ Tōshōgū (when styled as Tōshō Daijingū historically) ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Japanese ⓘ |
| linkedToInstitution | Imperial House of Japan ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Imperial cult in Japan
ⓘ
State Shinto ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Shinto priesthood ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse | classical Japan to present ⓘ |
| transliteration |
jingū
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
jingu
|
| typicalDedication |
imperial ancestors
ⓘ
major national kami ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | Japan’s main islands ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Shinto ⓘ |
| writtenInJapanese | 神宮 ⓘ |
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: jingū Description of subject: A jingū is a major Shinto shrine of particularly high status, often associated with the imperial family or significant national deities in Japan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
jingu