Hideki Shirakawa
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Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hideki Shirakawa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T653730 — 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: Hideki Shirakawa Context triple: [Nagoya University, hasNobelLaureate, Hideki Shirakawa]
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A.
Otozō Yamada
Otozō Yamada was a Japanese general who commanded the Kwantung Army in Manchuria during the final stages of World War II, including the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945.
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B.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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C.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
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D.
Gunichi Mikawa
Gunichi Mikawa was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, best known for leading Japanese cruiser forces in several major Pacific naval engagements.
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E.
Shigetarō Shimada
Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served as Navy Minister and a key naval leader during World War II.
- 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: Hideki Shirakawa Target entity description: Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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A.
Otozō Yamada
Otozō Yamada was a Japanese general who commanded the Kwantung Army in Manchuria during the final stages of World War II, including the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945.
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B.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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C.
Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose is a pioneering Japanese roboticist renowned for his innovative work in robot mechanisms and design, particularly in snake-like and walking robots.
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D.
Gunichi Mikawa
Gunichi Mikawa was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, best known for leading Japanese cruiser forces in several major Pacific naval engagements.
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E.
Shigetarō Shimada
Shigetarō Shimada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served as Navy Minister and a key naval leader during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese scientist
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Engineering ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Academy Prize
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Order of Culture ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Culture (Japan)
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| citizenOf | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-08-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Tokyo Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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University of Tsukuba ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| familyName | Shirakawa ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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materials science ⓘ polymer chemistry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Hideki ⓘ |
| hasFieldContribution |
demonstration of doping in conjugated polymers
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establishing polymers as electrically conducting materials ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
chemist
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university professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of organic electronics
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research on conductive polymers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conductive polymers
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discovery of conductive polyacetylene ⓘ work on electrically conducting organic polymers ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Japan Academy ⓘ |
| name | Hideki Shirakawa self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| notableWork | synthesis of highly conductive polyacetylene films ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
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Tokyo ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor ⓘ |
| reasonForNobelPrize | discovery and development of conductive polymers ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Alan J. Heeger
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Alan MacDiarmid ⓘ |
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Subject: Hideki Shirakawa Description of subject: Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry