Shinmei
E168516
Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shinmei canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T997131 — 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: Shinmei Context triple: [Emperor Jimmu, title, Shinmei]
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A.
Shinsen
Shinsen is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward known for its residential streets, local eateries, and proximity to the bustling Shibuya Station area.
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B.
Anogi
Anogi is a small traditional mountain village on the Greek island of Ithaca, known for its historic church, stone houses, and panoramic views.
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C.
Owada
Owada is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Empress Masako of Japan and her family.
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D.
Eichig
Eichig is a small locality that forms part of the town of Lichtenfels in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
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E.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
- 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: Shinmei Target entity description: Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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A.
Shinsen
Shinsen is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward known for its residential streets, local eateries, and proximity to the bustling Shibuya Station area.
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B.
Anogi
Anogi is a small traditional mountain village on the Greek island of Ithaca, known for its historic church, stone houses, and panoramic views.
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C.
Owada
Owada is a Japanese surname most notably borne by Empress Masako of Japan and her family.
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D.
Eichig
Eichig is a small locality that forms part of the town of Lichtenfels in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
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E.
Shōhō
Shōhō was a Japanese light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, notable for being the first Japanese carrier sunk in the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | divine title ⓘ |
| appliesTo | legendary first emperor of Japan ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Emperor Jimmu ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese honorifics
ⓘ
Japanese imperial titles ⓘ Shinto religious titles ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese imperial mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu ⓘ |
| etymologyContains |
mei (name, title)
ⓘ
shin (god, divine) ⓘ |
| hasType |
epithet
ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ |
| honors | Emperor Jimmu as divine ruler ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| linkedToDeity | Amaterasu ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | title expressing divine status of the first emperor ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
imperial cult of Japan
ⓘ
Amaterasu ⓘ
surface form:
sun goddess Amaterasu
Tennō ⓘ
surface form:
tennō (emperor of Japan)
|
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
descent from Amaterasu
ⓘ
divine legitimacy of the emperor ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythological age of Japan ⓘ |
| tradition | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| usedFor | veneration of Emperor Jimmu ⓘ |
| usedIn | imperial religious ideology ⓘ |
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: Shinmei Description of subject: Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.