Prince of Asaka
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Prince of Asaka is a Japanese imperial title held by a collateral branch of the Imperial Family, most notably by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, who was prominent in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prince of Asaka canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1509709 — 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: Prince of Asaka Context triple: [Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, nobleTitle, Prince of Asaka]
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A.
Prince of Akishino
The Prince of Akishino is the formal title held by Prince Hisahito, a member of Japan’s Imperial Family and the only grandson of Emperor Naruhito’s predecessor, Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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B.
Prince Chichibu
Prince Chichibu was a Japanese imperial prince, the second son of Emperor Taishō, known for his military career and role in pre-World War II Japan.
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C.
Obihiro
Obihiro is a mid-sized city in eastern Hokkaido, Japan, known for its agricultural production, horse racing, and cold, snowy winters.
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D.
Den Kenjirō
Den Kenjirō was a Japanese statesman and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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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: Prince of Asaka Target entity description: Prince of Asaka is a Japanese imperial title held by a collateral branch of the Imperial Family, most notably by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, who was prominent in the early 20th century.
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A.
Prince of Akishino
The Prince of Akishino is the formal title held by Prince Hisahito, a member of Japan’s Imperial Family and the only grandson of Emperor Naruhito’s predecessor, Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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B.
Prince Chichibu
Prince Chichibu was a Japanese imperial prince, the second son of Emperor Taishō, known for his military career and role in pre-World War II Japan.
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C.
Obihiro
Obihiro is a mid-sized city in eastern Hokkaido, Japan, known for its agricultural production, horse racing, and cold, snowy winters.
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D.
Den Kenjirō
Den Kenjirō was a Japanese statesman and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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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 (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese imperial title
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Japanese prince ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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Japan ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial House of Japan ⓘ |
| nobleRank | prince ⓘ |
| notableFor | prominence in early 20th century Japan ⓘ |
| notableHolder | Prince Asaka Yasuhiko ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial House of Japan ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Prince of Asaka self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| titleHolderType | male members of a collateral imperial branch ⓘ |
| usedBy | collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family ⓘ |
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: Prince of Asaka Description of subject: Prince of Asaka is a Japanese imperial title held by a collateral branch of the Imperial Family, most notably by Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, who was prominent in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko
subject surface form:
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko