Tarō
E244039
Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarō canonical | 7 |
| Tarou | 4 |
| Kōtarō | 1 |
| Tarō often means "eldest son" when written with 太郎 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1575971 — 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: Tarō Context triple: [Taro, romanizedForm, Tarō]
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A.
Shintaro
Shintaro is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in sports, entertainment, and politics.
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B.
Akinobu
Akinobu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable individuals.
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C.
Masayuki
Masayuki is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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D.
Seiji
Seiji is a Japanese given name most famously associated with the renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa.
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E.
Mamoru
Mamoru is a Japanese masculine given name commonly borne by notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
- 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: Tarō Target entity description: Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
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A.
Shintaro
Shintaro is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in sports, entertainment, and politics.
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B.
Akinobu
Akinobu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable individuals.
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C.
Masayuki
Masayuki is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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D.
Seiji
Seiji is a Japanese given name most famously associated with the renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa.
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E.
Mamoru
Mamoru is a Japanese masculine given name commonly borne by notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | traditional Japanese naming customs ⓘ |
| canBeWrittenAs |
たろう
ⓘ
タロウ ⓘ 多朗 ⓘ 太朗 ⓘ 太郎 ⓘ |
| componentKanji |
太
ⓘ
郎 ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese culture ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasIPA | [taɾoː] ⓘ |
| hasMacronRomanization | Tarō self-link ⓘ |
| hasNameElement | rō ⓘ |
| hasRomanization |
Taro
ⓘ
Tarō self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tarou
|
| hasShortForm | Tarō self-link ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpacing |
Taro
ⓘ
Tarō self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tarou
|
| isCommonFor | males ⓘ |
| isGivenAt | birth ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
modern Japanese culture
ⓘ
traditional Japanese culture ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| meaning | eldest son ⓘ |
| nameCategory | Japanese male given names ⓘ |
| nameElementMeaning | son ⓘ |
| nameOrder | given name ⓘ |
| nameType | personal name ⓘ |
| oftenIndicatesBirthOrder | first son ⓘ |
| orthographicFeature | may use different kanji with similar pronunciation ⓘ |
| phoneticReading | たろう ⓘ |
| popularity | common ⓘ |
| script | Japanese script ⓘ |
| scriptVariant |
hiragana
ⓘ
kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
| syllableCount | two ⓘ |
| typicalKanjiMeaning |
big
ⓘ
son ⓘ |
| usageRegion | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem | kanji ⓘ |
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: Tarō Description of subject: Tarō is a common Japanese masculine given name, often written with kanji meaning "eldest son" and frequently used in traditional and modern Japanese culture.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kōtarō
subject surface form:
Tarō
subject surface form:
Tarō
this entity surface form:
Tarou
this entity surface form:
Tarou
this entity surface form:
Tarou
this entity surface form:
Tarou
this entity surface form:
Tarō often means "eldest son" when written with 太郎