Shogun
E263817
Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shōgun (2024 TV series) | 5 |
| Shōgun (novel) | 4 |
| Shōgun | 2 |
| Shōgun (2024 miniseries) | 2 |
| Shogun canonical | 1 |
| Shōgun universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2401833 — 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: Shogun Context triple: [John Rhys-Davies, notableWork, Shogun]
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A.
Kaga Hyakumangoku
Kaga Hyakumangoku refers to the historical wealth and prosperity of Japan’s Kaga Domain, famed for its rich culture, powerful feudal lords, and flourishing arts and crafts.
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B.
shadow shogun
Shadow shogun is a political nickname used in Japan for powerful behind-the-scenes leaders who wield significant influence without holding the top official post, notably applied to figures like Kakuei Tanaka.
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C.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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D.
Genpei War
The Genpei War was a late 12th-century Japanese civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans that led to the rise of the samurai class and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
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E.
Musashi no misasagi
Musashi no misasagi is an imperial mausoleum in Japan that serves as the burial site of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken.
- 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: Shogun Target entity description: Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
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A.
Kaga Hyakumangoku
Kaga Hyakumangoku refers to the historical wealth and prosperity of Japan’s Kaga Domain, famed for its rich culture, powerful feudal lords, and flourishing arts and crafts.
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B.
shadow shogun
Shadow shogun is a political nickname used in Japan for powerful behind-the-scenes leaders who wield significant influence without holding the top official post, notably applied to figures like Kakuei Tanaka.
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C.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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D.
Genpei War
The Genpei War was a late 12th-century Japanese civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans that led to the rise of the samurai class and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate.
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E.
Musashi no misasagi
Musashi no misasagi is an imperial mausoleum in Japan that serves as the burial site of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Shogun Description of subject: Shogun is a historical drama television miniseries based on James Clavell’s novel, depicting political intrigue and cultural clashes in feudal Japan.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 miniseries)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 TV series)
subject surface form:
Shōgun (2024 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (novel)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (novel)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (novel)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 TV series)
subject surface form:
Yoshii Toranaga (Shōgun 2024)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (2024 miniseries)
subject surface form:
Yoshii Toranaga (Shōgun 2024)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun (novel)
subject surface form:
Yoshii Toranaga (Shōgun 2024)
this entity surface form:
Shōgun universe