Kumiko
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Kumiko is the introspective Japanese woman at the center of the film "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter," whose obsession with a fictional movie treasure drives her on a quixotic journey to America.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kumiko in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter | 2 |
| Kumiko canonical | 1 |
| Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (score) | 1 |
| Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2929267 — 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: Kumiko Context triple: [Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, mainCharacter, Kumiko]
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A.
Totsuko
Totsuko is the former abbreviated name of Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, the Japanese company that later became Sony.
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B.
Michiko
Michiko is the former Empress of Japan and the wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, known for being the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family.
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C.
Shigeko
Shigeko is a Japanese feminine given name that has been borne by various notable women, including members of the imperial family.
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D.
Kazuko
Kazuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women, including members of the imperial family.
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E.
Atsuko
Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and princesses in Japan, with meanings that vary depending on the kanji used.
- 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: Kumiko Target entity description: Kumiko is the introspective Japanese woman at the center of the film "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter," whose obsession with a fictional movie treasure drives her on a quixotic journey to America.
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A.
Totsuko
Totsuko is the former abbreviated name of Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, the Japanese company that later became Sony.
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B.
Michiko
Michiko is the former Empress of Japan and the wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, known for being the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family.
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C.
Shigeko
Shigeko is a Japanese feminine given name that has been borne by various notable women, including members of the imperial family.
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D.
Kazuko
Kazuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women, including members of the imperial family.
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E.
Atsuko
Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and princesses in Japan, with meanings that vary depending on the kanji used.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Fargo ⓘ |
| basedOn | urban legend about a Japanese woman searching for the Fargo money ⓘ |
| believes | the film Fargo is a true story ⓘ |
| characterIn | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| createdFor | feature film ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
depressed
ⓘ
disillusioned ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Kumiko
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter universe
|
| firstAppearance | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
drama film
ⓘ
independent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Kumiko ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| motivation |
to escape her monotonous life in Japan
ⓘ
to find buried treasure depicted in a movie ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
disconnection between fantasy and reality ⓘ escape from societal expectations ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableAction |
abandons her job in Tokyo
ⓘ
steals a company credit card to fund her trip ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | wears a red hoodie and patterned cloak on her journey ⓘ |
| occupation | office worker ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
introspective
ⓘ
introverted ⓘ lonely ⓘ obsessive ⓘ socially isolated ⓘ |
| pet | rabbit ⓘ |
| petName | Bunzo ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rinko Kikuchi ⓘ |
| relationshipToMother | strained ⓘ |
| relationshipToWork | disengaged ⓘ |
| residence | Tokyo ⓘ |
| searchesFor | fictional buried ransom money ⓘ |
| travelsTo |
Minnesota
ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| visualMotif | contrasting red clothing against snowy landscapes ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2014 ⓘ |
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: Kumiko Description of subject: Kumiko is the introspective Japanese woman at the center of the film "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter," whose obsession with a fictional movie treasure drives her on a quixotic journey to America.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yuriko Kikuchi
this entity surface form:
Kumiko in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
this entity surface form:
Kumiko in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
this entity surface form:
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (score)
this entity surface form:
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter universe