Shinbashi
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Shinbashi is a historic commercial and entertainment district in central Tokyo known as a major business hub and gateway between the Ginza area and the Shiodome skyscraper complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shinbashi canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2425766 — 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: Shinbashi Context triple: [Minato, Tokyo, Japan, contains, Shinbashi]
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A.
Shinagawa
Shinagawa is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station, business districts, and waterfront developments.
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B.
Nihonbashi
Nihonbashi is a historic commercial district in central Tokyo known for its iconic bridge, traditional merchants, and major financial and retail centers.
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C.
Toranomon
Toranomon is a central business district in Tokyo known for its government offices, corporate headquarters, and proximity to major transport and commercial hubs.
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D.
Otemachi
Otemachi is a major business district in central Tokyo known for its concentration of corporate headquarters, financial institutions, and proximity to the Imperial Palace.
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E.
Shinjuku
Shinjuku is a major commercial and entertainment district in western Tokyo, known for its busy railway station, skyscrapers, shopping, nightlife, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
- 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: Shinbashi Target entity description: Shinbashi is a historic commercial and entertainment district in central Tokyo known as a major business hub and gateway between the Ginza area and the Shiodome skyscraper complex.
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A.
Shinagawa
Shinagawa is a major commercial and transportation hub in Tokyo, Japan, known for its busy railway station, business districts, and waterfront developments.
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B.
Nihonbashi
Nihonbashi is a historic commercial district in central Tokyo known for its iconic bridge, traditional merchants, and major financial and retail centers.
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C.
Toranomon
Toranomon is a central business district in Tokyo known for its government offices, corporate headquarters, and proximity to major transport and commercial hubs.
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D.
Otemachi
Otemachi is a major business district in central Tokyo known for its concentration of corporate headquarters, financial institutions, and proximity to the Imperial Palace.
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E.
Shinjuku
Shinjuku is a major commercial and entertainment district in western Tokyo, known for its busy railway station, skyscrapers, shopping, nightlife, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial district
ⓘ
district ⓘ entertainment district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Ginza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiodome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToWard | Minato City (Minato-ku) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalFeature |
after-work drinking culture
ⓘ
traditional small bars and eateries in backstreets ⓘ |
| developmentRelation |
connected by pedestrian routes to Shiodome
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gateway to Shiodome skyscraper complex ⓘ |
| economicRole |
major business hub in Tokyo
ⓘ
office district for many Japanese corporations ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
SL Square in front of Shimbashi Station
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steam locomotive display at SL Square ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodePrefix | 105 ⓘ |
| hasStreetPattern | dense network of narrow side streets ⓘ |
| hasTransportHub | Shimbashi Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | site of Japan’s first railway terminal area (Shimbashi Station predecessor) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a gateway between Ginza and Shiodome
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business district ⓘ historic role in Japanese railways ⓘ izakaya restaurants ⓘ salaryman nightlife ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Minato, Tokyo
Tokyo ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| near |
Hamamatsucho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hibiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Bay ⓘ Toranomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nightActivityLevel | high ⓘ |
| partOf | central Tokyo ⓘ |
| railwayServedBy |
JR East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toei Asakusa Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Yurikamome Line ⓘ
surface form:
Yurikamome Line (via nearby Shiodome)
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| roadAccess | close to Tokyo Expressway network ⓘ |
| romanizationVariant | Shimbashi ⓘ |
| tourismAttractionType |
dining district
ⓘ
nightlife area ⓘ |
| urbanCharacter | mix of older low-rise buildings and modern high-rises ⓘ |
| urbanFunction | commuter hub for central Tokyo workers ⓘ |
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: Shinbashi Description of subject: Shinbashi is a historic commercial and entertainment district in central Tokyo known as a major business hub and gateway between the Ginza area and the Shiodome skyscraper complex.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.