Maibara
E394210
Maibara is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known as a regional transportation hub with a Shinkansen station and scenic views of nearby Lake Biwa and surrounding mountains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maibara canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1595914 — 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: Maibara Context triple: [Shiga, hasCity, Maibara]
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A.
Nagahama
Nagahama is a historic lakeside city in central Japan known for its preserved Edo-period streets, Nagahama Castle, and scenic location on the northeastern shore of Lake Biwa.
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B.
Kashihara
Kashihara is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan, historically associated with the legendary founding of the Japanese imperial line and home to significant Shinto sites.
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C.
Kaizuka
Kaizuka is a coastal city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical temples, traditional festivals, and proximity to Osaka Bay.
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D.
Wakayama City
Wakayama City is a coastal city in Japan known for its historic Wakayama Castle, scenic views over Wakayama Bay, and role as a regional commercial and cultural center in the Kansai area.
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E.
Nishinomiya
Nishinomiya is a city in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture, located between Osaka and Kobe, known for its Koshien Stadium and strong baseball culture.
- 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: Maibara Target entity description: Maibara is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known as a regional transportation hub with a Shinkansen station and scenic views of nearby Lake Biwa and surrounding mountains.
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A.
Nagahama
Nagahama is a historic lakeside city in central Japan known for its preserved Edo-period streets, Nagahama Castle, and scenic location on the northeastern shore of Lake Biwa.
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B.
Kashihara
Kashihara is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan, historically associated with the legendary founding of the Japanese imperial line and home to significant Shinto sites.
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C.
Kaizuka
Kaizuka is a coastal city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historical temples, traditional festivals, and proximity to Osaka Bay.
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D.
Wakayama City
Wakayama City is a coastal city in Japan known for its historic Wakayama Castle, scenic views over Wakayama Bay, and role as a regional commercial and cultural center in the Kansai area.
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E.
Nishinomiya
Nishinomiya is a city in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture, located between Osaka and Kobe, known for its Koshien Stadium and strong baseball culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| borders |
Fukui Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gifu Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Hikone NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagahama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Ibuki
ⓘ
Maihara NERFINISHED ⓘ Santō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Maibara City Hall ⓘ |
| hasAgriculturalActivity |
rice cultivation
ⓘ
vegetable farming ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitutionType |
elementary schools
ⓘ
high schools ⓘ junior high schools ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
light manufacturing
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 米原市 ⓘ |
| hasLakeShore | Lake Biwa ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatusSince | 2005 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.city.maibara.lg.jp/ ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Maibara Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoad |
Meishin Expressway
ⓘ
National Route 21 ⓘ National Route 365 ⓘ National Route 8 ⓘ |
| hasScenicViewOf |
Ibuki Mountains
ⓘ
Lake Biwa ⓘ Mount Suzuka (Suzuka Mountains region) ⓘ
surface form:
Suzuka Mountains
|
| hasShinkansenStation | Maibara Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTransportationHub | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scenic landscapes
ⓘ
transportation hub ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kansai region
ⓘ
Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInValleyOf | Ane River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lake Biwa ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Honshu ⓘ |
| regionallyImportantFor |
rail transport
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Hokuriku Main Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ohmi Railway Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokaido Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
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: Maibara Description of subject: Maibara is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known as a regional transportation hub with a Shinkansen station and scenic views of nearby Lake Biwa and surrounding mountains.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.