Dazaifu
E407269
Dazaifu is a historic city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its ancient government offices and the famous Dazaifu Tenmangū shrine dedicated to scholar-statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dazaifu canonical | 3 |
| Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3812929 — 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: Dazaifu Context triple: [Sugawara no Michizane, placeOfExile, Dazaifu]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Himeji
Himeji is a historic Japanese city best known for Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most iconic and well-preserved feudal castles.
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D.
Minoh
Minoh is a suburban city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic Minoh Waterfall, autumn foliage, and residential communities.
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E.
Kōka
Kōka is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, historically famous as the home of the Kōga ninja tradition.
- 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: Dazaifu Target entity description: Dazaifu is a historic city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its ancient government offices and the famous Dazaifu Tenmangū shrine dedicated to scholar-statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Himeji
Himeji is a historic Japanese city best known for Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Japan’s most iconic and well-preserved feudal castles.
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D.
Minoh
Minoh is a suburban city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic Minoh Waterfall, autumn foliage, and residential communities.
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E.
Kōka
Kōka is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, historically famous as the home of the Kōga ninja tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| associatedWith | plum trees ⓘ |
| connectedByRailway | Nishitetsu Dazaifu Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedFigureAtMainShrine | Sugawara no Michizane ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Dazaifu regional government
ⓘ
surface form:
Dazaifu City government
|
| hasAttraction |
Dazaifu Government Office Ruins
ⓘ
Dazaifu Tenmangū ⓘ
surface form:
Dazaifu Tenmangū approach
|
| hasCategory |
historic city in Japan
ⓘ
tourist destination in Fukuoka Prefecture ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTheme | Tenjin (deified Michizane) worship ⓘ |
| hasEducationalSite | Kyushu National Museum educational facilities ⓘ |
| hasFlowerSymbol | plum blossom ⓘ |
| hasHistoricPeriod |
Yamato period
ⓘ
surface form:
Asuka period
Heian period ⓘ Nara period ⓘ |
| hasHistoricRole |
administrative capital of Kyushu
ⓘ
regional government center ⓘ |
| hasImportantFunction |
cultural heritage site area
ⓘ
regional religious center ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
福岡県太宰府市
ⓘ
surface form:
太宰府市
|
| hasMuseum | Kyushu National Museum ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAirport | Fukuoka Airport ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| hasRomanization | Dazaifu-shi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShrine | Dazaifu Tenmangū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpecialtyFood | ume-ga-e-mochi ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | city emblem of Dazaifu ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Chikushi-ji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kanzeon-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ Kōmyōzen-ji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourismFocus |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Dazaifu Tenmangū
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient government office ruins ⓘ historic temples and shrines ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Fukuoka Prefecture ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Kyushu ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Fukuoka ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fukuoka-Kitakyushu metropolitan area
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surface form:
Fukuoka metropolitan area
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| wasSeatOf | Dazaifu regional government ⓘ |
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: Dazaifu Description of subject: Dazaifu is a historic city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its ancient government offices and the famous Dazaifu Tenmangū shrine dedicated to scholar-statesman Sugawara no Michizane.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture