Chieko Wataya in Babel
E454810
Chieko Wataya is a deaf Japanese teenage girl in the film "Babel," whose emotional struggles and search for connection form one of the movie’s central storylines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chieko Wataya in Babel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4592650 — 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: Chieko Wataya in Babel Context triple: [Yuriko Kikuchi, portrayedCharacter, Chieko Wataya in Babel]
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A.
Lady Fujitsubo
Lady Fujitsubo is a noblewoman in The Tale of Genji whose beauty and forbidden relationship with Prince Genji drive much of the novel’s emotional and political drama.
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B.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
Aoi no Ue
Aoi no Ue is a noblewoman and the first principal wife of Prince Genji in the classic Japanese literary work "The Tale of Genji."
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E.
Aishō
Aishō is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural character and historical sites.
- 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: Chieko Wataya in Babel Target entity description: Chieko Wataya is a deaf Japanese teenage girl in the film "Babel," whose emotional struggles and search for connection form one of the movie’s central storylines.
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A.
Lady Fujitsubo
Lady Fujitsubo is a noblewoman in The Tale of Genji whose beauty and forbidden relationship with Prince Genji drive much of the novel’s emotional and political drama.
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B.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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C.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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D.
Aoi no Ue
Aoi no Ue is a noblewoman and the first principal wife of Prince Genji in the classic Japanese literary work "The Tale of Genji."
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E.
Aishō
Aishō is a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural character and historical sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deaf character
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
2006 film Babel
NERFINISHED
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Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGenre |
drama
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multi-narrative film ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guillermo Arriaga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Babel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Wataya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Babel (2006 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Chieko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDisability | deafness ⓘ |
| hasFather | Yasujiro Wataya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
emotionally vulnerable
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lonely ⓘ rebellious ⓘ socially isolated ⓘ |
| isDeaf | true ⓘ |
| language | Japanese Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeArc |
coping with her mother’s death
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seeking intimacy and recognition ⓘ struggling to communicate with her father ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | parallel protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotionally intense storyline in Babel
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portrayal of deafness in mainstream cinema ⓘ |
| partOf | Babel narrative structure ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rinko Kikuchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyFunction | central storyline ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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communication ⓘ grief ⓘ isolation ⓘ search for connection ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chieko Wataya in Babel Description of subject: Chieko Wataya is a deaf Japanese teenage girl in the film "Babel," whose emotional struggles and search for connection form one of the movie’s central storylines.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yuriko Kikuchi