Shirakawa
E526939
Shirakawa is the posthumous name of a Japanese emperor of the late Heian period known for consolidating cloistered rule and strengthening imperial authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shirakawa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4419519 — 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: Shirakawa Context triple: [Emperor Shirakawa, posthumousName, Shirakawa]
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A.
Shirakawa area
The Shirakawa area is a picturesque, historic riverside quarter in Kyoto’s Gion district, known for its traditional wooden machiya houses, stone-paved lanes, and cherry tree–lined canal.
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B.
Semboku
Semboku is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic samurai district in Kakunodate and scenic Lake Tazawa.
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Kyotanabe
Kyotanabe is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential suburbs, educational institutions, and location within the Kansai region.
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D.
Fujikawaguchiko
Fujikawaguchiko is a Japanese resort town in Yamanashi Prefecture known for its views of Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi, hot springs, and access to Fuji Five Lakes.
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E.
Maishima
Maishima is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and waterfront recreational areas.
- 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: Shirakawa Target entity description: Shirakawa is the posthumous name of a Japanese emperor of the late Heian period known for consolidating cloistered rule and strengthening imperial authority.
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A.
Shirakawa area
The Shirakawa area is a picturesque, historic riverside quarter in Kyoto’s Gion district, known for its traditional wooden machiya houses, stone-paved lanes, and cherry tree–lined canal.
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B.
Semboku
Semboku is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic samurai district in Kakunodate and scenic Lake Tazawa.
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C.
Kyotanabe
Kyotanabe is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its residential suburbs, educational institutions, and location within the Kansai region.
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D.
Fujikawaguchiko
Fujikawaguchiko is a Japanese resort town in Yamanashi Prefecture known for its views of Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi, hot springs, and access to Fuji Five Lakes.
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E.
Maishima
Maishima is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known for its sports facilities, event venues, and waterfront recreational areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heian-period emperor
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Japanese emperor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1053-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1053 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Shirakawa no misasagi ⓘ |
| child |
Emperor Horikawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emperor Toba NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Tokushi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1129-07-24 ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1129 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Heian period ⓘ |
| eraNameUsed |
Chōji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Eichō NERFINISHED ⓘ Eihō NERFINISHED ⓘ Jōhō NERFINISHED ⓘ Jōryaku NERFINISHED ⓘ Jōtoku NERFINISHED ⓘ Kahō NERFINISHED ⓘ Kajō NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanji ⓘ Kōwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten'ei NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōtoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Go-Sanjō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Sadahito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidating cloistered rule
ⓘ
strengthening imperial authority ⓘ |
| language | Classical Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Fujiwara no Moshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Fujiwara clan (through maternal line) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePolicy | establishment of insei (cloistered rule) ⓘ |
| personalName | Shirakawa-tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postAbdicationRole | cloistered emperor ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Shirakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Go-Sanjō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalName | Emperor Shirakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1087 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1073 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| residence | Heian-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Fujiwara no Kenshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Horikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Shirakawa Description of subject: Shirakawa is the posthumous name of a Japanese emperor of the late Heian period known for consolidating cloistered rule and strengthening imperial authority.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.