Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture
E597574
Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture is a city in Japan known for hosting major military installations, including a key Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base and U.S. Army facilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camp Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | 1 |
| Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6468282 — 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: Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture Context triple: [Central Readiness Force, garrison, Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture]
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A.
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture is a small coastal city in Japan known for its sandy beaches, residential character, and proximity to both Kamakura and central Tokyo.
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B.
Ōiso, Kanagawa
Ōiso, Kanagawa is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known as a historic seaside resort and former retreat for prominent political figures such as Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
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C.
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Atsugi, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a city in the Greater Tokyo area known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and technology-related offices.
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D.
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a major industrial and residential city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, situated between Tokyo and Yokohama along the Tama River.
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E.
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan is a coastal region on central Honshu known for Mount Fuji, green tea production, and its scenic Pacific shoreline.
- 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: Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture Target entity description: Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture is a city in Japan known for hosting major military installations, including a key Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base and U.S. Army facilities.
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A.
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture is a small coastal city in Japan known for its sandy beaches, residential character, and proximity to both Kamakura and central Tokyo.
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B.
Ōiso, Kanagawa
Ōiso, Kanagawa is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, known as a historic seaside resort and former retreat for prominent political figures such as Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
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C.
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Atsugi, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is a city in the Greater Tokyo area known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, industrial facilities, and technology-related offices.
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D.
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a major industrial and residential city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, situated between Tokyo and Yokohama along the Tama River.
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E.
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan is a coastal region on central Honshu known for Mount Fuji, green tea production, and its scenic Pacific shoreline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality of Japan ⓘ |
| climate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | Japanese yen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drivingSide | left ⓘ |
| governmentType | mayor–council form ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
military-related services
ⓘ
services sector ⓘ |
| hasEducationSystem | Japanese public school system ⓘ |
| hasEmergencyServices |
ambulance services
ⓘ
fire department ⓘ police ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
hospitals
ⓘ
parks ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| hasFunction | residential area for commuters to Tokyo ⓘ |
| hasHigherLevelAdministration | Government of Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocalGovernment | Zama city government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryInstallation |
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base
ⓘ
U.S. Army facilities ⓘ |
| hasNationalAdministration | Government of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | urban population density ⓘ |
| hasPostalSystem | Japanese postal system ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
railway connections
ⓘ
road network ⓘ |
| hosts | Camp Zama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force presence
ⓘ
U.S. Army presence ⓘ major military installations ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kanagawa Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kantō region ⓘ eastern Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Sagamihara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokohama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Honshu ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Tokyo Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| telephoneCallingCode | Japanese domestic area code system ⓘ |
| timeZone | Japan Standard Time ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +9 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Japanese writing system ⓘ |
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: Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture Description of subject: Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture is a city in Japan known for hosting major military installations, including a key Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base and U.S. Army facilities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Central Readiness Force
this entity surface form:
Camp Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan