Shimane Prefecture
E618513
Shimane Prefecture is a largely rural coastal prefecture in western Honshu, Japan, known for its historic Izumo Taisha shrine, scenic Sea of Japan coastline, and rich cultural heritage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shimane Prefecture canonical | 3 |
| Shimane Prefecture (historically) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1769356 — 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: Shimane Prefecture Context triple: [Chūgoku region, containsAdministrativeDivision, Shimane Prefecture]
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A.
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture is a western Japanese prefecture on the island of Honshu, known for its strategic location facing both the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, as well as its historical role in producing influential political leaders.
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B.
Tottori Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture is a rural coastal region in western Japan known for its vast sand dunes, scenic Sea of Japan coastline, and low population.
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C.
Ishikawa Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture is a region on Japan’s central Honshu island, known for its historic castle town Kanazawa, traditional crafts, and scenic coastline along the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Shiga Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture in central Japan known for encompassing Lake Biwa, the country’s largest freshwater lake, and for its historical towns and proximity to Kyoto in the Kansai region.
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E.
Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture is a coastal region in Japan’s Chūbu area known for its rugged Sea of Japan shoreline, rich history, and significant dinosaur fossil discoveries.
- 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: Shimane Prefecture Target entity description: Shimane Prefecture is a largely rural coastal prefecture in western Honshu, Japan, known for its historic Izumo Taisha shrine, scenic Sea of Japan coastline, and rich cultural heritage.
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A.
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture is a western Japanese prefecture on the island of Honshu, known for its strategic location facing both the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, as well as its historical role in producing influential political leaders.
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B.
Tottori Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture is a rural coastal region in western Japan known for its vast sand dunes, scenic Sea of Japan coastline, and low population.
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C.
Ishikawa Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture is a region on Japan’s central Honshu island, known for its historic castle town Kanazawa, traditional crafts, and scenic coastline along the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Shiga Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture in central Japan known for encompassing Lake Biwa, the country’s largest freshwater lake, and for its historical towns and proximity to Kyoto in the Kansai region.
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E.
Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture is a coastal region in Japan’s Chūbu area known for its rugged Sea of Japan shoreline, rich history, and significant dinosaur fossil discoveries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto shrine
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ prefecture of Japan ⓘ traditional performing art ⓘ |
| borders |
Hiroshima Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tottori Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Matsue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coastlineOn | Sea of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| governedBy | Governor of Shimane Prefecture ⓘ |
| hasAirport |
Iwami Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Izumo Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBodyOfWater |
Lake Shinji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nakaumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalProperty | Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamousShrine | Izumo Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSite | Matsue Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIslandGroup | Oki Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegislature | Shimane Prefectural Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Hamada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Izumo NERFINISHED ⓘ Masuda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Shimane prefectural bird
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Shimane prefectural flower ⓘ Shimane prefectural tree ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalCraft | Iwami Kagura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Chūgoku region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic Izumo Taisha shrine
ⓘ
mythology-related sites ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ rural landscapes ⓘ scenic Sea of Japan coastline ⓘ |
| largestCity | Matsue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Matsue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Sea of Japan coast ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| practicedIn | Shimane Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | largely rural ⓘ |
| 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: Shimane Prefecture Description of subject: Shimane Prefecture is a largely rural coastal prefecture in western Honshu, Japan, known for its historic Izumo Taisha shrine, scenic Sea of Japan coastline, and rich cultural heritage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yamaguchi Prefecture
this entity surface form:
Shimane Prefecture (historically)