Dainagon (Major Counsellor)
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Dainagon (Major Counsellor) was a high-ranking aristocratic office in Japan’s imperial court, serving as a senior advisor involved in state administration and policy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chūnagon (Middle Counsellor) | 1 |
| Dainagon (Major Counsellor) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7090957 — 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: Dainagon (Major Counsellor) Context triple: [Daijō-kan (Council of State of Japan), hasPosition, Dainagon (Major Counsellor)]
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A.
Daijō-daijin
Daijō-daijin was the highest ministerial post in Japan’s ancient imperial government, effectively serving as the head of the Daijō-kan (Great Council of State) under the ritsuryō system.
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B.
Rikugun Daijin
Rikugun Daijin was the title of the Japanese Army Minister, a key cabinet position overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
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C.
Sōri Daijin
Sōri Daijin is the Japanese term for the Prime Minister, the head of government and chief executive authority of Japan.
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D.
Dengyō Daishi
Dengyō Daishi, also known as Saichō, was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the early Heian period who established the influential Tendai school on Mount Hiei and helped shape the course of Japanese Buddhism.
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E.
Inari Daimyōjin
Inari Daimyōjin is a major Japanese kami associated primarily with rice, fertility, prosperity, and foxes, widely venerated at countless Shinto shrines across Japan.
- 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: Dainagon (Major Counsellor) Target entity description: Dainagon (Major Counsellor) was a high-ranking aristocratic office in Japan’s imperial court, serving as a senior advisor involved in state administration and policy.
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A.
Daijō-daijin
Daijō-daijin was the highest ministerial post in Japan’s ancient imperial government, effectively serving as the head of the Daijō-kan (Great Council of State) under the ritsuryō system.
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B.
Rikugun Daijin
Rikugun Daijin was the title of the Japanese Army Minister, a key cabinet position overseeing the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
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C.
Sōri Daijin
Sōri Daijin is the Japanese term for the Prime Minister, the head of government and chief executive authority of Japan.
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D.
Dengyō Daishi
Dengyō Daishi, also known as Saichō, was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the early Heian period who established the influential Tendai school on Mount Hiei and helped shape the course of Japanese Buddhism.
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E.
Inari Daimyōjin
Inari Daimyōjin is a major Japanese kami associated primarily with rice, fertility, prosperity, and foxes, widely venerated at countless Shinto shrines across Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocratic title
ⓘ
court office ⓘ government position ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Heian period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
classical Japanese court hierarchy ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Japanese aristocratic culture ⓘ |
| function |
deliberation on important state matters
ⓘ
participation in council meetings ⓘ supervision of certain administrative affairs ⓘ |
| governingBody | Daijō-kan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hierarchicalRank |
above Chūnagon
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below Naidaijin ⓘ below Sadaijin ⓘ below Udaijin ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-modern Japan ⓘ |
| historicalGovernmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key role in classical Japanese state administration ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Imperial Japanese state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | great counsellor ⓘ |
| partOf |
Daijō-kan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInGovernment | high-ranking counsellor ⓘ |
| powerType | advisory authority ⓘ |
| relatedPosition |
Chūnagon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naidaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ Udaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiredStatus | high-ranking aristocrat ⓘ |
| role |
advisor on public policy
ⓘ
advisor on state administration ⓘ assistance in decision-making of the Daijō-daijin ⓘ senior advisor to the emperor ⓘ |
| seatOfOffice | Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
court rank
ⓘ
noble lineage ⓘ |
| socialClass | kuge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
central government
ⓘ
imperial court politics ⓘ |
| status | senior court noble ⓘ |
| typeOfAdviser |
administrative counsellor
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political counsellor ⓘ |
| usedIn | Ritsuryō system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenInKanji | 大納言 ⓘ |
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: Dainagon (Major Counsellor) Description of subject: Dainagon (Major Counsellor) was a high-ranking aristocratic office in Japan’s imperial court, serving as a senior advisor involved in state administration and policy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chūnagon (Middle Counsellor)