Toyotomi Hidetsugu
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Toyotomi Hidetsugu was a Japanese samurai and daimyo of the late Sengoku period who served as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s nephew and briefly his designated heir before being forced to commit seppuku.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toyotomi Hidetsugu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6946955 — 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: Toyotomi Hidetsugu Context triple: [Toyotomi clan, notableMember, Toyotomi Hidetsugu]
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A.
Toyotomi Hidenaga
Toyotomi Hidenaga was a prominent samurai commander and half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who played a key role in Japan’s unification during the late Sengoku period.
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B.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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C.
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Sengoku- and early Edo-period Japanese daimyō known for his military service under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi and for his deep involvement in the tea ceremony culture.
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D.
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari was a prominent late Sengoku-period samurai and daimyō who led the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu in the decisive Battle of Sekigahara, ultimately paving the way for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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E.
Katō Kiyomasa
Katō Kiyomasa was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō and military leader renowned for his fierce samurai discipline, castle-building expertise, and major role in Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasions of Korea.
- 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: Toyotomi Hidetsugu Target entity description: Toyotomi Hidetsugu was a Japanese samurai and daimyo of the late Sengoku period who served as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s nephew and briefly his designated heir before being forced to commit seppuku.
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A.
Toyotomi Hidenaga
Toyotomi Hidenaga was a prominent samurai commander and half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who played a key role in Japan’s unification during the late Sengoku period.
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B.
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu
Toyotomi Tsurumatsu was the short-lived son and heir of Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the late Sengoku period.
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C.
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Hosokawa Tadaoki was a Sengoku- and early Edo-period Japanese daimyō known for his military service under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi and for his deep involvement in the tea ceremony culture.
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D.
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari was a prominent late Sengoku-period samurai and daimyō who led the Western Army against Tokugawa Ieyasu in the decisive Battle of Sekigahara, ultimately paving the way for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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E.
Katō Kiyomasa
Katō Kiyomasa was a prominent Sengoku-period Japanese daimyō and military leader renowned for his fierce samurai discipline, castle-building expertise, and major role in Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasions of Korea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese samurai
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Sengoku period person ⓘ daimyo ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kyoto
NERFINISHED
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Toyotomi regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese daimyo
ⓘ
Samurai ⓘ Seppuku cases ⓘ Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Toyotomi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Sengoku period conflicts ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathCause | seppuku ⓘ |
| era |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
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late Sengoku period ⓘ |
| familyName | Toyotomi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | disgraced and ordered to commit seppuku by Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Hidetsugu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | forced suicide ⓘ |
| name | Toyotomi Hidetsugu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 豊臣 秀次 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleRank | Kugyo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s designated heir
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mass execution of his family and retainers after his death ⓘ |
| occupation |
daimyo
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samurai ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | head of Toyotomi clan in Hideyoshi’s stead ⓘ |
| position |
Kampaku
NERFINISHED
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regent of Japan ⓘ |
| relative | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
court noble
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military leader ⓘ |
| succession | designated successor to Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ |
| title | Kampaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uncle | Toyotomi Hideyoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDesignatedHeirOf | Toyotomi Hideyoshi 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: Toyotomi Hidetsugu Description of subject: Toyotomi Hidetsugu was a Japanese samurai and daimyo of the late Sengoku period who served as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s nephew and briefly his designated heir before being forced to commit seppuku.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.