Saga Genji
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Saga Genji was a distinguished samurai lineage descended from the imperial Saga line that formed an important branch of the Minamoto clan in Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saga Genji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7996799 — 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: Saga Genji Context triple: [Minamoto clan, notableBranch, Saga Genji]
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A.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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B.
Genji
Genji is the Japanese era name (nengō) that marked a specific period of Emperor Kōmei’s reign in the late Edo period.
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C.
Genji
Genji is a cybernetic ninja hero from Blizzard's Overwatch franchise, known for his agility, shuriken attacks, and deflecting abilities.
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D.
Kaga Hyakumangoku
Kaga Hyakumangoku refers to the historical wealth and prosperity of Japan’s Kaga Domain, famed for its rich culture, powerful feudal lords, and flourishing arts and crafts.
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E.
Hatsuhime
Hatsuhime was a Japanese princess of the early Edo period, known as a daughter of shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and a member of the Tokugawa shogunate’s ruling family.
- 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: Saga Genji Target entity description: Saga Genji was a distinguished samurai lineage descended from the imperial Saga line that formed an important branch of the Minamoto clan in Japan.
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A.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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B.
Genji
Genji is the Japanese era name (nengō) that marked a specific period of Emperor Kōmei’s reign in the late Edo period.
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C.
Genji
Genji is a cybernetic ninja hero from Blizzard's Overwatch franchise, known for his agility, shuriken attacks, and deflecting abilities.
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D.
Kaga Hyakumangoku
Kaga Hyakumangoku refers to the historical wealth and prosperity of Japan’s Kaga Domain, famed for its rich culture, powerful feudal lords, and flourishing arts and crafts.
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E.
Hatsuhime
Hatsuhime was a Japanese princess of the early Edo period, known as a daughter of shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and a member of the Tokugawa shogunate’s ruling family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lineage
ⓘ
samurai clan ⓘ |
| associatedWith | imperial court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Japanese clans
ⓘ
Minamoto clan branches ⓘ Samurai lineages ⓘ |
| clanSystem | uji system ⓘ |
| clanType | imperial-descended Minamoto branch ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | classical Japanese warrior aristocracy ⓘ |
| descendedFrom | Emperor Saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genealogicalType | agnatic lineage ⓘ |
| hasAncestralOrigin | Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | distinguished lineage ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBranchOf |
Genji (Minamoto) lineages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
imperial Saga line ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Emperor Saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | imperial descent legitimizing samurai status ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Minamoto clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | cadet branch of the imperial family ⓘ |
| practicedReligion | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedClan |
Murakami Genji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seiwa Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ Uda Genji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptOfName | kanji ⓘ |
| socialClass |
kuge aristocracy
ⓘ
samurai ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Shinto 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: Saga Genji Description of subject: Saga Genji was a distinguished samurai lineage descended from the imperial Saga line that formed an important branch of the Minamoto clan in Japan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.