Empress Jitō
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Empress Jitō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign of the Asuka period known for consolidating imperial authority and overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Empress Jitō canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8182741 — 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: Empress Jitō Context triple: [Empress Genmei, mother, Empress Jitō]
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Empress Suiko
Empress Suiko was Japan’s first recorded empress regnant, known for promoting Buddhism and centralizing imperial authority during the Asuka period.
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Empress Nara
Empress Nara was a Qing dynasty empress consort of the Qianlong Emperor, known for her mysterious fall from favor and the subsequent erasure of her status from official records.
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Empress Jingū
Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
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Empress Genmei
Empress Genmei was an early 8th-century Japanese empress known for commissioning the compilation of foundational texts like the Kojiki and for relocating the capital to Heijō-kyō (Nara).
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E.
Empress Kōjun
Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.
- 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: Empress Jitō Target entity description: Empress Jitō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign of the Asuka period known for consolidating imperial authority and overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.
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A.
Empress Suiko
Empress Suiko was Japan’s first recorded empress regnant, known for promoting Buddhism and centralizing imperial authority during the Asuka period.
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B.
Empress Nara
Empress Nara was a Qing dynasty empress consort of the Qianlong Emperor, known for her mysterious fall from favor and the subsequent erasure of her status from official records.
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C.
Empress Jingū
Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
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D.
Empress Genmei
Empress Genmei was an early 8th-century Japanese empress known for commissioning the compilation of foundational texts like the Kojiki and for relocating the capital to Heijō-kyō (Nara).
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E.
Empress Kōjun
Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese empress
ⓘ
human ⓘ sovereign of Japan ⓘ |
| abdicationYear | 697 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | development of Fujiwara-kyō as Japan’s first full-scale planned capital ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Kaga no oka no e no misasagi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalMovedTo | Fujiwara-kyō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalRelocation | Asuka-kyō to Fujiwara-kyō ⓘ |
| child | Emperor Monmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | 41st monarch of Japan according to traditional order ⓘ |
| coRuledWith | Prince Kusakabe (as crown prince and designated heir) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| dynasty | Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Asuka period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early 8th century Japan ⓘ late 7th century Japan ⓘ |
| father | Emperor Tenji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Uno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | ritsuryō state ⓘ |
| house | Imperial House of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidation of imperial authority
ⓘ
continuing the reforms of the Asuka period ⓘ overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō ⓘ |
| language | Old Japanese ⓘ |
| mother | Soga no Ochi-no-iratsume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policy | strengthening centralized imperial rule ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Empress of Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sovereign of the Yamato court ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Jitō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Tenmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorInOffice | Emperor Tenmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 697 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 686 ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| spouse | Emperor Tenmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleOfAddress | Tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Monmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorDesignated | Emperor Monmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorInOffice | Emperor Monmu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Daijō Tennō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Empress Jitō Description of subject: Empress Jitō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign of the Asuka period known for consolidating imperial authority and overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.