Haohmaru
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Haohmaru is the sake-loving wandering swordsman and primary protagonist of SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his powerful katana-based attacks and straightforward, aggressive fighting style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haohmaru canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8552155 — 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: Haohmaru Context triple: [Samurai Shodown, notableCharacter, Haohmaru]
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A.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
Nandaimon
Nandaimon is the grand southern main gate of Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its monumental wooden structure and guardian statues.
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C.
Hannō
Hannō is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and commuter town within the Greater Tokyo area.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Mesharu
Mesharu is a minor Mesopotamian deity associated with justice and righteousness, traditionally regarded as a child of the sun god Shamash.
- 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: Haohmaru Target entity description: Haohmaru is the sake-loving wandering swordsman and primary protagonist of SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his powerful katana-based attacks and straightforward, aggressive fighting style.
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A.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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B.
Nandaimon
Nandaimon is the grand southern main gate of Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan, renowned for its monumental wooden structure and guardian statues.
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C.
Hannō
Hannō is a suburban city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and commuter town within the Greater Tokyo area.
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D.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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E.
Mesharu
Mesharu is a minor Mesopotamian deity associated with justice and righteousness, traditionally regarded as a child of the sun god Shamash.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Samurai Shodown character
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fictional character ⓘ video game character ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| ally |
Galford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nakoruru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Capcom vs. SNK 2
NERFINISHED
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NeoGeo Battle Coliseum NERFINISHED ⓘ SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown (2019 video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown II NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown III NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown V NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Samurai Shodown! 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlDifficulty | beginner-friendly ⓘ |
| creator | SNK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalEra | feudal Japan ⓘ |
| fightingStyle |
aggressive
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straightforward ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| franchise | Samurai Shodown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameMechanic | focus on strong slashes and high damage ⓘ |
| gameplayType | power-based character ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| likes |
fighting strong opponents
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sake ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableTrait | sake-loving ⓘ |
| occupation | wandering swordsman ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brash
ⓘ
honorable ⓘ hot-blooded ⓘ |
| rival | Genjuro Kibagami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| seriesDebut | Samurai Shodown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesRole | primary protagonist of the Samurai Shodown series ⓘ |
| signatureMove |
Crescent Moon Slash
NERFINISHED
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Cyclone Slash NERFINISHED ⓘ Sake Bottle Toss NERFINISHED ⓘ Standing Heavy Slash ⓘ Uppercut Slash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weapon | katana ⓘ |
| weaponType | longsword ⓘ |
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: Haohmaru Description of subject: Haohmaru is the sake-loving wandering swordsman and primary protagonist of SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his powerful katana-based attacks and straightforward, aggressive fighting style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.