Yodo (Kyoto region)
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Yodo (Kyoto region) is a historical area in southern Kyoto, Japan, known for its strategic location along the Yodo River and its association with the late Sengoku-period figure Yodo-dono.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yodo (Kyoto region) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8837622 — 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: Yodo (Kyoto region) Context triple: [Yodo-dono, associatedWithLocation, Yodo (Kyoto region)]
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Yasu, Shiga
Yasu, Shiga is a city in central Japan known for its location in Shiga Prefecture near Lake Biwa and its blend of residential areas, agriculture, and light industry.
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B.
Toyosato, Shiga
Toyosato, Shiga is a small Japanese town known for its historic elementary school building and rural setting within Shiga Prefecture.
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Yoshida, Niigata
Yoshida, Niigata is a town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known as a local administrative and residential center on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
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Otsu, Shiga
Otsu, Shiga is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture in Japan, known for its location on the southwestern shore of Lake Biwa and its historic temples and cultural sites.
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E.
Kameoka
Kameoka is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural landscapes, historical sites, and proximity to Kyoto.
- 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: Yodo (Kyoto region) Target entity description: Yodo (Kyoto region) is a historical area in southern Kyoto, Japan, known for its strategic location along the Yodo River and its association with the late Sengoku-period figure Yodo-dono.
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A.
Yasu, Shiga
Yasu, Shiga is a city in central Japan known for its location in Shiga Prefecture near Lake Biwa and its blend of residential areas, agriculture, and light industry.
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B.
Toyosato, Shiga
Toyosato, Shiga is a small Japanese town known for its historic elementary school building and rural setting within Shiga Prefecture.
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C.
Yoshida, Niigata
Yoshida, Niigata is a town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, known as a local administrative and residential center on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
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D.
Otsu, Shiga
Otsu, Shiga is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture in Japan, known for its location on the southwestern shore of Lake Biwa and its historic temples and cultural sites.
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E.
Kameoka
Kameoka is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural landscapes, historical sites, and proximity to Kyoto.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
historical area ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Toyotomi clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yodo-dono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | yes ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFigure | Yodo-dono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | link between Kyoto and Osaka via river traffic ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | derived from Yodo River ⓘ |
| hasSettlement | Yodo district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicLocation | yes ⓘ |
| hasTopography | river plain ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
military strategic point
ⓘ
transportation hub along the Yodo River ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Yodo-dono
ⓘ
strategic location along the Yodo River ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kyoto City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ southern Kyoto ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Yodo River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Fushimi area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Kinai region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentIn | Kyoto urban area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | riverside area ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Yodo River system ⓘ |
| transportRoute | Yodo River waterway 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: Yodo (Kyoto region) Description of subject: Yodo (Kyoto region) is a historical area in southern Kyoto, Japan, known for its strategic location along the Yodo River and its association with the late Sengoku-period figure Yodo-dono.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.