Koshihikari rice
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Koshihikari rice is a premium, short-grain Japanese rice variety prized for its sweetness, fragrance, and sticky yet tender texture, widely regarded as one of Japan’s finest table rices.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Koshihikari rice canonical | 3 |
| Koshihikari rice (later associated with the region) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14690565 — 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: Koshihikari rice Context triple: [Niigata Prefecture, knownFor, Koshihikari rice]
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A.
Akita Komachi rice
Akita Komachi rice is a premium Japanese short-grain rice variety from Akita renowned for its excellent taste, glossy appearance, and ideal texture for dishes like sushi and everyday meals.
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B.
Rice
Rice is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
IR64 rice variety
IR64 rice variety is a high-yielding, widely cultivated indica rice cultivar known for its good grain quality, disease resistance, and major impact on food security in Asia.
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D.
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa is the domesticated Asian rice species that serves as a staple food crop for over half of the world’s population.
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E.
IR36 rice variety
IR36 rice variety is a high-yielding, early-maturing, and pest-resistant rice cultivar that became one of the world’s most widely planted “Green Revolution” rice varieties.
- 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: Koshihikari rice Target entity description: Koshihikari rice is a premium, short-grain Japanese rice variety prized for its sweetness, fragrance, and sticky yet tender texture, widely regarded as one of Japan’s finest table rices.
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A.
Akita Komachi rice
Akita Komachi rice is a premium Japanese short-grain rice variety from Akita renowned for its excellent taste, glossy appearance, and ideal texture for dishes like sushi and everyday meals.
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B.
Rice
Rice is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
IR64 rice variety
IR64 rice variety is a high-yielding, widely cultivated indica rice cultivar known for its good grain quality, disease resistance, and major impact on food security in Asia.
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D.
Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa is the domesticated Asian rice species that serves as a staple food crop for over half of the world’s population.
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E.
IR36 rice variety
IR36 rice variety is a high-yielding, early-maturing, and pest-resistant rice cultivar that became one of the world’s most widely planted “Green Revolution” rice varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.