Katō clan
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The Katō clan was a prominent samurai family of feudal Japan, best known for its powerful daimyō who ruled domains such as Higo during the Sengoku and early Edo periods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Katō clan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18224705 — 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: Katō clan Context triple: [Kumamoto Castle, builtFor, Katō clan]
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A.
Takeda clan
The Takeda clan was a powerful samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for its famed warlord Takeda Shingen and its military prowess in central Honshu.
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B.
Satake clan
The Satake clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan that rose to power in Hitachi Province and later ruled the Kubota Domain in Dewa during the Edo period.
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C.
Nagao clan
The Nagao clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as the original family of the famed warlord Uesugi Kenshin before his adoption into the Uesugi clan.
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D.
Ikeda clan
The Ikeda clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence as feudal lords (daimyō) during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- 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: Katō clan Target entity description: The Katō clan was a prominent samurai family of feudal Japan, best known for its powerful daimyō who ruled domains such as Higo during the Sengoku and early Edo periods.
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A.
Takeda clan
The Takeda clan was a powerful samurai family of Japan’s Sengoku period, best known for its famed warlord Takeda Shingen and its military prowess in central Honshu.
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B.
Satake clan
The Satake clan was a prominent samurai family of Japan that rose to power in Hitachi Province and later ruled the Kubota Domain in Dewa during the Edo period.
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C.
Nagao clan
The Nagao clan was a prominent samurai family in Japan’s Sengoku period, best known as the original family of the famed warlord Uesugi Kenshin before his adoption into the Uesugi clan.
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D.
Ikeda clan
The Ikeda clan was a powerful Japanese samurai family that rose to prominence as feudal lords (daimyō) during the Sengoku and Edo periods.
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E.
Maeda clan
The Maeda clan was a powerful samurai family of the Sengoku and Edo periods, best known as one of the wealthiest and most influential daimyo houses under the Tokugawa shogunate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.