Yanagihara Naruko
E133902
Yanagihara Naruko was a Japanese noblewoman and concubine of Emperor Meiji, best known as the mother of Emperor Taishō.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yanagihara Naruko canonical | 1 |
| Yanagiwara Naruko | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855593 — 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: Yanagihara Naruko Context triple: [Emperor Taishō, mother, Yanagihara Naruko]
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A.
Itō Sukeyuki
Itō Sukeyuki was a Japanese admiral who became prominent as a leading naval commander during Japan’s early modern wars and the country’s rise as a maritime power.
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B.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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C.
Ueki Emori
Ueki Emori was a prominent Japanese political activist and thinker of the Meiji era, known for his influential advocacy of liberal democracy and civil rights.
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D.
Nagako Kuni
Nagako Kuni, later known as Empress Kōjun, was the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the longest-serving empress consort in Japanese history.
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E.
Naoko Mori
Naoko Mori is a Japanese-born British actress best known for her roles in the TV series "Torchwood" and the musical "Miss Saigon."
- 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: Yanagihara Naruko Target entity description: Yanagihara Naruko was a Japanese noblewoman and concubine of Emperor Meiji, best known as the mother of Emperor Taishō.
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A.
Itō Sukeyuki
Itō Sukeyuki was a Japanese admiral who became prominent as a leading naval commander during Japan’s early modern wars and the country’s rise as a maritime power.
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B.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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C.
Ueki Emori
Ueki Emori was a prominent Japanese political activist and thinker of the Meiji era, known for his influential advocacy of liberal democracy and civil rights.
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D.
Nagako Kuni
Nagako Kuni, later known as Empress Kōjun, was the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the longest-serving empress consort in Japanese history.
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E.
Naoko Mori
Naoko Mori is a Japanese-born British actress best known for her roles in the TV series "Torchwood" and the musical "Miss Saigon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese noblewoman
ⓘ
concubine ⓘ human ⓘ |
| child | Emperor Taishō ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a concubine of Emperor Meiji
ⓘ
being the mother of Emperor Taishō ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Yanagihara family
ⓘ
linked to:
Iwakura family
|
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | court lady ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Emperor Meiji
ⓘ
Emperor Taishō ⓘ |
| notableWork | mother of Emperor Taishō ⓘ |
| occupation | noblewoman ⓘ |
| partner | Emperor Meiji ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japanese Imperial Court
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
|
| placeOfActivity | Japan ⓘ |
| positionHeld | concubine of Emperor Meiji ⓘ |
| residence |
Imperial Court of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
Tokyo ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Emperor Meiji ⓘ |
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: Yanagihara Naruko Description of subject: Yanagihara Naruko was a Japanese noblewoman and concubine of Emperor Meiji, best known as the mother of Emperor Taishō.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.