Oda Nobunaga
E164137
Oda Nobunaga was a powerful 16th-century Japanese daimyo who initiated the unification of Japan through military conquest and political innovation during the Sengoku period.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oda Nobunaga canonical | 116 |
| Nobunaga | 3 |
| Oda Nobunaga (role) | 1 |
| Oda Nobunaga expanded influence in central Japan | 1 |
| 織田信長 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1371328 — 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: Oda Nobunaga Context triple: [Toyotomi Hideyoshi, servedUnder, Oda Nobunaga]
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A.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a preeminent 16th-century Japanese daimyo and military leader who unified Japan after a long period of civil war and laid the foundations for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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B.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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C.
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate, establishing the country’s first military government in the late 12th century.
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D.
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori was a powerful 12th-century Japanese warlord and head of the Taira clan who briefly established samurai dominance over the imperial court, setting the stage for the rise of military rule in Japan.
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E.
Katō Tomosaburō
Katō Tomosaburō was a prominent early 20th-century Japanese naval officer and statesman who rose to become a leading admiral and later served as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 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: Oda Nobunaga Target entity description: Oda Nobunaga was a powerful 16th-century Japanese daimyo who initiated the unification of Japan through military conquest and political innovation during the Sengoku period.
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A.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a preeminent 16th-century Japanese daimyo and military leader who unified Japan after a long period of civil war and laid the foundations for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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B.
Ugaki Kazushige
Ugaki Kazushige was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a prominent imperial administrator during Japan’s pre-World War II expansion.
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C.
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and first shogun of Japan’s Kamakura shogunate, establishing the country’s first military government in the late 12th century.
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D.
Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori was a powerful 12th-century Japanese warlord and head of the Taira clan who briefly established samurai dominance over the imperial court, setting the stage for the rise of military rule in Japan.
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E.
Katō Tomosaburō
Katō Tomosaburō was a prominent early 20th-century Japanese naval officer and statesman who rose to become a leading admiral and later served as Prime Minister of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oda Nobunaga Description of subject: Oda Nobunaga was a powerful 16th-century Japanese daimyo who initiated the unification of Japan through military conquest and political innovation during the Sengoku period.
Referenced by (122)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Hieizan Enryaku-ji temple complex