Beppu Shinsuke
E167849
Beppu Shinsuke was a samurai and military leader who played a prominent role as one of the key figures in Saigō Takamori’s forces during the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government in 1877.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beppu Shinsuke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T837989 — 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: Beppu Shinsuke Context triple: [Satsuma Rebellion, commander, Beppu Shinsuke]
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A.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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B.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
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C.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Isogai Rensuke
Isogai Rensuke was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including at major engagements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang.
- 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: Beppu Shinsuke Target entity description: Beppu Shinsuke was a samurai and military leader who played a prominent role as one of the key figures in Saigō Takamori’s forces during the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government in 1877.
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A.
Gotō Shinpei
Gotō Shinpei was a prominent Japanese statesman and colonial administrator known for modernizing Taiwan’s infrastructure and governance during early Japanese rule and later serving in top government posts in Japan.
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B.
Ozaki Yukio
Ozaki Yukio was a prominent Japanese liberal politician and statesman, often called the "father of the Japanese Constitution," known for championing democracy and civil rights in the Meiji and Taishō eras.
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C.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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D.
Andō Rikichi
Andō Rikichi was a Japanese military officer and colonial administrator who served in prominent leadership roles in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
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E.
Isogai Rensuke
Isogai Rensuke was an Imperial Japanese Army general who commanded forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including at major engagements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
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military leader ⓘ samurai ⓘ |
| activePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Satsuma domain
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linked to:
Kagoshima Domain
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| armedWith | traditional samurai weapons ⓘ |
| associatedWith | samurai resistance to Meiji reforms ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in action in the Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese ⓘ |
| foughtIn |
Battlefields of the Satsuma Rebellion
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linked to:
Satsuma Rebellion
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from Tokugawa shogunate to Meiji era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of samurai resistance to modernization ⓘ |
| ideology | loyalty to Saigō Takamori ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership in the Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ |
| opposed |
Meiji government
ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji oligarchy
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| opposedReform | centralization of power under Meiji government ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | key figure in Saigō Takamori’s forces ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Saigō Takamori ⓘ |
| socialClass | samurai class ⓘ |
| supported | Saigō Takamori ⓘ |
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: Beppu Shinsuke Description of subject: Beppu Shinsuke was a samurai and military leader who played a prominent role as one of the key figures in Saigō Takamori’s forces during the Satsuma Rebellion against the Meiji government in 1877.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.