Empress Jingū
E207064
Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Empress Jingū canonical | 10 |
| regent (Empress Jingū, traditional) | 1 |
| semi-legendary Empress Jingū | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1644767 — 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: Empress Jingū Context triple: [Hachiman, associatedWith, Empress Jingū]
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A.
Empress Kōjun
Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.
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B.
Empress Genmei
Empress Genmei was an early 8th-century Japanese empress known for commissioning the compilation of foundational texts like the Kojiki and for relocating the capital to Heijō-kyō (Nara).
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C.
Empress Teimei
Empress Teimei was the consort of Emperor Taishō of Japan and served as empress during the early 20th century, a period marked by Japan’s modernization and involvement in World War I.
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D.
Empress Shōken
Empress Shōken was the principal consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan and a prominent imperial figure known for her support of social welfare and the Red Cross during the Meiji era.
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E.
Empress Michiko
Empress Michiko is the former Empress consort of Japan, renowned as the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family and for her widespread popularity and humanitarian work.
- 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: Empress Jingū Target entity description: Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
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A.
Empress Kōjun
Empress Kōjun was the longtime consort of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Akihito, serving as Japan’s empress during much of the Shōwa era.
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B.
Empress Genmei
Empress Genmei was an early 8th-century Japanese empress known for commissioning the compilation of foundational texts like the Kojiki and for relocating the capital to Heijō-kyō (Nara).
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C.
Empress Teimei
Empress Teimei was the consort of Emperor Taishō of Japan and served as empress during the early 20th century, a period marked by Japan’s modernization and involvement in World War I.
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D.
Empress Shōken
Empress Shōken was the principal consort of Emperor Meiji of Japan and a prominent imperial figure known for her support of social welfare and the Red Cross during the Meiji era.
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E.
Empress Michiko
Empress Michiko is the former Empress consort of Japan, renowned as the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family and for her widespread popularity and humanitarian work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
ⓘ
legendary Japanese empress ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ regent of Japan ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imperial House of Japan
ⓘ
Yamato court ⓘ |
| category |
Deified Japanese people
ⓘ
Japanese mythology ⓘ Legendary Japanese people ⓘ Women in mythology ⓘ |
| child | Emperor Ōjin ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Japanese cultural and historical narratives ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Hakozaki-gū Shrine
ⓘ
linked to:
Kashii-gū Shrine
Kashii-gū Shrine ⓘ |
| describedAs |
legendary consort and regent
ⓘ
semi-legendary empress ⓘ |
| era |
Kofun period (traditional chronology)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kofun period
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| historicity |
considered legendary by modern historians
ⓘ
disputed ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Empress ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being pregnant during her regency in legend
ⓘ
leading a military expedition to Korea in legend ⓘ serving as regent after Emperor Chūai’s death ⓘ supposed conquest of the Korean peninsula ⓘ |
| linkedTo | early Japanese-Korean relations in myth ⓘ |
| motherOf | Emperor Ōjin ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent |
invasion of Silla
ⓘ
subjugation of Korean kingdoms ⓘ |
| posthumousName |
Jingū Kōgō
ⓘ
linked to:
Kōgō
|
| regencyFor |
Emperor Ōjin
ⓘ
unborn heir of Emperor Chūai ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| representedBy | statues at various Shinto shrines ⓘ |
| role |
consort
ⓘ
regent ⓘ |
| spouse | Emperor Chūai ⓘ |
| titleInSources |
kōgō (empress consort)
ⓘ
sesshō (regent) ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Shinto ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | kami ⓘ |
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: Empress Jingū Description of subject: Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Empress Jingū
subject linked to:
Kashii-gū Shrine
subject linked to:
Kashii-gū Shrine
subject linked to:
Kashii-gū Shrine
subject linked to:
Kashii-gū Shrine
linked to: Empress Jingū