Homma
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Homma is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the military, arts, and sports.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1282038 — 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: Homma Context triple: [Masaharu Homma, familyName, Homma]
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A.
Sannomiya
Sannomiya is a major commercial and transportation hub in central Kobe, Japan, known for its shopping streets, nightlife, and role as the city’s downtown core.
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B.
Kumiai
Kumiai is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.
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C.
Kamitsumaki
Kamitsumaki is the first volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing on Shinto creation myths and the age of the gods.
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D.
Tatsuno
Tatsuno is a city in western Japan known for its traditional soy sauce production and historic townscape within Hyogo Prefecture.
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E.
Habikino
Habikino is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic kofun burial mounds and role within the Osaka metropolitan area.
- 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: Homma Target entity description: Homma is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the military, arts, and sports.
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A.
Sannomiya
Sannomiya is a major commercial and transportation hub in central Kobe, Japan, known for its shopping streets, nightlife, and role as the city’s downtown core.
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B.
Kumiai
Kumiai is an indigenous Yuman language spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.
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C.
Kamitsumaki
Kamitsumaki is the first volume of the ancient Japanese chronicle Kojiki, focusing on Shinto creation myths and the age of the gods.
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D.
Tatsuno
Tatsuno is a city in western Japan known for its traditional soy sauce production and historic townscape within Hyogo Prefecture.
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E.
Habikino
Habikino is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic kofun burial mounds and role within the Osaka metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese surname
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family name ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ |
| category | Japanese-language surnames ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1946 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Homma
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Homma ⓘ Homma ⓘ Homma ⓘ Homma ⓘ Homma ⓘ |
| givenName | Masaharu ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Honma ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Chiaki Homma
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Masaharu Homma NERFINISHED ⓘ Naoto Homma ⓘ Takashi Homma NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasujiro Homma ⓘ Yoshinobu Homma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Japanese invasion of the Philippines
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linked to:
Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
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| notableInField |
arts
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military ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| occupation |
figure skater
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film director ⓘ footballer ⓘ judoka ⓘ military officer ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Kanji ⓘ |
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: Homma Description of subject: Homma is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as the military, arts, and sports.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.