Hinokuma Hamanari
E234492
Hinokuma Hamanari was a legendary figure in early Japanese history credited with helping establish the famous Buddhist temple Sensō-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hinokuma Hamanari canonical | 5 |
| Hinokuma Takenari | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2104877 — 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: Hinokuma Hamanari Context triple: [Senso-ji, foundedBy, Hinokuma Hamanari]
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A.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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B.
Yamatokoriyama
Yamatokoriyama is a Japanese city in Nara Prefecture known for its historic Koriyama Castle and traditional goldfish breeding industry.
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C.
Namba Marui
Namba Marui is a major Marui department store and shopping complex located in Osaka’s bustling Namba district, known for its fashion, dining, and entertainment options.
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D.
Takachiho
Takachiho is a town in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, famed in mythology as a sacred site of the Japanese creation legends and early imperial origins.
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E.
Shunpanrō
Shunpanrō is a historic inn in Shimonoseki, Japan, best known as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War was signed.
- 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: Hinokuma Hamanari Target entity description: Hinokuma Hamanari was a legendary figure in early Japanese history credited with helping establish the famous Buddhist temple Sensō-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo.
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A.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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B.
Yamatokoriyama
Yamatokoriyama is a Japanese city in Nara Prefecture known for its historic Koriyama Castle and traditional goldfish breeding industry.
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C.
Namba Marui
Namba Marui is a major Marui department store and shopping complex located in Osaka’s bustling Namba district, known for its fashion, dining, and entertainment options.
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D.
Takachiho
Takachiho is a town in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, famed in mythology as a sacred site of the Japanese creation legends and early imperial origins.
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E.
Shunpanrō
Shunpanrō is a historic inn in Shimonoseki, Japan, best known as the site where the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War was signed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary figure
ⓘ
person in Japanese history ⓘ |
| associatedReligion |
Buddhism in Japan
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linked to:
Japanese Buddhism
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| associatedWith |
Asakusa Kannon legend
ⓘ
Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | legendary ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| nameScript | kanji ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the founding of Sensō-ji
ⓘ
role in early Japanese Buddhist legend ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Asakusa
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| region | Kantō region ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Buddhist temple foundation legend ⓘ |
| roleInLegend | helper in establishing Sensō-ji ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Japanese history ⓘ |
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: Hinokuma Hamanari Description of subject: Hinokuma Hamanari was a legendary figure in early Japanese history credited with helping establish the famous Buddhist temple Sensō-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.