Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
E272359
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kokusai Koku Kogyo | 2 |
| Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2490560 — 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: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. Context triple: [Kokusai Ki-59, manufacturer, Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.]
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A.
Nippon Electric Company
Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
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B.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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C.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
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D.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known globally by its brand name Panasonic, is a major Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer and technology company.
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E.
Nikkei Inc.
Nikkei Inc. is a major Japanese media and financial information company best known for publishing the Nikkei newspaper and owning the Financial Times.
- 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: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. Target entity description: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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A.
Nippon Electric Company
Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
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B.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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C.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
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D.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known globally by its brand name Panasonic, is a major Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer and technology company.
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E.
Nikkei Inc.
Nikkei Inc. is a major Japanese media and financial information company best known for publishing the Nikkei newspaper and owning the Financial Times.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft manufacturer
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defunct company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kokusai
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Kokusai Aircraft Company ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| focus |
glider aircraft
ⓘ
liaison aircraft ⓘ light transport aircraft ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Imperial Japan ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace industry
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defense industry ⓘ |
| notableAircraftRole |
army cooperation aircraft
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short-range transport aircraft ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
World War II
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pre–World War II period ⓘ |
| primaryCustomer | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| produced |
military aircraft
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transport aircraft ⓘ |
| producedAircraftModel |
Kokusai Ki-59
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Kokusai Ki-76 ⓘ Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru ⓘ Kokusai Ku-8 ⓘ Kokusai Ta-Go ⓘ |
| productType |
fixed-wing aircraft
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military gliders ⓘ |
| role | supplier of aircraft to Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ |
| servedBranch | Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ |
| status | no longer in operation ⓘ |
| usedFor |
liaison duties
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training ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
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: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. Description of subject: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
linked to: Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.