Inari
E273856
Inari is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits in Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inari canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2524404 — 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: Inari Context triple: [Fushimi Inari Taisha, mainDeity, Inari]
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A.
Tikkakoski
Tikkakoski is a district in Jyväskylä, Finland, known for its military air base and role as a key center for the Finnish Air Force.
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B.
Taipale
Taipale is a locality in Finland historically notable as a major battleground during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
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C.
Raisio
Raisio is a town and municipality in southwestern Finland known for its industrial base and as the headquarters of the food company Raisio Group.
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D.
Kallio
Kallio is a Finnish surname most notably borne by Kyösti Kallio, who served as the fourth President of Finland.
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E.
Kainuu
Kainuu is a sparsely populated region in eastern Finland known for its forests, lakes, and traditional Finnish rural culture.
- 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: Inari Target entity description: Inari is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits in Japan.
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A.
Tikkakoski
Tikkakoski is a district in Jyväskylä, Finland, known for its military air base and role as a key center for the Finnish Air Force.
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B.
Taipale
Taipale is a locality in Finland historically notable as a major battleground during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
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C.
Raisio
Raisio is a town and municipality in southwestern Finland known for its industrial base and as the headquarters of the food company Raisio Group.
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D.
Kallio
Kallio is a Finnish surname most notably borne by Kyösti Kallio, who served as the fourth President of Finland.
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E.
Kainuu
Kainuu is a sparsely populated region in eastern Finland known for its forests, lakes, and traditional Finnish rural culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto kami
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agriculture
ⓘ
commerce ⓘ fertility ⓘ fox spirits ⓘ industry ⓘ kitsune ⓘ prosperity ⓘ rice ⓘ sake ⓘ smithing ⓘ swordsmiths ⓘ tea ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| cultPopularSince | Heian period ⓘ |
| festivalMonth | February ⓘ |
| genderDepiction |
androgynous
ⓘ
female ⓘ genderless ⓘ male ⓘ |
| guardianRole |
protector of businesses
ⓘ
protector of fields ⓘ protector of granaries ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Hatsu-uma ⓘ |
| hasSacredAnimal | fox ⓘ |
| hasShrineType | Inari shrine ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
fox statue
ⓘ
jewel ⓘ key ⓘ rice granary ⓘ rice plant ⓘ sheaf of rice ⓘ |
| mainShrineLocation | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto ⓘ |
| numberOfShrinesInJapan | many thousands ⓘ |
| offering |
abura-age
ⓘ
inari-zushi ⓘ rice ⓘ sake ⓘ |
| patronOf |
blacksmiths
ⓘ
fertility of land ⓘ harvest ⓘ household prosperity ⓘ prosperous business ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ |
| rankInShinto | major kami ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| worshipedAt | Fushimi Inari Taisha ⓘ |
| worshipersInclude |
artisans
ⓘ
businesspeople ⓘ farmers ⓘ fishermen ⓘ merchants ⓘ |
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: Inari Description of subject: Inari is a major Shinto kami associated primarily with rice, agriculture, prosperity, and fox spirits in Japan.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.