Meijō
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Meijō is the Japanese name for Nagoya Castle, a historic and iconic samurai-era fortress in Nagoya, Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meijō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3007934 — 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: Meijō Context triple: [Nagoya Castle, alsoKnownAs, Meijō]
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A.
Kichijōji
Kichijōji is a popular Tokyo neighborhood known for its trendy shopping streets, vibrant dining and nightlife, and the expansive Inokashira Park.
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B.
Minoh
Minoh is a suburban city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic Minoh Waterfall, autumn foliage, and residential communities.
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C.
Maizuru
Maizuru is a coastal city in northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its natural harbor, former naval base, and role as a key repatriation port after World War II.
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D.
Kōtō
Kōtō is a special ward in eastern Tokyo, Japan, known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, waterfront areas, and commercial districts.
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E.
Izumo
Izumo is a coastal city in Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, best known for the ancient Shinto shrine Izumo Taisha, one of the country’s most important religious sites.
- 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: Meijō Target entity description: Meijō is the Japanese name for Nagoya Castle, a historic and iconic samurai-era fortress in Nagoya, Japan.
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A.
Kichijōji
Kichijōji is a popular Tokyo neighborhood known for its trendy shopping streets, vibrant dining and nightlife, and the expansive Inokashira Park.
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B.
Minoh
Minoh is a suburban city in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its scenic Minoh Waterfall, autumn foliage, and residential communities.
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C.
Maizuru
Maizuru is a coastal city in northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, known for its natural harbor, former naval base, and role as a key repatriation port after World War II.
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D.
Kōtō
Kōtō is a special ward in eastern Tokyo, Japan, known for its mix of residential neighborhoods, waterfront areas, and commercial districts.
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E.
Izumo
Izumo is a coastal city in Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, best known for the ancient Shinto shrine Izumo Taisha, one of the country’s most important religious sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese castle
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cultural heritage site ⓘ historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Nagoya Castle ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Japanese castle architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tokugawa clan
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samurai lords of Owari Domain ⓘ |
| category |
castles in Aichi Prefecture
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historic sites in Japan ⓘ tourist attractions in Nagoya ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
major historical landmark in Nagoya
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symbol of samurai culture ⓘ |
| era | samurai era ⓘ |
| function |
administrative center
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military stronghold ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | symbol of Nagoya’s history ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gates
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moats ⓘ stone walls ⓘ tenshu (main keep) ⓘ turrets ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | 名城 ⓘ |
| hasPark | Meijō Park area ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | golden shachihoko ⓘ |
| hasView | Nagoya cityscape ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected historic site ⓘ |
| isIconOf |
Aichi Prefecture
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Nagoya ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Japanese castle network ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aichi Prefecture
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Chūbu region ⓘ Japan ⓘ Nagoya ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | famous castle ⓘ |
| near | central Nagoya ⓘ |
| prefecture | Aichi Prefecture ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | castle grounds ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Edo period
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feudal Japan ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major tourist destination in Nagoya ⓘ |
| usedAs |
fortress
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residence of feudal lords ⓘ |
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: Meijō Description of subject: Meijō is the Japanese name for Nagoya Castle, a historic and iconic samurai-era fortress in Nagoya, Japan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.