Shohei
E375532
Shohei is a Japanese given name most prominently associated with baseball star Shohei Ohtani.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shohei canonical | 2 |
| Shohei Ono | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3561545 — 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: Shohei Context triple: [Shohei Ohtani, givenName, Shohei]
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A.
Akinobu
Akinobu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable individuals.
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B.
Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
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C.
Matsui
Matsui is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as politics, sports, and the military.
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D.
Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara is a prominent Japanese baseball manager and former Yomiuri Giants star known for leading both his club and Japan’s national team to multiple championships.
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E.
Yasuo Matsui
Yasuo Matsui was a Japanese-American architect active in early 20th-century New York City, known for his work on prominent skyscrapers.
- 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: Shohei Target entity description: Shohei is a Japanese given name most prominently associated with baseball star Shohei Ohtani.
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A.
Akinobu
Akinobu is a Japanese masculine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations and is borne by several notable individuals.
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B.
Min Tanaka
Min Tanaka is a renowned Japanese dancer and actor known for his avant-garde butoh performances and roles in international films.
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C.
Matsui
Matsui is a Japanese surname borne by various notable figures in fields such as politics, sports, and the military.
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D.
Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara is a prominent Japanese baseball manager and former Yomiuri Giants star known for leading both his club and Japan’s national team to multiple championships.
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E.
Yasuo Matsui
Yasuo Matsui was a Japanese-American architect active in early 20th-century New York City, known for his work on prominent skyscrapers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| associatedFieldThroughNotableBearer |
acting
ⓘ
baseball ⓘ film directing ⓘ illustration ⓘ judo ⓘ |
| canBeWrittenIn |
hiragana
ⓘ
kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | modern Japanese male names ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Shohei Imamura
ⓘ
linked to:
Imamura Shohei
Shohei Miura ⓘ Shohei Ohtani ⓘ Shohei Ono ⓘ
linked to:
Shohei
Shohei Otomo ⓘ Shohei Takashima ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| meaningDependsOnKanji | true ⓘ |
| nameCategory | Japanese masculine given names ⓘ |
| nameElement |
Hei
ⓘ
Sho ⓘ |
| popularityInfluencedBy | Shohei Ohtani ⓘ |
| possibleKanjiSpelling |
勝平
ⓘ
昇平 ⓘ 祥平 ⓘ 翔平 ⓘ |
| possibleMeaning |
“bright” (昇) + “peace” (平)
ⓘ
“flying” (翔) + “flat/peace” (平) ⓘ |
| script | Japanese writing system ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
hiragana
ⓘ
kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
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: Shohei Description of subject: Shohei is a Japanese given name most prominently associated with baseball star Shohei Ohtani.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shohei