Otohime
E461696
Otohime is a figure from Japanese legend associated with the warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune, sometimes depicted as his daughter in later literary and folkloric traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Otohime canonical | 2 |
| "Otohime" can be interpreted as "younger princess" in Japanese | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4627453 — 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: Otohime Context triple: [Minamoto no Yoshitsune, child, Otohime]
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A.
Ōhime
Ōhime was the eldest daughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, and his wife Hōjō Masako, living during Japan’s late 12th century.
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B.
Kunitachi
Kunitachi is a suburban city in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its universities, tree-lined avenues, and residential character.
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C.
Tamayori-hime
Tamayori-hime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, often associated with water and the sea, revered as the mother of Japan’s legendary first emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
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D.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Tsutako
Tsutako is a Japanese given name, most notably borne by Tsutako Nakasone.
- 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: Otohime Target entity description: Otohime is a figure from Japanese legend associated with the warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune, sometimes depicted as his daughter in later literary and folkloric traditions.
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A.
Ōhime
Ōhime was the eldest daughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, and his wife Hōjō Masako, living during Japan’s late 12th century.
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B.
Kunitachi
Kunitachi is a suburban city in western Tokyo, Japan, known for its universities, tree-lined avenues, and residential character.
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C.
Tamayori-hime
Tamayori-hime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, often associated with water and the sea, revered as the mother of Japan’s legendary first emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
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D.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Tsutako
Tsutako is a Japanese given name, most notably borne by Tsutako Nakasone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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folkloric character ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Japanese folklore
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Japanese legend ⓘ later literary traditions about Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| basedOn | oral tradition ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
samurai lore
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warrior tales ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| describedAs | daughter of Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Otohime of the Ryūgū-jō (Dragon Palace) legend ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | mythical or legendary ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning |
"Otohime" can be interpreted as "younger princess" in Japanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Otohime
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| historicity | not historically attested as a real person ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
family member of a famous warrior
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supporting character in tales of Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | daughter of a heroic general ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | later retellings of the Yoshitsune legend ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Minamoto no Yoshitsune ⓘ |
| theme |
familial bonds in heroic legend
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loyalty within a warrior’s family ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | medieval Japanese literary and folkloric tradition ⓘ |
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: Otohime Description of subject: Otohime is a figure from Japanese legend associated with the warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune, sometimes depicted as his daughter in later literary and folkloric traditions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Otohime