平八郎
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平八郎 is a Japanese masculine given name, often associated with historical and military figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 平八郎 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7381630 — 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: 平八郎 Context triple: [Heihachiro, canBeWrittenInKanjiAs, 平八郎]
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A.
純一郎
純一郎 is a masculine Japanese given name typically written with kanji conveying meanings such as “pure” and “first son.”
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B.
太郎
太郎 is a common Japanese male given name, traditionally used for the eldest son and written with kanji meaning "great" and "son."
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C.
南 次郎
南 次郎（Jirō Minami）は、日中戦争期に朝鮮総督などを務めた日本の陸軍軍人・政治家です。
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D.
潤一郎
潤一郎 is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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E.
飯田祥二郎
飯田祥二郎 is a Japanese individual known publicly under the romanized name Shojiro Iida.
- 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: 平八郎 Target entity description: 平八郎 is a Japanese masculine given name, often associated with historical and military figures.
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A.
純一郎
純一郎 is a masculine Japanese given name typically written with kanji conveying meanings such as “pure” and “first son.”
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B.
太郎
太郎 is a common Japanese male given name, traditionally used for the eldest son and written with kanji meaning "great" and "son."
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C.
南 次郎
南 次郎（Jirō Minami）は、日中戦争期に朝鮮総督などを務めた日本の陸軍軍人・政治家です。
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D.
潤一郎
潤一郎 is a Japanese given name commonly used for males.
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E.
飯田祥二郎
飯田祥二郎 is a Japanese individual known publicly under the romanized name Shojiro Iida.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese masculine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese military figures
ⓘ
samurai ⓘ |
| commonUsagePeriod |
Edo period
ⓘ
Meiji period ⓘ
linked to:
Meiji era
|
| culturalContext | Japanese culture ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
大村益次郎
ⓘ
山岡鉄舟 ⓘ 西郷平八郎 ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| nameCategory | historical name ⓘ |
| nameElement |
八
ⓘ
平 ⓘ 郎 ⓘ |
| nameType | personal name ⓘ |
| script | Kanji ⓘ |
| typicalWritingSystem | Japanese kanji ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | Japan ⓘ |
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: 平八郎 Description of subject: 平八郎 is a Japanese masculine given name, often associated with historical and military figures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.