Ninth Street Genji
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Ninth Street Genji was a distinguished branch of Japan’s powerful Minamoto samurai clan, known for its lineage and influence in the Heian and Kamakura periods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ninth Street Genji canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7996802 — 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: Ninth Street Genji Context triple: [Minamoto clan, notableBranch, Ninth Street Genji]
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A.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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B.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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C.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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D.
Nanto Shichi Daiji
Nanto Shichi Daiji refers to the group of seven major Buddhist temples in the ancient capital of Nara that played a central role in Japan’s early religious and political life.
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E.
Shinsekai
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, street food, and neon-lit nightlife.
- 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: Ninth Street Genji Target entity description: Ninth Street Genji was a distinguished branch of Japan’s powerful Minamoto samurai clan, known for its lineage and influence in the Heian and Kamakura periods.
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A.
Hieda no Are
Hieda no Are was a Japanese court reciter traditionally credited with memorizing the oral histories that formed the basis of the early 8th-century chronicle Kojiki.
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B.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
-
C.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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D.
Nanto Shichi Daiji
Nanto Shichi Daiji refers to the group of seven major Buddhist temples in the ancient capital of Nara that played a central role in Japan’s early religious and political life.
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E.
Shinsekai
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, street food, and neon-lit nightlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lineage of the Minamoto clan
ⓘ
samurai clan branch ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Heian period
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Kamakura period ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
formation of Kamakura bakufu power structure
ⓘ
rise of samurai power in late Heian period ⓘ |
| associatedWithGovernment |
Imperial court of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Court of Japan
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| hasClanAffiliation |
Genji
ⓘ
Seiwa Genji ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Japanese feudal society ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | bushido warrior ethos ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentalRole | warrior aristocracy ⓘ |
| hasHereditaryStatus | hereditary warrior lineage ⓘ |
| hasLineageType | patrilineal clan branch ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryFunction |
mounted warriors
ⓘ
provincial military governors ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalAlignment |
Imperial court (Heian period)
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial court of Japan (historically)
|
| hasPrimaryResidenceType | kyūte (aristocratic residence) ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ |
| hasSocialRole |
landholding nobility
ⓘ
military elite ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Kinai region
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansai region
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ninth Street (Kudō) residence area in the capital ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinguished lineage within the Minamoto clan
ⓘ
military influence in early Kamakura Japan ⓘ political influence in late Heian Japan ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Kyoto ⓘ |
| partOf | Minamoto clan ⓘ |
| relatedClan |
Kawachi Genji
ⓘ
linked to:
Seiwa Genji
Settsu Genji ⓘ other Minamoto branches ⓘ |
| socialClass | samurai ⓘ |
| usedHonorificTitle | Genji ⓘ |
| writingSystemOfName | kanji ⓘ |
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: Ninth Street Genji Description of subject: Ninth Street Genji was a distinguished branch of Japan’s powerful Minamoto samurai clan, known for its lineage and influence in the Heian and Kamakura periods.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.