Himiko
E828506
Himiko is a character in Kenzaburō Ōe’s novel "A Personal Matter," serving as a key figure in the protagonist’s emotional and psychological journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Himiko canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9892975 — 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: Himiko Context triple: [A Personal Matter, hasCharacter, Himiko]
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A.
Empress Jingū
Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
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B.
Iyesato
Iyesato is the given name of Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, a prominent Japanese noble and political leader of the early 20th century.
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C.
Kushinadahime
Kushinadahime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, best known as the rescued maiden whom the storm god Susanoo marries after saving her from the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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D.
Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto
Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto is a Shinto goddess of the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto, revered as a divine ancestress and mother of the thunder deity Kamo Wake-ikazuchi.
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E.
Empress Jitō
Empress Jitō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign of the Asuka period known for consolidating imperial authority and overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.
- 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: Himiko Target entity description: Himiko is a character in Kenzaburō Ōe’s novel "A Personal Matter," serving as a key figure in the protagonist’s emotional and psychological journey.
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A.
Empress Jingū
Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.
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B.
Iyesato
Iyesato is the given name of Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, a prominent Japanese noble and political leader of the early 20th century.
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C.
Kushinadahime
Kushinadahime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, best known as the rescued maiden whom the storm god Susanoo marries after saving her from the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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D.
Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto
Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto is a Shinto goddess of the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto, revered as a divine ancestress and mother of the thunder deity Kamo Wake-ikazuchi.
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E.
Empress Jitō
Empress Jitō was an 8th-century Japanese sovereign of the Asuka period known for consolidating imperial authority and overseeing the transition of the capital to Fujiwara-kyō.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Personal Matter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bird (protagonist of A Personal Matter)
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linked to:
A Personal Matter
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| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| createdBy | Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Japanese ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for the protagonist’s self-examination ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
key figure in the protagonist’s emotional journey
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key figure in the protagonist’s psychological journey ⓘ major character ⓘ |
| workGenre | novel ⓘ |
| workOriginalTitle | Kojinteki na taiken ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
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: Himiko Description of subject: Himiko is a character in Kenzaburō Ōe’s novel "A Personal Matter," serving as a key figure in the protagonist’s emotional and psychological journey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.