Noriko
E871137
Noriko is a common Japanese feminine given name, often written with kanji conveying meanings such as "law," "order," or "child."
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10228612 — 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: Noriko Context triple: [Nori, shortFormOf, Noriko]
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A.
Naoko
Naoko is a central, emotionally fragile character in Haruki Murakami’s story "Norwegian Wood," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, loss, and mental illness.
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B.
Nobuko
Nobuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women of noble or imperial background.
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C.
Takako
Takako is a Japanese feminine given name borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Sachiko
Sachiko is a Japanese feminine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations, often conveying meanings related to happiness or child.
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E.
Atsuko
Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and princesses in Japan, with meanings that vary depending on the kanji used.
- 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: Noriko Target entity description: Noriko is a common Japanese feminine given name, often written with kanji conveying meanings such as "law," "order," or "child."
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A.
Naoko
Naoko is a central, emotionally fragile character in Haruki Murakami’s story "Norwegian Wood," whose complex relationship with the protagonist explores themes of love, loss, and mental illness.
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B.
Nobuko
Nobuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women of noble or imperial background.
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C.
Takako
Takako is a Japanese feminine given name borne by various notable figures in politics, arts, and entertainment.
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D.
Sachiko
Sachiko is a Japanese feminine given name that can be written with various kanji combinations, often conveying meanings related to happiness or child.
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E.
Atsuko
Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and princesses in Japan, with meanings that vary depending on the kanji used.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| canBeWrittenAs |
のり子
ⓘ
linked to:
Noriko
ノリコ ⓘ 典子 ⓘ 則子 ⓘ 徳子 ⓘ 憲子 ⓘ 教子 ⓘ 法子 ⓘ 祝子 ⓘ 紀子 ⓘ |
| endsWithSyllable | -ko ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasNameElement |
典 (code, law, ceremony)
ⓘ
則 (rule, law) ⓘ 子 (child) ⓘ 徳 (virtue) ⓘ 憲 (constitution, law) ⓘ 教 (teach, doctrine) ⓘ 法 (law) ⓘ 祝 (celebrate) ⓘ 紀 (chronicle, era) ⓘ |
| hasSyllables | three ⓘ |
| isUnisexName | false ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| meaningDependsOnKanji | true ⓘ |
| nameCategory | common Japanese feminine given name ⓘ |
| nameElementFunction | suffix -ko indicates “child” in many Japanese feminine names ⓘ |
| romanizationSystem | Hepburn ⓘ |
| romanizedForm | Noriko ⓘ |
| scriptVariant |
hiragana
ⓘ
kanji ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
| startsWithConsonant | N ⓘ |
| typicalMeaningComponent |
child
ⓘ
law ⓘ order ⓘ |
| usageRegion | Japan ⓘ |
| writingSystem | 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: Noriko Description of subject: Noriko is a common Japanese feminine given name, often written with kanji conveying meanings such as "law," "order," or "child."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Noriko