First Army (Imperial Japanese Army)
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The First Army of the Imperial Japanese Army was a major field army-level formation that played a key role in Japan’s early modern wars, including the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.
All labels observed (1)
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| First Army (Imperial Japanese Army) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15219976 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Army (Imperial Japanese Army) Context triple: [Nozu Michitsura, commanded, First Army (Imperial Japanese Army)]
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A.
Japanese 18th Army
The Japanese 18th Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that fought primarily in New Guinea, where it suffered heavy losses in prolonged jungle campaigns against Allied forces.
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B.
Japanese 25th Army
The Japanese 25th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
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C.
Japanese 35th Army
The Japanese 35th Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that defended the southern Philippines, particularly during the later stages of the Pacific campaign.
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D.
Japanese 1st Independent Mixed Regiment
The Japanese 1st Independent Mixed Regiment was an Imperial Japanese Army unit that fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II, notably defending Los Negros Island against Allied forces.
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E.
Japanese Seventeenth Army
The Japanese Seventeenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that defended parts of the Southwest Pacific, notably Borneo, against advancing Allied forces in 1945.
- 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: First Army (Imperial Japanese Army) Target entity description: The First Army of the Imperial Japanese Army was a major field army-level formation that played a key role in Japan’s early modern wars, including the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War.
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A.
Japanese 18th Army
The Japanese 18th Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that fought primarily in New Guinea, where it suffered heavy losses in prolonged jungle campaigns against Allied forces.
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B.
Japanese 25th Army
The Japanese 25th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
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C.
Japanese 35th Army
The Japanese 35th Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that defended the southern Philippines, particularly during the later stages of the Pacific campaign.
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D.
Japanese 1st Independent Mixed Regiment
The Japanese 1st Independent Mixed Regiment was an Imperial Japanese Army unit that fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II, notably defending Los Negros Island against Allied forces.
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E.
Japanese Seventeenth Army
The Japanese Seventeenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation that defended parts of the Southwest Pacific, notably Borneo, against advancing Allied forces in 1945.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.