New Fourth Army
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The New Fourth Army was a major Chinese Communist guerrilla force that fought against Japanese occupation and Nationalist rivals during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Fourth Army canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T96574 — 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: New Fourth Army Context triple: [Chinese Communist Party forces, component, New Fourth Army]
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A.
Second United Front
The Second United Front was a temporary alliance between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) formed during the Second Sino-Japanese War to resist Japanese invasion.
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B.
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party, encompassing its land, sea, air, rocket, and strategic support forces.
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C.
Romanian 3rd Army
The Romanian 3rd Army was a major field army of Romania that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, most notably suffering devastating losses while defending the flanks of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.
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D.
Romanian 4th Army
The Romanian 4th Army was a major field army of Romania that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II as part of the Axis forces, suffering heavy losses during the Soviet counteroffensives.
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E.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
- 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: New Fourth Army Target entity description: The New Fourth Army was a major Chinese Communist guerrilla force that fought against Japanese occupation and Nationalist rivals during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
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A.
Second United Front
The Second United Front was a temporary alliance between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) formed during the Second Sino-Japanese War to resist Japanese invasion.
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B.
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army is the unified military organization of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party, encompassing its land, sea, air, rocket, and strategic support forces.
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C.
Romanian 3rd Army
The Romanian 3rd Army was a major field army of Romania that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, most notably suffering devastating losses while defending the flanks of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.
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D.
Romanian 4th Army
The Romanian 4th Army was a major field army of Romania that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II as part of the Axis forces, suffering heavy losses during the Soviet counteroffensives.
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E.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Communist military formation
ⓘ
guerrilla force ⓘ military unit ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1937–1947 ⓘ |
| allegiance | Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Xin Si Jun ⓘ |
| commandStructure | under Central Military Commission of the CCP ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | memorials in China ⓘ |
| conflict |
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Civil War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
War of Resistance Against Japan
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Second United Front ⓘ |
| foundingCommander | Ye Ting ⓘ |
| ideology | Chinese communism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| laterCommander |
Chen Yi
ⓘ
Liu Shaoqi ⓘ |
| laterPoliticalCommissar | Liu Shaoqi ⓘ |
| legacy | predecessor of the People’s Liberation Army units in East China ⓘ |
| notableEvent | New Fourth Army Incident ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | January 1941 ⓘ |
| notableEventLocation | southern Anhui ⓘ |
| objective |
expand Communist influence in central and eastern China
ⓘ
resist Japanese occupation ⓘ |
| opponent |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese Communist Party forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Communist forces
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ⓘ
surface form:
Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army system
|
| politicalCommissar | Xiang Ying ⓘ |
| reorganizedAs | East China Field Army ⓘ |
| resultOfNotableEvent |
deterioration of CCP–KMT relations
ⓘ
severe losses inflicted by Nationalist forces ⓘ |
| role |
anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare
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political mobilization in rural areas ⓘ |
| size | hundreds of thousands of troops at peak strength ⓘ |
| tactics |
establishment of base areas behind enemy lines
ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ mobile warfare ⓘ |
| theater |
Anhui
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surface form:
Anhui Province
Central China ⓘ Jiangsu ⓘ
surface form:
Jiangsu Province
Jiangxi Province ⓘ Yangtze River Delta ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Yangtze region
Zhejiang Province ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Fourth Army Description of subject: The New Fourth Army was a major Chinese Communist guerrilla force that fought against Japanese occupation and Nationalist rivals during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National Revolutionary Army
subject surface form:
New Fourth Army Incident