Camp O'Donnell
E160643
Camp O'Donnell was a World War II Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for the extreme suffering and high death toll of Allied soldiers held there after the Bataan Death March.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camp O'Donnell canonical | 1 |
| Camp Pangatian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1384081 — 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: Camp O'Donnell Context triple: [Bataan Death March, location, Camp O'Donnell]
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Camp H. M. Smith
Camp H. M. Smith is a major U.S. military installation in Hawaii that serves as the headquarters for United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and other key Indo-Pacific command elements.
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Camp Upton
Camp Upton was a U.S. Army training camp on Long Island, New York, used during World Wars I and II and later converted into the site of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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C.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
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D.
Camp Courtney
Camp Courtney is a United States Marine Corps base in Okinawa, Japan, that serves as a key installation for forward-deployed Marine forces in the Pacific.
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E.
Sagamore Camp
Sagamore Camp is a historic Adirondack Great Camp in New York, renowned as a grand rustic wilderness retreat built during the Gilded Age.
- 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: Camp O'Donnell Target entity description: Camp O'Donnell was a World War II Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for the extreme suffering and high death toll of Allied soldiers held there after the Bataan Death March.
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A.
Camp H. M. Smith
Camp H. M. Smith is a major U.S. military installation in Hawaii that serves as the headquarters for United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and other key Indo-Pacific command elements.
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B.
Camp Upton
Camp Upton was a U.S. Army training camp on Long Island, New York, used during World Wars I and II and later converted into the site of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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C.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
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D.
Camp Courtney
Camp Courtney is a United States Marine Corps base in Okinawa, Japan, that serves as a key installation for forward-deployed Marine forces in the Pacific.
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E.
Sagamore Camp
Sagamore Camp is a historic Adirondack Great Camp in New York, renowned as a grand rustic wilderness retreat built during the Gilded Age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II site
ⓘ
prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ |
| afterUse | U.S. military camp ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Bataan Death March ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfDeaths | thousands of prisoners ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfPrisoners | thousands of Allied soldiers ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Japanese prisoner-of-war camps
ⓘ
World War II sites in the Philippines ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath |
dehydration
ⓘ
disease ⓘ physical abuse ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| hasCurrentUse | memorial and historical site ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | war memorial site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Japanese occupation era ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfSignage |
English
ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ Japanese ⓘ |
| hasPrisonerNationality |
Netherlands
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasTheme |
commemoration of POWs
ⓘ
war crimes remembrance ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfPrisoner |
Allied forces
ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ |
| inception | 1942 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
lack of clean water
ⓘ
lack of food ⓘ lack of medical care ⓘ overcrowding ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Tarlac ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Philippine Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Luzon ⓘ |
| memorial |
monuments to American prisoners of war
ⓘ
monuments to Filipino prisoners of war ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme suffering of prisoners
ⓘ
high death toll among prisoners ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japanese occupation of the Philippines
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific theater of World War II
|
| receivesPrisonersFrom | Bataan Death March ⓘ |
| usedFor | detention of Allied prisoners of war ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Camp O'Donnell Description of subject: Camp O'Donnell was a World War II Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines notorious for the extreme suffering and high death toll of Allied soldiers held there after the Bataan Death March.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Camp Pangatian