Battle of the Pockets
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The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Pockets canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T140524 — 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: Battle of the Pockets Context triple: [Philippines campaign (1941–1942), includes, Battle of the Pockets]
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A.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
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B.
Battle of the Points
The Battle of the Points was a World War II engagement during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in which U.S. and Filipino forces repelled Japanese amphibious landings on the Bataan Peninsula.
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C.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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D.
Capital Bullets
Capital Bullets was the short-lived name of the NBA franchise now known as the Washington Wizards during the mid-1970s.
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E.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
- 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: Battle of the Pockets Target entity description: The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
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A.
Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, particularly London, during 1940–1941 in World War II.
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B.
Battle of the Points
The Battle of the Points was a World War II engagement during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in which U.S. and Filipino forces repelled Japanese amphibious landings on the Bataan Peninsula.
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C.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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D.
Capital Bullets
Capital Bullets was the short-lived name of the NBA franchise now known as the Washington Wizards during the mid-1970s.
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E.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| chronologicalWithin | early fighting on Bataan ⓘ |
| combatType | ground warfare ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Edward P. King
ⓘ
Jonathan M. Wainwright ⓘ Masaharu Homma ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| describedAs | series of intense engagements ⓘ |
| endTime | 1942-02 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of the Points ⓘ |
| front |
Pacific War
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific theater of World War II
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| hasParticipant |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ
surface form:
Philippine Army
United States Army ⓘ United States Army Forces in the Far East ⓘ |
| location |
Bataan Peninsula
ⓘ
Luzon ⓘ Philippines ⓘ |
| natureOfAction | defensive operations ⓘ |
| opponent |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
Philippines ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf |
Battle of Bataan
ⓘ
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ |
| result |
Allied defensive success at local level
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Japanese penetrations contained and reduced ⓘ |
| side1 | U.S. and Filipino forces ⓘ |
| side2 | Japanese forces ⓘ |
| startTime | 1942-01 ⓘ |
| tacticalObjective | to eliminate Japanese penetrations in Allied lines ⓘ |
| theater |
South West Pacific Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Pacific Area
|
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Subject: Battle of the Pockets Description of subject: The Battle of the Pockets was a series of intense engagements during the early World War II fighting on Bataan in which U.S. and Filipino forces contained and destroyed Japanese penetrations in their defensive lines.
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