Uman pocket
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Uman pocket is the name given to the large encirclement and destruction of Soviet forces by the German Army during the Battle of Uman in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uman pocket canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2829227 — 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: Uman pocket Context triple: [Battle of Uman, alsoKnownAs, Uman pocket]
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A.
Pegu
Pegu is an important historical city in Lower Myanmar that once served as the political and cultural center of the Mon people and a major hub of regional trade and Buddhism.
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B.
Pijin
Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca in the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Pearic
Pearic is a small branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken by indigenous Pearic peoples in parts of Cambodia and Thailand.
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D.
Pileni
Pileni is a small Polynesian outlier island community in the Solomon Islands, known for its Polynesian culture and language despite being located within Melanesia.
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E.
Pila
Pila is a popular ski resort village in Italy’s Aosta Valley, known for its scenic Alpine slopes and views of major peaks like Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.
- 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: Uman pocket Target entity description: Uman pocket is the name given to the large encirclement and destruction of Soviet forces by the German Army during the Battle of Uman in World War II.
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A.
Pegu
Pegu is an important historical city in Lower Myanmar that once served as the political and cultural center of the Mon people and a major hub of regional trade and Buddhism.
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B.
Pijin
Pijin is an English-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca in the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Pearic
Pearic is a small branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken by indigenous Pearic peoples in parts of Cambodia and Thailand.
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D.
Pileni
Pileni is a small Polynesian outlier island community in the Solomon Islands, known for its Polynesian culture and language despite being located within Melanesia.
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E.
Pila
Pila is a popular ski resort village in Italy’s Aosta Valley, known for its scenic Alpine slopes and views of major peaks like Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of World War II
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military encirclement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
German Army
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Red Army ⓘ |
| combatantRole |
Heeresgruppe Süd
ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group South
Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| consequence |
large Soviet casualties
ⓘ
large numbers of Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Nazi Germany
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| date |
August 1941
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July 1941 ⓘ |
| location |
Soviet Union
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Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
near Uman ⓘ |
| militaryTactic |
encirclement
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pincer movement ⓘ |
| opponent |
Soviet 12th Army
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Soviet 6th Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of Uman
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Eastern Front of World War II ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ |
| result |
German victory
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destruction of Soviet forces ⓘ encirclement of Soviet forces ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
facilitated further German advance in southern USSR
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weakened Soviet defenses in Ukraine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early phase of Operation Barbarossa
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summer 1941 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uman pocket Description of subject: Uman pocket is the name given to the large encirclement and destruction of Soviet forces by the German Army during the Battle of Uman in World War II.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.