Mutaguchi
E442682
Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding the disastrous Imphal offensive during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mutaguchi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2654600 — 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: Mutaguchi Context triple: [Mutaguchi Renya, familyName, Mutaguchi]
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A.
Takaishi
Takaishi is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a small industrial and residential hub within the Osaka metropolitan area.
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B.
Shimamoto
Shimamoto is a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, located between Kyoto and Osaka along the Yodo River.
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C.
Ushijima
Ushijima is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and fictional characters.
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D.
Takamado
Takamado is a Japanese imperial family name most prominently associated with the late Prince Takamado and his descendants, a branch of Japan’s royal household.
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E.
Nishiwaki
Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
- 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: Mutaguchi Target entity description: Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding the disastrous Imphal offensive during World War II.
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A.
Takaishi
Takaishi is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a small industrial and residential hub within the Osaka metropolitan area.
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B.
Shimamoto
Shimamoto is a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, located between Kyoto and Osaka along the Yodo River.
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C.
Ushijima
Ushijima is a Japanese surname borne by various notable individuals, including military figures and fictional characters.
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D.
Takamado
Takamado is a Japanese imperial family name most prominently associated with the late Prince Takamado and his descendants, a branch of Japan’s royal household.
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E.
Nishiwaki
Nishiwaki is a city in central Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, known for its location near the geographic center of the country and its mix of industrial and rural landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Army officer
ⓘ
Japanese general ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| causeOfNotoriety | heavy Japanese losses in the Imphal campaign ⓘ |
| commandedUnit |
18th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1st Infantry Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Fifteenth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-10-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-08-02 ⓘ |
| detainedAfterWar | yes ⓘ |
| detainingPower | Allied forces ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Army War College (Japan)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Shōwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Imphal offensive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U-Go offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| name | Mutaguchi Renya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 牟田口廉也 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Japanese invasion of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
command of the Imphal offensive ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Imphal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Kohima NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wuhan NERFINISHED ⓘ Marco Polo Bridge Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberian Intervention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of Staff of the 1st Army
ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Taiwan Army ⓘ commander of the 18th Division ⓘ commander of the Fifteenth Army ⓘ |
| postwarStatus | retired officer ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1907 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Burma Campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mutaguchi Description of subject: Mutaguchi Renya was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army best known for commanding the disastrous Imphal offensive during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Renya Mutaguchi