Shojiro Iida
E73555
Shojiro Iida was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led major operations in Southeast Asia during World War II, particularly in the invasion of Burma.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shojiro Iida canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T489363 — 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: Shojiro Iida Context triple: [Burma campaign, commander, Shojiro Iida]
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A.
Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.
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B.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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C.
Masaharu Homma
Masaharu Homma was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading the invasion of the Philippines during World War II and later being held responsible for the Bataan Death March.
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D.
Rikichi Tsukada
Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
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E.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- 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: Shojiro Iida Target entity description: Shojiro Iida was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led major operations in Southeast Asia during World War II, particularly in the invasion of Burma.
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A.
Masaru Ibuka
Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese electronics engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Sony Corporation and a pioneer of Japan’s postwar consumer electronics industry.
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B.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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C.
Masaharu Homma
Masaharu Homma was an Imperial Japanese Army general best known for leading the invasion of the Philippines during World War II and later being held responsible for the Bataan Death March.
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D.
Rikichi Tsukada
Rikichi Tsukada was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led Japanese forces during World War II, including in the later stages of the Pacific War.
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E.
Ishizuka Eizō
Ishizuka Eizō was a Japanese colonial administrator who served as a high-ranking official in Taiwan during the period of Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese general
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| conflict |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ |
| militaryRole | army commander ⓘ |
| name | Shojiro Iida self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 飯田祥二郎 ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Burma campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese campaign in Burma 1941–1942
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| notableFor |
commanding Japanese invasion of Burma
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leading Japanese operations in Southeast Asia during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Burma campaign
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surface form:
Japanese invasion of Burma
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| rank | general ⓘ |
| serviceIn |
Imperial Japanese Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
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| sideInConflict |
Axis powers
ⓘ
surface form:
Axis Powers
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| theaterOfOperations |
Myanmar
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surface form:
Burma
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| typeOfMilitaryPerson | Imperial Japanese Army general ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Shojiro Iida Description of subject: Shojiro Iida was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army who led major operations in Southeast Asia during World War II, particularly in the invasion of Burma.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.