Triple
T13557449
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Japanese invasion of South China |
E323811
|
entity |
| Predicate | conflictBetween |
P12
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Empire of Japan and Republic of China |
E657239
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Empire of Japan and Republic of China | Statement: [Japanese invasion of South China, conflictBetween, Empire of Japan and Republic of China]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Empire of Japan and Republic of China Context triple: [Japanese invasion of South China, conflictBetween, Empire of Japan and Republic of China]
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A.
Imperial Japan
chosen
Imperial Japan was the militaristic empire that dominated East Asia in the early 20th century and served as a principal Axis power in World War II, pursuing aggressive expansion and engaging in major conflicts with the Allied nations.
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B.
Manchukuo
Manchukuo was a Japanese puppet state established in northeastern China (Manchuria) from 1932 to 1945, used as a base for imperial expansion in East Asia during World War II.
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C.
Republic of China
The Republic of China is a state founded in 1912 that governed mainland China until 1949 and has since administered Taiwan and surrounding islands from its capital in Taipei.
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D.
Empire of China
The Empire of China was a short-lived early 20th-century Chinese imperial regime proclaimed by Yuan Shikai in an attempt to restore monarchy after the fall of the Qing dynasty.
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E.
Nan’yō Government
The Nan’yō Government was the Japanese colonial administration that governed the South Seas Mandate islands in the Pacific during the first half of the 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbaff4223c8190801d153ae8f94c73 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f76bb1ef508190ab587bd2aa34795b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:47 p.m.