Triple

T13657444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kagoshima E326897 entity
Predicate historicalEventAssociated P2107 FINISHED
Object Bombardment of Kagoshima
The Bombardment of Kagoshima was an 1863 naval attack by the British Royal Navy against the Satsuma Domain in Japan, a key confrontation that pressured Japan to open further to Western powers during the late Tokugawa period.
 E1052275 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Bombardment of Kagoshima | Statement: [Kagoshima, historicalEventAssociated, Bombardment of Kagoshima]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bombardment of Kagoshima
Context triple: [Kagoshima, historicalEventAssociated, Bombardment of Kagoshima]
  • A. Musha Incident
    The Musha Incident was a 1930 uprising by Indigenous Seediq people against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, marked by a violent attack on Japanese settlers and a brutal military crackdown in response.
  • B. Kyushu Campaign
    The Kyushu Campaign was Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s 1587 military expedition to subdue the powerful Shimazu clan and bring Japan’s southernmost main island under central control.
  • C. Siege of Kumamoto Castle
    The Siege of Kumamoto Castle was a pivotal 1877 engagement in Japan’s Satsuma Rebellion, where government forces successfully withstood a prolonged assault by samurai rebels, marking a turning point in the conflict.
  • D. Bubat incident
    The Bubat incident was a 14th-century political and military clash in the Majapahit Kingdom, marked by the tragic confrontation between Majapahit forces and the Sundanese royal entourage that derailed a planned dynastic marriage and reshaped Javanese inter-kingdom relations.
  • E. Isshi Incident
    The Isshi Incident was a 645 CE coup d'état in Japan in which Prince Naka no Ōe and his allies assassinated the powerful statesman Soga no Iruka, leading to the downfall of the Soga clan and paving the way for major political reforms.
  • 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: Bombardment of Kagoshima
Target entity description: The Bombardment of Kagoshima was an 1863 naval attack by the British Royal Navy against the Satsuma Domain in Japan, a key confrontation that pressured Japan to open further to Western powers during the late Tokugawa period.
  • A. Musha Incident
    The Musha Incident was a 1930 uprising by Indigenous Seediq people against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, marked by a violent attack on Japanese settlers and a brutal military crackdown in response.
  • B. Kyushu Campaign
    The Kyushu Campaign was Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s 1587 military expedition to subdue the powerful Shimazu clan and bring Japan’s southernmost main island under central control.
  • C. Siege of Kumamoto Castle
    The Siege of Kumamoto Castle was a pivotal 1877 engagement in Japan’s Satsuma Rebellion, where government forces successfully withstood a prolonged assault by samurai rebels, marking a turning point in the conflict.
  • D. Bubat incident
    The Bubat incident was a 14th-century political and military clash in the Majapahit Kingdom, marked by the tragic confrontation between Majapahit forces and the Sundanese royal entourage that derailed a planned dynastic marriage and reshaped Javanese inter-kingdom relations.
  • E. Isshi Incident
    The Isshi Incident was a 645 CE coup d'état in Japan in which Prince Naka no Ōe and his allies assassinated the powerful statesman Soga no Iruka, leading to the downfall of the Soga clan and paving the way for major political reforms.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Bombardment of Kagoshima
Triple: [Kagoshima, historicalEventAssociated, Bombardment of Kagoshima]
Generated description
The Bombardment of Kagoshima was an 1863 naval attack by the British Royal Navy against the Satsuma Domain in Japan, a key confrontation that pressured Japan to open further to Western powers during the late Tokugawa period.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 elicitation completed
NER batch_69dbc61d56e4819084ae3c16ecdf4a05 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f78b06c5d081909d31b8a537c94edb ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69f78c9f543481909a0de6a0c3bb041f ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69f78bd727048190a57a75294a9ab53d nedg completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.