Triple
T16274242
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shirō Ishii |
E395082
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps
The Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps was the military medical branch of Japan’s Imperial Army, notorious for its involvement in human experimentation and biological warfare programs before and during World War II.
|
E85368
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 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: Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps | Statement: [Shirō Ishii, memberOf, Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps Context triple: [Shirō Ishii, memberOf, Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps]
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A.
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army was the ground-based military force of the Empire of Japan, playing a central role in Japan’s expansion and major conflicts across East Asia and the Pacific during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including World War II.
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B.
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff was the highest-level command and planning body of the Imperial Japanese Army, responsible for strategic military operations and overall war planning before and during World War II.
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C.
Unit 731
Unit 731 was a covert Imperial Japanese military research facility in World War II notorious for conducting lethal human experimentation and developing biological weapons.
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D.
Japanese 5th Area Army
The Japanese 5th Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of Japan’s northern territories, including parts of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, particularly in the war’s final stages.
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E.
Japanese 25th Army
The Japanese 25th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
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: Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps Triple: [Shirō Ishii, memberOf, Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps]
Generated description
The Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps was the military medical branch of Japan’s Imperial Army, notorious for its involvement in human experimentation and biological warfare programs before and during World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps Target entity description: The Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps was the military medical branch of Japan’s Imperial Army, notorious for its involvement in human experimentation and biological warfare programs before and during World War II.
-
A.
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army was the ground-based military force of the Empire of Japan, playing a central role in Japan’s expansion and major conflicts across East Asia and the Pacific during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including World War II.
-
B.
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff
The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff was the highest-level command and planning body of the Imperial Japanese Army, responsible for strategic military operations and overall war planning before and during World War II.
-
C.
Unit 731
chosen
Unit 731 was a covert Imperial Japanese military research facility in World War II notorious for conducting lethal human experimentation and developing biological weapons.
-
D.
Japanese 5th Area Army
The Japanese 5th Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of Japan’s northern territories, including parts of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, particularly in the war’s final stages.
-
E.
Japanese 25th Army
The Japanese 25th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation best known for leading the rapid conquest of Malaya and Singapore during World War II.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (5 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_69d87f221d8081909b0b2063e7528ba2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2460c2d948190813b66e539a64a70 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0017c0ef4c8190b44ac84f71b2ed41 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a001a35b43081909b44a22798b1ef1b |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a001a93530c81908cb4180d9ebe9850 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.