Triple

T2450520

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Yamashita Tomoyuki	`E53691`	entity
Predicate	commanded	`P2333`	FINISHED
Object	Japanese Fourteenth Area Army The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of the Philippines, particularly during the final stages of the Pacific War.	`E273107`	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: Japanese Fourteenth Area Army | Statement: [Yamashita Tomoyuki, commanded, Japanese Fourteenth Area Army]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
Context triple: [Yamashita Tomoyuki, commanded, Japanese Fourteenth Area Army]

A. 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.
B. Japanese Central China Area Army
The Japanese Central China Area Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for conducting large-scale operations in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
C. Japanese North China Area Army
The Japanese North China Area Army was a major field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for conducting large-scale operations and occupation duties in northern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
D. Japanese Fifteenth Army
The Japanese Fifteenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation primarily responsible for conducting operations in Burma and opposing Allied forces in the China-Burma-India theater.
E. Japanese 14th Army
The Japanese 14th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation that led the invasion and occupation of the Philippines 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: Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
Triple: [Yamashita Tomoyuki, commanded, Japanese Fourteenth Area Army]

Generated description

The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of the Philippines, particularly during the final stages of the Pacific War.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
Target entity description: The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of the Philippines, particularly during the final stages of the Pacific War.

A. 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.
B. Japanese Central China Area Army
The Japanese Central China Area Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for conducting large-scale operations in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
C. Japanese North China Area Army
The Japanese North China Area Army was a major field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for conducting large-scale operations and occupation duties in northern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
D. Japanese Fifteenth Army
The Japanese Fifteenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation primarily responsible for conducting operations in Burma and opposing Allied forces in the China-Burma-India theater.
E. Japanese 14th Army
The Japanese 14th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation that led the invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

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_69ab495d227c8190b26ae6548eeb1019`	completed	March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abd0f402b48190b871b2475983af7e`	completed	March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69af1f82b220819084f2b5275bf3b596`	completed	March 9, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69af20bcdc448190987350d28a525153`	completed	March 9, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69af2131ed6c81908dcce0d0d4e14bec`	completed	March 9, 2026, 7:36 p.m.

Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.