Triple

T5247361
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shigetarō Shimada E118495 entity
Predicate participantIn P149 FINISHED
Object Pacific War E275 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: Pacific War | Statement: [Shigetarō Shimada, participantIn, Pacific War]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

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: Pacific War
Context triple: [Shigetarō Shimada, participantIn, Pacific War]
  • A. Pacific War chosen
    The Pacific War was the major theater of World War II in Asia and the Pacific, marked by naval and island campaigns between the Allied powers and Japan from 1941 to 1945.
  • B. ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN
    ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN refers to the World War II military operations and theater of combat in the Asia-Pacific region involving Allied and Axis forces.
  • C. Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II
    The Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II was a major Allied operational area, led largely by General Douglas MacArthur, encompassing campaigns across New Guinea, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and surrounding regions against Japanese forces.
  • D. Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
    The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
  • E. World War II
    World War II was a global conflict from 1939 to 1945 involving most of the world’s nations, marked by unprecedented destruction, the Holocaust, and the use of atomic weapons, and resulting in a major reshaping of the international order.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd4468aacc8190a8196f71855cdf4f elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd7b5320748190bcf3be4b6c364f92 ner completed
NED1 batch_69befe68e1148190b2e3cc1f9e49dbbf ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.