Triple

T884557
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Japanese 11th Division E19100 entity
Predicate belligerentSide P375 FINISHED
Object Japanese forces in China
Japanese forces in China were the Imperial Japanese military units deployed during the early 20th century, particularly in the Second Sino-Japanese War, to occupy and control large areas of Chinese territory.
E15114 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 forces in China | Statement: [Japanese 11th Division, belligerentSide, Japanese forces in China]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese forces in China
Context triple: [Japanese 11th Division, belligerentSide, Japanese forces in China]
  • A. Japanese occupation of China
    The Japanese occupation of China was a prolonged period during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of Chinese territory, marked by widespread military aggression and atrocities against civilians.
  • B. Japanese China Garrison Army
    The Japanese China Garrison Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation stationed in China that played a central role in the outbreak and early fighting of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • C. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
    The Japanese occupation of Manchuria was Japan’s 1931–1932 military seizure and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China, marking a major early step in its expansionist aggression in East Asia.
  • D. Japanese occupation of North China
    The Japanese occupation of North China was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of northern China, imposing military rule and exploiting the region’s resources and population.
  • E. 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.
  • 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 forces in China
Triple: [Japanese 11th Division, belligerentSide, Japanese forces in China]
Generated description
Japanese forces in China were the Imperial Japanese military units deployed during the early 20th century, particularly in the Second Sino-Japanese War, to occupy and control large areas of Chinese territory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese forces in China
Target entity description: Japanese forces in China were the Imperial Japanese military units deployed during the early 20th century, particularly in the Second Sino-Japanese War, to occupy and control large areas of Chinese territory.
  • A. Japanese occupation of China
    The Japanese occupation of China was a prolonged period during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of Chinese territory, marked by widespread military aggression and atrocities against civilians.
  • B. Japanese China Garrison Army chosen
    The Japanese China Garrison Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation stationed in China that played a central role in the outbreak and early fighting of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • C. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
    The Japanese occupation of Manchuria was Japan’s 1931–1932 military seizure and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China, marking a major early step in its expansionist aggression in East Asia.
  • D. Japanese occupation of North China
    The Japanese occupation of North China was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan seized and controlled large areas of northern China, imposing military rule and exploiting the region’s resources and population.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a4939c32488190a7ccd41cf0abb22b completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ace495348190aec66f35ea90bc89 completed March 1, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7b85a37648190b20b12c544a85bda completed March 4, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7bc1c418081909a7a91692bd46057 completed March 4, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7bd094df08190b9ea6c350b3abb3d completed March 4, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.