Type 30 rifle
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The Type 30 rifle is an early Japanese bolt-action military service rifle adopted in the late 19th century and used by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during the early stages of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Type 30 rifle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13021064 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Type 30 rifle Context triple: [6.5×50mmSR Arisaka, usedInFirearm, Type 30 rifle]
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Type 38 rifle
The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle of the Imperial Japanese military, known for its reliability, long service life, and use throughout the early 20th century including both World Wars.
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B.
EM-2 rifle
The EM-2 rifle was an experimental British bullpup assault rifle developed in the early Cold War era, notable for its advanced design and use of an intermediate cartridge.
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C.
MAS-36 rifle
The MAS-36 rifle is a French bolt-action military service rifle introduced in the late 1930s and widely used by French forces during and after World War II.
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D.
MAS-49 rifle
The MAS-49 rifle is a French semi-automatic military rifle, chambered in 7.5×54mm, that served as the standard service rifle of the French armed forces in the post–World War II era.
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E.
P14 rifle
The P14 rifle is a British bolt-action military rifle developed in the early 20th century, known for its accuracy and use during World War I.
- 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: Type 30 rifle Target entity description: The Type 30 rifle is an early Japanese bolt-action military service rifle adopted in the late 19th century and used by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during the early stages of the 20th century.
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A.
Type 38 rifle
The Type 38 rifle was a bolt-action service rifle of the Imperial Japanese military, known for its reliability, long service life, and use throughout the early 20th century including both World Wars.
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B.
EM-2 rifle
The EM-2 rifle was an experimental British bullpup assault rifle developed in the early Cold War era, notable for its advanced design and use of an intermediate cartridge.
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C.
MAS-36 rifle
The MAS-36 rifle is a French bolt-action military service rifle introduced in the late 1930s and widely used by French forces during and after World War II.
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D.
MAS-49 rifle
The MAS-49 rifle is a French semi-automatic military rifle, chambered in 7.5×54mm, that served as the standard service rifle of the French armed forces in the post–World War II era.
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E.
P14 rifle
The P14 rifle is a British bolt-action military rifle developed in the early 20th century, known for its accuracy and use during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese rifle
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bolt-action rifle ⓘ military service rifle ⓘ |
| action | bolt action ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptedInYear | 1897 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Arisaka Type 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caliber | 6.5 mm ⓘ |
| cartridge | 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Arisaka rifles
NERFINISHED
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Bolt-action rifles of Japan ⓘ World War I infantry weapons of Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | infantry use ⓘ |
| designer | Nariakira Arisaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| feedSystem |
5-round internal box magazine
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stripper clip loaded ⓘ |
| firingMode | manual repeat ⓘ |
| hasVariant | Type 30 carbine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterUsedAs | reserve weapon ⓘ |
| militaryDesignation | Type 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | early Arisaka-pattern action ⓘ |
| originLanguageName | 三十年式歩兵銃 ⓘ |
| primaryMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| replaced | Murata rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyType | bolt-mounted safety knob ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | late 1890s ⓘ |
| stockMaterial | wood ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Type 38 rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | frontline service rifle ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Imperial Japanese Army
NERFINISHED
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Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Siamese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ various Chinese forces ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Boxer Rebellion
NERFINISHED
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Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I ⓘ early stages of World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Type 30 rifle Description of subject: The Type 30 rifle is an early Japanese bolt-action military service rifle adopted in the late 19th century and used by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during the early stages of the 20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.