Tamon Yamaguchi
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Tamon Yamaguchi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and carrier task force commander during World War II, best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tamon Yamaguchi canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T789620 — 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: Tamon Yamaguchi Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, notableAlumni, Tamon Yamaguchi]
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A.
Daisuke Kato
Daisuke Kato is a former Japanese professional baseball player best known for his time with the Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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B.
Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper best known for winning multiple gold medals and becoming a national hero at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
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C.
Kosuke Imai
Kosuke Imai is a political scientist and statistician known for his contributions to causal inference, experimental design, and statistical methods in the social sciences.
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D.
Hayato Ikeda
Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese prime minister known for his “income-doubling plan” and for overseeing rapid economic growth and modernization in postwar Japan.
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E.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager best known for his long association with Nippon Professional Baseball and leadership roles with the Hanshin Tigers.
- 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: Tamon Yamaguchi Target entity description: Tamon Yamaguchi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and carrier task force commander during World War II, best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway.
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A.
Daisuke Kato
Daisuke Kato is a former Japanese professional baseball player best known for his time with the Orix Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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B.
Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper best known for winning multiple gold medals and becoming a national hero at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
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C.
Kosuke Imai
Kosuke Imai is a political scientist and statistician known for his contributions to causal inference, experimental design, and statistical methods in the social sciences.
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D.
Hayato Ikeda
Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese prime minister known for his “income-doubling plan” and for overseeing rapid economic growth and modernization in postwar Japan.
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E.
Akinobu Okada
Akinobu Okada is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder and manager best known for his long association with Nippon Professional Baseball and leadership roles with the Hanshin Tigers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
ⓘ
World War II military personnel ⓘ naval officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| almaMater | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ |
| awarded | various Japanese military decorations ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1892-08-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kōchi Prefecture, Japan ⓘ |
| burial | lost at sea ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| command |
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū
ⓘ
2nd Carrier Division ⓘ
surface form:
Second Carrier Division
|
| conflict |
Battle of Midway
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-06-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| decisionAtMidway |
Hiryū
ⓘ
surface form:
chose to go down with his ship Hiryū
|
| education | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ⓘ |
| era |
Showa era
ⓘ
surface form:
Shōwa period
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1912 ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | combat-related death ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRankAtDeath | Rear Admiral ⓘ |
| militarySpecialty | naval aviation operations ⓘ |
| name | Tamon Yamaguchi self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 山口 多聞 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
refusal to abandon his sinking carrier Hiryū
ⓘ
role in the Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | attack on Pearl Harbor operations planning ⓘ |
| position | carrier task force commander ⓘ |
| promotedToRearAdmiral | 1940 ⓘ |
| rank | Rear Admiral ⓘ |
| roleAtMidway | tactical commander of carrier Hiryū air group operations ⓘ |
| servedOn | various cruisers and battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| serviceYears | 1912–1942 ⓘ |
| strategicReputation | considered an aggressive and capable carrier commander ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tamon Yamaguchi Description of subject: Tamon Yamaguchi was a prominent Imperial Japanese Navy admiral and carrier task force commander during World War II, best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tamon Yamaguchi