Imperial Colors Incident

Target entity: Imperial Colors Incident
Context triple: [May 15 Incident, precededBy, Imperial Colors Incident]

• A. Altmark Incident
  The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.
• B. Seize Mai crisis
  The Seize Mai crisis was a major 1877 constitutional confrontation in the French Third Republic, sparked by President Patrice de MacMahon’s attempt to assert executive authority over the parliamentary majority and ultimately reinforcing the dominance of parliamentary democracy in France.
• C. Sakurada Gate Incident
  The Sakurada Gate Incident was an 1860 assassination of Japanese chief minister Ii Naosuke outside Edo Castle, a pivotal event that intensified political turmoil in the late Tokugawa shogunate.
• D. Auspicious Incident
  The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
• E. Isshi Incident
  The Isshi Incident was a 645 CE coup d'état in Japan in which Prince Naka no Ōe and his allies assassinated the powerful statesman Soga no Iruka, leading to the downfall of the Soga clan and paving the way for major political reforms.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Imperial Colors Incident
Target entity description: The Imperial Colors Incident was a 1931 Japanese political scandal and attempted coup plot by ultranationalist military officers that helped set the stage for the later May 15 Incident and the rise of militarism in prewar Japan.

• A. Altmark Incident
  The Altmark Incident was a 1940 World War II naval confrontation in Norwegian waters, where British forces boarded the German tanker Altmark to free imprisoned Allied sailors, heightening tensions during the early "Phoney War" period.
• B. Seize Mai crisis
  The Seize Mai crisis was a major 1877 constitutional confrontation in the French Third Republic, sparked by President Patrice de MacMahon’s attempt to assert executive authority over the parliamentary majority and ultimately reinforcing the dominance of parliamentary democracy in France.
• C. Sakurada Gate Incident
  The Sakurada Gate Incident was an 1860 assassination of Japanese chief minister Ii Naosuke outside Edo Castle, a pivotal event that intensified political turmoil in the late Tokugawa shogunate.
• D. Auspicious Incident
  The Auspicious Incident was the 1826 violent suppression and abolition of the Janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, marking a major turning point in the empire’s military and administrative modernization.
• E. Isshi Incident
  The Isshi Incident was a 645 CE coup d'état in Japan in which Prince Naka no Ōe and his allies assassinated the powerful statesman Soga no Iruka, leading to the downfall of the Soga clan and paving the way for major political reforms.
• F. None of above. chosen