Japanese 20th Division
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The Japanese 20th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought in several key Pacific campaigns during World War II, including the New Guinea campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Japanese 20th Division canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18211201 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese 20th Division Context triple: [Battle of Shaggy Ridge, unitInvolved, Japanese 20th Division]
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A.
Japanese 10th Division
The Japanese 10th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that saw major combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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B.
Japanese 11th Division
The Japanese 11th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other early 20th-century conflicts in East Asia.
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C.
Japanese 18th Division
The Japanese 18th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Burma Campaign during World War II.
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D.
Japanese 33rd Division
The Japanese 33rd Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Burma Campaign of World War II, including major engagements against British and Chinese forces.
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E.
Japanese 55th Division
The Japanese 55th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought in the Burma Campaign of World War II, notably participating in early offensives against Allied forces in 1942.
- 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: Japanese 20th Division Target entity description: The Japanese 20th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought in several key Pacific campaigns during World War II, including the New Guinea campaign.
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A.
Japanese 10th Division
The Japanese 10th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that saw major combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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B.
Japanese 11th Division
The Japanese 11th Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other early 20th-century conflicts in East Asia.
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C.
Japanese 18th Division
The Japanese 18th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Burma Campaign during World War II.
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D.
Japanese 33rd Division
The Japanese 33rd Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought primarily in the Burma Campaign of World War II, including major engagements against British and Chinese forces.
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E.
Japanese 55th Division
The Japanese 55th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that fought in the Burma Campaign of World War II, notably participating in early offensives against Allied forces in 1942.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.