38th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
E461515
The 38th Division of the National Revolutionary Army was a prominent Chinese military formation of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major campaigns in Burma and its cooperation with Allied forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 38th Division (National Revolutionary Army) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4682473 — 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: 38th Division (National Revolutionary Army) Context triple: [Battle of Yenangyaung, involvesUnit, 38th Division (National Revolutionary Army)]
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Chinese 88th Division
The Chinese 88th Division was an elite National Revolutionary Army unit of the Republic of China, noted for its determined defense during early battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Chinese 87th Division
The Chinese 87th Division was an elite National Revolutionary Army infantry unit of the Republic of China that played a prominent frontline role in major early battles against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
29th Army
The 29th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations against Nazi Germany.
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Chinese 200th Division
The Chinese 200th Division was a National Revolutionary Army mechanized infantry division that gained distinction for its fierce resistance against Japanese forces during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War and in the Burma Campaign of World War II.
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E.
129th Division
The 129th Division was a key field formation of the Chinese Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, noted for its guerrilla warfare and operations behind Japanese lines.
- 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: 38th Division (National Revolutionary Army) Target entity description: The 38th Division of the National Revolutionary Army was a prominent Chinese military formation of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major campaigns in Burma and its cooperation with Allied forces.
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A.
Chinese 88th Division
The Chinese 88th Division was an elite National Revolutionary Army unit of the Republic of China, noted for its determined defense during early battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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B.
Chinese 87th Division
The Chinese 87th Division was an elite National Revolutionary Army infantry unit of the Republic of China that played a prominent frontline role in major early battles against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
29th Army
The 29th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army that fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, participating in major operations against Nazi Germany.
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D.
Chinese 200th Division
The Chinese 200th Division was a National Revolutionary Army mechanized infantry division that gained distinction for its fierce resistance against Japanese forces during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War and in the Burma Campaign of World War II.
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E.
129th Division
The 129th Division was a key field formation of the Chinese Communist forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, noted for its guerrilla warfare and operations behind Japanese lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
infantry division
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Allied forces
ⓘ
British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Army ⓘ |
| campaign |
Burma Campaign 1942
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
China–Burma–India Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Burma Campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | prominent Chinese formation in the Burma theater ⓘ |
| locatedIn | China ⓘ |
| militaryFormationOf | Republic of China during World War II ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cooperation with Allied forces
ⓘ
operations in Burma ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | joint operations with Allied forces in Burma ⓘ |
| partOf | National Revolutionary Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | ground combat operations ⓘ |
| service | Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | China–Burma–India Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | infantry formation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: 38th Division (National Revolutionary Army) Description of subject: The 38th Division of the National Revolutionary Army was a prominent Chinese military formation of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major campaigns in Burma and its cooperation with Allied forces.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.