Triple

T140999
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Singapore E2848 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Japanese occupation of Singapore
The Japanese occupation of Singapore was the period from 1942 to 1945 when Imperial Japan controlled the island, marked by harsh military rule, widespread suffering, and significant wartime atrocities against the local population.
E20299 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Japanese occupation of Singapore | Statement: [Battle of Singapore, followedBy, Japanese occupation of Singapore]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese occupation of Singapore
Context triple: [Battle of Singapore, followedBy, Japanese occupation of Singapore]
  • A. Japanese occupation of Shanghai
    The Japanese occupation of Shanghai was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan controlled and administered Shanghai, marked by military rule, economic exploitation, and widespread human rights abuses against the Chinese population.
  • B. Battle of Singapore
    The Battle of Singapore was a major World War II campaign in early 1942 in which Japanese forces captured the British stronghold of Singapore, leading to one of the largest surrenders in British military history.
  • C. Battle of Malaya
    The Battle of Malaya was a World War II campaign in which Japanese forces rapidly advanced down the Malay Peninsula, defeating British Commonwealth troops and paving the way for the fall of Singapore in 1942.
  • D. Dutch East Indies campaign
    The Dutch East Indies campaign was a World War II Japanese military offensive that rapidly overran the resource-rich Dutch colonial territories in Southeast Asia, securing vital oil supplies and strategic bases in early 1942.
  • E. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
    The Japanese occupation of Manchuria was Japan’s 1931–1932 military seizure and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China, marking a major early step in its expansionist aggression in East Asia.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Japanese occupation of Singapore
Triple: [Battle of Singapore, followedBy, Japanese occupation of Singapore]
Generated description
The Japanese occupation of Singapore was the period from 1942 to 1945 when Imperial Japan controlled the island, marked by harsh military rule, widespread suffering, and significant wartime atrocities against the local population.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese occupation of Singapore
Target entity description: The Japanese occupation of Singapore was the period from 1942 to 1945 when Imperial Japan controlled the island, marked by harsh military rule, widespread suffering, and significant wartime atrocities against the local population.
  • A. Japanese occupation of Shanghai
    The Japanese occupation of Shanghai was the period during the Second Sino-Japanese War when Imperial Japan controlled and administered Shanghai, marked by military rule, economic exploitation, and widespread human rights abuses against the Chinese population.
  • B. Battle of Singapore
    The Battle of Singapore was a major World War II campaign in early 1942 in which Japanese forces captured the British stronghold of Singapore, leading to one of the largest surrenders in British military history.
  • C. Battle of Malaya
    The Battle of Malaya was a World War II campaign in which Japanese forces rapidly advanced down the Malay Peninsula, defeating British Commonwealth troops and paving the way for the fall of Singapore in 1942.
  • D. Dutch East Indies campaign
    The Dutch East Indies campaign was a World War II Japanese military offensive that rapidly overran the resource-rich Dutch colonial territories in Southeast Asia, securing vital oil supplies and strategic bases in early 1942.
  • E. Japanese occupation of Manchuria
    The Japanese occupation of Manchuria was Japan’s 1931–1932 military seizure and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeastern China, marking a major early step in its expansionist aggression in East Asia.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a2521e35c08190b28e5c9f1e3c9b59 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a257c7e79c8190b3e5a2983035a972 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2d73164e48190b993fe55aaba30be completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2da25fb648190bc31b5689cfaf95c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2daa879408190937f8b292389646f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.