Triple

T349385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Soviet–Japanese War (1945) E7407 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Soviet occupation of Manchuria
The Soviet occupation of Manchuria was the post–World War II military and political control of northeastern China by the Soviet Union, during which Soviet forces dismantled Japanese infrastructure, repatriated Japanese settlers, and helped shift regional power toward the Chinese Communist Party.
E50093 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: Soviet occupation of Manchuria | Statement: [Soviet–Japanese War (1945), followedBy, Soviet occupation of Manchuria]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soviet occupation of Manchuria
Context triple: [Soviet–Japanese War (1945), followedBy, Soviet occupation of Manchuria]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands
    The Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands was the post–World War II takeover and continued control of the Kuril archipelago by the Soviet Union, which led to a long-standing territorial dispute with Japan.
  • C. Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
    The Soviet–Japanese War of 1945 was the brief but decisive final campaign of World War II in Asia, in which the Soviet Union invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and other territories, hastening Japan’s surrender.
  • D. Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
    The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation was the massive August 1945 Soviet invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria that decisively contributed to Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II.
  • E. Nomonhan Incident
    The Nomonhan Incident was a 1939 border war between Japan and the Soviet Union (with Mongolia) near the Khalkhin Gol river that ended in a decisive Soviet victory and helped deter further Japanese expansion into Siberia.
  • 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: Soviet occupation of Manchuria
Triple: [Soviet–Japanese War (1945), followedBy, Soviet occupation of Manchuria]
Generated description
The Soviet occupation of Manchuria was the post–World War II military and political control of northeastern China by the Soviet Union, during which Soviet forces dismantled Japanese infrastructure, repatriated Japanese settlers, and helped shift regional power toward the Chinese Communist Party.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Soviet occupation of Manchuria
Target entity description: The Soviet occupation of Manchuria was the post–World War II military and political control of northeastern China by the Soviet Union, during which Soviet forces dismantled Japanese infrastructure, repatriated Japanese settlers, and helped shift regional power toward the Chinese Communist Party.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands
    The Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands was the post–World War II takeover and continued control of the Kuril archipelago by the Soviet Union, which led to a long-standing territorial dispute with Japan.
  • C. Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
    The Soviet–Japanese War of 1945 was the brief but decisive final campaign of World War II in Asia, in which the Soviet Union invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and other territories, hastening Japan’s surrender.
  • D. Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
    The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation was the massive August 1945 Soviet invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria that decisively contributed to Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II.
  • E. Nomonhan Incident
    The Nomonhan Incident was a 1939 border war between Japan and the Soviet Union (with Mongolia) near the Khalkhin Gol river that ended in a decisive Soviet victory and helped deter further Japanese expansion into Siberia.
  • 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb1dc5f88190b54d084c6def7fc5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a40ad03f5c819085d2c7686f4d2809 completed March 1, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a40b36392c8190a771f3d6f9e97fc1 completed March 1, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a40b8d85048190807a1af077e6431f completed March 1, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.