Triple
T399421
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Xuzhou |
E9245
|
entity |
| Predicate | involvedForce |
P1063
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Japanese North China Area Army
The Japanese North China Area Army was a major field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for conducting large-scale operations and occupation duties in northern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
|
E51731
|
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 North China Area Army | Statement: [Battle of Xuzhou, involvedForce, Japanese North China Area Army]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese North China Area Army Context triple: [Battle of Xuzhou, involvedForce, Japanese North China Area Army]
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A.
Japanese Kwantung Army
The Japanese Kwantung Army was a powerful and aggressive Imperial Japanese Army group stationed in Manchuria that played a central role in Japan’s expansionist campaigns in East Asia before and during World War II.
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B.
Japanese China Garrison Army
The Japanese China Garrison Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation stationed in China that played a central role in the outbreak and early fighting of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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C.
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army was the ground-based military force of the Empire of Japan, playing a central role in Japan’s expansion and major conflicts across East Asia and the Pacific during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including World War II.
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D.
Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army
The Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army was a World War II Japanese field army that conducted operations in southern China and Southeast Asia, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
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E.
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.
- 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 North China Area Army Triple: [Battle of Xuzhou, involvedForce, Japanese North China Area Army]
Generated description
The Japanese North China Area Army was a major field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for conducting large-scale operations and occupation duties in northern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Japanese North China Area Army Target entity description: The Japanese North China Area Army was a major field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for conducting large-scale operations and occupation duties in northern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
-
A.
Japanese Kwantung Army
The Japanese Kwantung Army was a powerful and aggressive Imperial Japanese Army group stationed in Manchuria that played a central role in Japan’s expansionist campaigns in East Asia before and during World War II.
-
B.
Japanese China Garrison Army
The Japanese China Garrison Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation stationed in China that played a central role in the outbreak and early fighting of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
-
C.
Imperial Japanese Army
The Imperial Japanese Army was the ground-based military force of the Empire of Japan, playing a central role in Japan’s expansion and major conflicts across East Asia and the Pacific during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including World War II.
-
D.
Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army
The Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army was a World War II Japanese field army that conducted operations in southern China and Southeast Asia, including the invasion of Hong Kong.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec8d0ca881909d786e8eed9b6748 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a41772e19c8190b02a212f13b4d8aa |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a417d8d8ac8190b9e36238b7bd9132 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4184c1b1c8190b728a2ef5cdc8346 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.