Triple

T7682842

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Japanese occupation of French Indochina	`E174037`	entity
Predicate	administeredBy	`P86`	FINISHED
Object	Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group The Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group was a major Imperial Japanese Army command responsible for directing Japan’s military campaigns and occupation policies across Southeast Asia during World War II.	`E683247`	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 Southern Expeditionary Army Group | Statement: [Japanese occupation of French Indochina, administeredBy, Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group
Context triple: [Japanese occupation of French Indochina, administeredBy, Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group]

A. Japanese 5th Area Army
The Japanese 5th Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of Japan’s northern territories, including parts of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, particularly in the war’s final stages.
B. Japanese Fifteenth Army
The Japanese Fifteenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation primarily responsible for conducting operations in Burma and opposing Allied forces in the China-Burma-India theater.
C. Japanese 14th Army
The Japanese 14th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation that led the invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
D. Japanese Eighth Area Army
The Japanese Eighth Area Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army formation active in the Pacific theater during World War II, particularly in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea campaigns.
E. Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of the Philippines, particularly during the final stages of the Pacific War.
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 Southern Expeditionary Army Group
Triple: [Japanese occupation of French Indochina, administeredBy, Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group]

Generated description

The Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group was a major Imperial Japanese Army command responsible for directing Japan’s military campaigns and occupation policies across Southeast Asia during World War II.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group
Target entity description: The Japanese Southern Expeditionary Army Group was a major Imperial Japanese Army command responsible for directing Japan’s military campaigns and occupation policies across Southeast Asia during World War II.

A. Japanese 5th Area Army
The Japanese 5th Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of Japan’s northern territories, including parts of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, particularly in the war’s final stages.
B. Japanese Fifteenth Army
The Japanese Fifteenth Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation primarily responsible for conducting operations in Burma and opposing Allied forces in the China-Burma-India theater.
C. Japanese 14th Army
The Japanese 14th Army was an Imperial Japanese Army formation that led the invasion and occupation of the Philippines during World War II.
D. Japanese Eighth Area Army
The Japanese Eighth Area Army was a major Imperial Japanese Army formation active in the Pacific theater during World War II, particularly in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea campaigns.
E. Japanese Fourteenth Area Army
The Japanese Fourteenth Area Army was a World War II Imperial Japanese Army formation responsible for the defense of the Philippines, particularly during the final stages of the Pacific War.
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_69c6995840408190a19de6c51090f46f`	completed	March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69c7021ce1308190be58d17ebaafa6ae`	completed	March 27, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69c8ac9e0cd081909b404f6a7e978f6b`	completed	March 29, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69c8ae258a7081909bd30259a368d865`	completed	March 29, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69c8aebc46e481908872d0c4c77345b5`	completed	March 29, 2026, 4:46 a.m.

Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:01 p.m.