Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima
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Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer who commanded a supporting force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12593503 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima Context triple: [Japanese Operation Shō-Gō 1, fleetCommander, Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima]
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Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander during World War II, noted for leading a force that was destroyed in the Battle of Surigao Strait.
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B.
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander in World War II, noted for leading major surface forces in the Solomon Islands campaign and other key Pacific naval operations.
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C.
Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and carrier task force commander during World War II, known for leading air operations in several major Pacific battles.
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D.
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding carrier and surface forces in key early Pacific War battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
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E.
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aggressive carrier task force commander best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima Target entity description: Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer who commanded a supporting force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II.
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A.
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander during World War II, noted for leading a force that was destroyed in the Battle of Surigao Strait.
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B.
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō
Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and fleet commander in World War II, noted for leading major surface forces in the Solomon Islands campaign and other key Pacific naval operations.
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C.
Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and carrier task force commander during World War II, known for leading air operations in several major Pacific battles.
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D.
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer best known for commanding carrier and surface forces in key early Pacific War battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
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E.
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer and aggressive carrier task force commander best known for his role and death in the Battle of Midway during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy officer
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human ⓘ naval officer ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Empire of Japan
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linked to:
Japan
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| conflict |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japan
|
| familyName | Shima ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military strategy
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naval warfare ⓘ |
| givenName | Kiyohide ⓘ |
| hasHonorificPrefix | Vice Admiral ⓘ |
| hasRank | flag officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
rear admiral
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vice admiral ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
led a supporting force that attempted to enter Leyte Gulf via Surigao Strait
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ordered withdrawal after encountering wrecks of Nishimura’s force at Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| notableFor |
command of Japanese cruiser and destroyer forces in late 1944
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role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of cruiser-destroyer force at Surigao Strait ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Japanese Southwest Pacific operations
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Japanese naval operations in the Philippines ⓘ |
| partOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy high command during World War II
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linked to:
Imperial Japanese Navy
|
| positionHeld |
commander of a supporting force at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
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commander of the Fifth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) ⓘ commander of the Second Striking Force ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | Imperial Japanese Navy officer corps ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| side | Axis powers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima Description of subject: Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima was an Imperial Japanese Navy officer who commanded a supporting force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II.
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