March 15 incident
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The March 15 incident was a major 1928 crackdown in Japan in which authorities arrested thousands of suspected communists and leftists, marking a key escalation in state repression of political dissent.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22780428 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: March 15 incident Context triple: [Peace Preservation Law amendments of 1928, relatedTo, March 15 incident]
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May 15 Incident
The May 15 Incident was a 1932 coup attempt in Japan in which young naval officers and right-wing extremists assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, marking a major step toward militarist rule.
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February 26 Incident
The February 26 Incident was a 1936 attempted coup d'état in Tokyo led by young Imperial Japanese Army officers seeking to purge the government and military leadership in favor of a more radical, militarist regime.
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C.
January 28 Incident
The January 28 Incident was a 1932 military conflict in Shanghai between Chinese and Japanese forces that marked a major early clash in the lead-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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September 18 Incident
The September 18 Incident was a staged 1931 explosion by the Japanese military near Mukden used as a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria, marking a key escalation in Japanese aggression in China before World War II.
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31 March Incident
The 31 March Incident was a 1909 counterrevolutionary uprising in the Ottoman Empire, led by conservative and religious factions in Istanbul against the Young Turk constitutional regime.
- 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: March 15 incident Target entity description: The March 15 incident was a major 1928 crackdown in Japan in which authorities arrested thousands of suspected communists and leftists, marking a key escalation in state repression of political dissent.
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A.
May 15 Incident
The May 15 Incident was a 1932 coup attempt in Japan in which young naval officers and right-wing extremists assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, marking a major step toward militarist rule.
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B.
February 26 Incident
The February 26 Incident was a 1936 attempted coup d'état in Tokyo led by young Imperial Japanese Army officers seeking to purge the government and military leadership in favor of a more radical, militarist regime.
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C.
January 28 Incident
The January 28 Incident was a 1932 military conflict in Shanghai between Chinese and Japanese forces that marked a major early clash in the lead-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
September 18 Incident
The September 18 Incident was a staged 1931 explosion by the Japanese military near Mukden used as a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria, marking a key escalation in Japanese aggression in China before World War II.
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E.
31 March Incident
The 31 March Incident was a 1909 counterrevolutionary uprising in the Ottoman Empire, led by conservative and religious factions in Istanbul against the Young Turk constitutional regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
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