中将 (Chūjō)
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中将 (Chūjō) is the Japanese term for the military rank of lieutenant general, historically used in the Imperial Japanese Army.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 中将 (Chūjō) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11230370 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 中将 (Chūjō) Context triple: [Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army), JapaneseName, 中将 (Chūjō)]
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A.
Gensui (元帥)
Gensui (元帥) was the highest military rank in the Imperial Japanese armed forces, roughly equivalent to a field marshal, bestowed as an honorific title for exceptional command and service.
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B.
東條 英機
東條 英機 was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
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C.
Admiral (JMSDF)
Admiral (JMSDF) is the highest flag-officer rank in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, typically held by its top naval commanders.
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D.
山本五十六
山本五十六は、太平洋戦争開戦時の日本海軍連合艦隊司令長官として真珠湾攻撃を指揮したことで知られる海軍軍人である。
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E.
空母「赤城」
空母「赤城」は、日本海軍を代表する大型正規空母の一つであり、真珠湾攻撃など太平洋戦争初期の主要作戦に参加した艦である。
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 中将 (Chūjō) Target entity description: 中将 (Chūjō) is the Japanese term for the military rank of lieutenant general, historically used in the Imperial Japanese Army.
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A.
Gensui (元帥)
Gensui (元帥) was the highest military rank in the Imperial Japanese armed forces, roughly equivalent to a field marshal, bestowed as an honorific title for exceptional command and service.
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B.
東條 英機
東條 英機 was a Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II and was later convicted as a Class A war criminal.
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C.
Admiral (JMSDF)
Admiral (JMSDF) is the highest flag-officer rank in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, typically held by its top naval commanders.
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D.
山本五十六
山本五十六は、太平洋戦争開戦時の日本海軍連合艦隊司令長官として真珠湾攻撃を指揮したことで知られる海軍軍人である。
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E.
空母「赤城」
空母「赤城」は、日本海軍を代表する大型正規空母の一つであり、真珠湾攻撃など太平洋戦争初期の主要作戦に参加した艦である。
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
将官階級
ⓘ
日本語の語彙 ⓘ 軍事階級 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 日本の軍事史 ⓘ |
| belongsToRankGroup | 将官 ⓘ |
| componentKanji1 | 中 ⓘ |
| componentKanji2 | 将 ⓘ |
| country |
日本
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
|
| equivalentRank |
lieutenant general
ⓘ
vice admiral ⓘ |
| higherRank | 大将 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
大正時代
ⓘ
明治時代 ⓘ 昭和時代前期 ⓘ |
| insigniaFeature | 星3個 ⓘ |
| label | 中将 ⓘ |
| language | 日本語 ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | middle general ⓘ |
| lowerRank | 少将 ⓘ |
| modernEquivalentCountry | 自衛隊の将官階級に相当 ⓘ |
| NATOequivalent | OF-8 ⓘ |
| notableUsage |
太平洋戦争期の日本軍高級将校の主要階級
ⓘ
日中戦争期の日本陸軍指揮官の主要階級 ⓘ |
| rankGroup | 上級将官 ⓘ |
| rankType |
海軍将官階級
ⓘ
陸軍将官階級 ⓘ |
| relativeSeniority |
大将の下位
ⓘ
少将の上位 ⓘ |
| romanization | Chūjō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | 旧日本軍における歴史的階級 ⓘ |
| typicalCommandLevel |
方面軍隷下軍級部隊指揮官
ⓘ
軍司令官 ⓘ |
| usedBefore | 1945年 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
帝国海軍将校
ⓘ
帝国陸軍将校 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
大日本帝国海軍
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Navy
大日本帝国陸軍 ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial Japanese Army
|
| writingSystem | 漢字 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 中将 (Chūjō) Description of subject: 中将 (Chūjō) is the Japanese term for the military rank of lieutenant general, historically used in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.