Hunan First Normal School
E10675
Hunan First Normal School is a historic teacher-training institution in Changsha, China, best known as the alma mater of Mao Zedong and several other early Chinese revolutionaries.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hunan First Normal School canonical | 6 |
| First Normal School of Hunan | 1 |
| Hunan Academy | 1 |
| Hunan First Normal School intellectual circle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T87467 — 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: Hunan First Normal School Context triple: [Mao Zedong, education, Hunan First Normal School]
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A.
Central China Normal University
Central China Normal University is a comprehensive public research university in Wuhan, China, known for its strong programs in teacher education and the humanities.
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B.
Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a major comprehensive research university in Wuhan, China, renowned for its strong academic programs and picturesque campus.
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C.
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law is a prominent Chinese higher education institution specializing in economics, finance, law, and related social sciences.
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D.
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) is a prominent Chinese national university renowned for its programs and research in geology, earth sciences, and related disciplines.
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E.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology is a major comprehensive research university in China, renowned for its strengths in engineering, science, and medical disciplines.
- 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: Hunan First Normal School Target entity description: Hunan First Normal School is a historic teacher-training institution in Changsha, China, best known as the alma mater of Mao Zedong and several other early Chinese revolutionaries.
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A.
Central China Normal University
Central China Normal University is a comprehensive public research university in Wuhan, China, known for its strong programs in teacher education and the humanities.
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B.
Wuhan University
Wuhan University is a major comprehensive research university in Wuhan, China, renowned for its strong academic programs and picturesque campus.
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C.
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law is a prominent Chinese higher education institution specializing in economics, finance, law, and related social sciences.
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D.
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) is a prominent Chinese national university renowned for its programs and research in geology, earth sciences, and related disciplines.
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E.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology is a major comprehensive research university in China, renowned for its strengths in engineering, science, and medical disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational institution
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normal school ⓘ teacher-training institution ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese Communist Party history
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Chinese Revolution ⓘ early 20th-century Chinese education reforms ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| followsEducationSystem | Chinese national education system ⓘ |
| hasBuildingOrSite |
former dormitory of Mao Zedong
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historic classrooms ⓘ memorials related to Mao Zedong ⓘ |
| hasCampusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| hasEducationalFocus |
teacher training
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training primary school teachers ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus |
historic school
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revolutionary historical site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
center for progressive and revolutionary thought in early 20th-century Hunan
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training ground for early leaders of the Chinese Communist movement ⓘ |
| hasLevel | secondary-level teacher-training institution ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumnus |
Cai Hesen
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He Shuheng ⓘ Huang Xingguo ⓘ Li Lisan ⓘ Li Weihan ⓘ Liu Shaoqi ⓘ Mao Zedong ⓘ Peng Dehuai ⓘ Cai Hesen ⓘ
surface form:
Ren Bishi
Teng Daiyuan ⓘ Xiao Zisheng ⓘ He Shuheng ⓘ
surface form:
Xu Teli
early Chinese revolutionaries ⓘ other early members of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentActivity | student societies associated with early Marxist study groups ⓘ |
| hasType | public school ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the alma mater of Mao Zedong
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teacher education ⓘ training early Chinese revolutionaries ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Changsha
ⓘ
Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Hunan
China ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
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| locatedInTimeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
normal school curriculum
ⓘ
teacher education programs ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Hunan Province
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central China ⓘ |
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: Hunan First Normal School Description of subject: Hunan First Normal School is a historic teacher-training institution in Changsha, China, best known as the alma mater of Mao Zedong and several other early Chinese revolutionaries.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
First Normal School of Hunan
this entity surface form:
Hunan First Normal School intellectual circle
this entity surface form:
Hunan Academy