Songlian
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Songlian is the educated young woman who becomes the fourth wife in Zhang Yimou’s film "Raise the Red Lantern," serving as the central figure through whom the story’s themes of oppression and power are explored.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Songlian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17749099 — 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: Songlian Context triple: [Raise the Red Lantern, character, Songlian]
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A.
Yonglian
Yonglian was the first son and briefly designated heir of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty, whose early death deeply affected his father and altered the imperial succession.
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B.
Binglin
Binglin is the given name of Zhang Taiyan, a prominent Chinese philologist, revolutionary, and influential thinker of the late Qing and early Republican era.
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C.
Weihan
Weihan is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Li Weihan, a prominent Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
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D.
Liansong
Liansong is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Zeng Liansong, the designer of the flag of the People's Republic of China.
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E.
Cheng'en
Cheng'en is the given name of Wu Cheng'en, the Ming dynasty novelist traditionally credited as the author of the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West."
- 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: Songlian Target entity description: Songlian is the educated young woman who becomes the fourth wife in Zhang Yimou’s film "Raise the Red Lantern," serving as the central figure through whom the story’s themes of oppression and power are explored.
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A.
Yonglian
Yonglian was the first son and briefly designated heir of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty, whose early death deeply affected his father and altered the imperial succession.
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B.
Binglin
Binglin is the given name of Zhang Taiyan, a prominent Chinese philologist, revolutionary, and influential thinker of the late Qing and early Republican era.
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C.
Weihan
Weihan is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Li Weihan, a prominent Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
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D.
Liansong
Liansong is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Zeng Liansong, the designer of the flag of the People's Republic of China.
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E.
Cheng'en
Cheng'en is the given name of Wu Cheng'en, the Ming dynasty novelist traditionally credited as the author of the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.