Dadu
E139082
Dadu was the Yuan dynasty capital city established by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his empire.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1189268 — 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: Dadu Context triple: [Kublai Khan, deathPlace, Dadu]
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Le Duan
Le Duan was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and politician who served as the de facto top leader of North Vietnam during most of the Vietnam War and later of a reunified Vietnam.
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B.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
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C.
Pei
Pei is the family name of I. M. Pei, the renowned Chinese-American architect known for designing landmarks such as the Louvre Pyramid in Paris.
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D.
Likan Antai
The Likan Antai, also known as the Atacameño people, are an indigenous group of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile with a long-standing tradition of agriculture, caravan trade, and rich desert-adapted culture.
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Daza
The Daza are an ethnic group of the central Sahara, primarily in Chad, known for their nomadic pastoralist lifestyle and close cultural and linguistic ties to the Toubou (Tebu) peoples.
- 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: Dadu Target entity description: Dadu was the Yuan dynasty capital city established by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his empire.
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A.
Le Duan
Le Duan was a Vietnamese communist revolutionary and politician who served as the de facto top leader of North Vietnam during most of the Vietnam War and later of a reunified Vietnam.
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B.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
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C.
Pei
Pei is the family name of I. M. Pei, the renowned Chinese-American architect known for designing landmarks such as the Louvre Pyramid in Paris.
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D.
Likan Antai
The Likan Antai, also known as the Atacameño people, are an indigenous group of the Atacama Desert region in northern Chile with a long-standing tradition of agriculture, caravan trade, and rich desert-adapted culture.
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E.
Daza
The Daza are an ethnic group of the central Sahara, primarily in Chad, known for their nomadic pastoralist lifestyle and close cultural and linguistic ties to the Toubou (Tebu) peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yuan dynasty capital
ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dadu
ⓘ
surface form:
Daidu
Great Capital ⓘ Khanbaliq ⓘ Yuan Dadu ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Mongol Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol Empire (in its later period)
Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| coordinateRelation | roughly coincides with central districts of modern Beijing ⓘ |
| country | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Guo Shoujing
ⓘ
Liu Bingzhong ⓘ |
| endTime | 1368 ⓘ |
| event | fell to Ming forces in 1368 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| founder | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| function |
cultural center of Yuan dynasty
ⓘ
political center of Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| governmentSeatOf | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| hasCityLayoutType |
grid plan
ⓘ
orthogonal plan ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Imperial City
ⓘ
Outer City ⓘ Palace City ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Zhongdu
ⓘ
surface form:
Zhongdu–Beijing area
|
| inception | 1267 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
North China ⓘ Beijing ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Beijing
|
| locatedOn | North China Plain ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
planned avenues aligned north–south and east–west
ⓘ
regular rectangular city walls ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mongol Empire
ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| replaced | Zhongdu ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Beijing
ⓘ
surface form:
Beiping
Nanjing ⓘ
surface form:
Nanjing (as Ming primary capital)
|
| startTime | 1260s ⓘ |
| successor | Ming Beijing ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Persian (for administration)
Mongolian ⓘ |
| usedScript |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
’Phags-pa script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dadu Description of subject: Dadu was the Yuan dynasty capital city established by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his empire.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Daidu
this entity surface form:
Daidu