Yuan Shikai
E140923
Yuan Shikai was a powerful late Qing and early Republican Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China and briefly declared himself emperor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yuan Shikai canonical | 23 |
| Beiyang Government | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1236430 — 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: Yuan Shikai Context triple: [Boxer Rebellion, significantPerson, Yuan Shikai]
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A.
Li Yuanhong
Li Yuanhong was a Chinese military leader and politician who became a key figure in the 1911 Revolution and later served as president of the Republic of China.
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B.
Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang was a prominent Chinese warlord and Nationalist general best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to cooperate with the Chinese Communists against Japan.
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C.
Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
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D.
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary leader and political thinker widely regarded as the founding father of modern China and a key figure in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.
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E.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.
- 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: Yuan Shikai Target entity description: Yuan Shikai was a powerful late Qing and early Republican Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China and briefly declared himself emperor.
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A.
Li Yuanhong
Li Yuanhong was a Chinese military leader and politician who became a key figure in the 1911 Revolution and later served as president of the Republic of China.
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B.
Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang was a prominent Chinese warlord and Nationalist general best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to cooperate with the Chinese Communists against Japan.
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C.
Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
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D.
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary leader and political thinker widely regarded as the founding father of modern China and a key figure in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.
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E.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese military leader
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Chinese politician ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ president ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1859-09-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Henan Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Henan
Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
Xiangcheng County ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | uremia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
Republic of China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1916-06-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Beijing
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ |
| endTime | 1916-06-06 ⓘ |
| endTime as Emperor of the Empire of China | 1916-03-22 ⓘ |
| endTime as President of the Republic of China | 1916-06-06 ⓘ |
| era |
early Republic of China
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
late Qing dynasty
|
| familyName | Yuan ⓘ |
| givenName | Shikai ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
|
| headOfState | Republic of China ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Empire of China ⓘ |
| name | Yuan Shikai self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Empire of China (1915–1916)
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Xinhai Revolution ⓘ abdication of the Xuantong Emperor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to restore monarchy in China
ⓘ
being the first formal president of the Republic of China ⓘ leading the Beiyang Army ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of the Beiyang Army ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 17 ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
First Sino-Japanese War
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Korean affairs of the late 19th century ⓘ |
| politicalMovement |
Beiyang Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Beiyang clique
|
| positionHeld |
Beiyang Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Beiyang Army commander
Emperor of China ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor of the Empire of China
Grand Marshal of the Republic of China ⓘ President of the Republic of China ⓘ Prime Minister of the Qing Empire ⓘ Provisional President of the Republic of China ⓘ Viceroy of Zhili ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sun Yat-sen ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| spouse | Yu Yishang ⓘ |
| startTime | 1912-03-10 ⓘ |
| startTime as Emperor of the Empire of China | 1915-12-12 ⓘ |
| startTime as President of the Republic of China | 1912-03-10 ⓘ |
| successor | Li Yuanhong ⓘ |
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: Yuan Shikai Description of subject: Yuan Shikai was a powerful late Qing and early Republican Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China and briefly declared himself emperor.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beiyang Government