Tai-Pan
E1460208
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Tai-Pan is a historical novel by James Clavell that dramatizes the founding of Hong Kong through the power struggles of rival trading houses in the 19th-century Far East.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tai-Pan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20995720 — 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: Tai-Pan Context triple: [James Clavell, notableWork, Tai-Pan]
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A.
Tawailia
Tawailia is an alternate name for the Uma language, an Austronesian language spoken in parts of Indonesia.
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B.
Tai-Ngon
Tai-Ngon is the former name of Chợ Lớn, the historic Chinese-influenced district that later became part of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
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C.
Paiwan
The Paiwan are one of Taiwan’s major Indigenous groups, known for their hierarchical social structure, rich oral traditions, and distinctive artistic practices such as woodcarving and beadwork.
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D.
Wei-kuo
Wei-kuo is the given name of Chiang Wei-kuo, a Chinese military officer and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek who served in both German and later Republic of China forces.
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E.
Taif
Taif is a city in western Saudi Arabia known for its cool climate, rose cultivation, and historical significance as a summer resort and cultural center.
- 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: Tai-Pan Target entity description: Tai-Pan is a historical novel by James Clavell that dramatizes the founding of Hong Kong through the power struggles of rival trading houses in the 19th-century Far East.
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A.
Tawailia
Tawailia is an alternate name for the Uma language, an Austronesian language spoken in parts of Indonesia.
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B.
Tai-Ngon
Tai-Ngon is the former name of Chợ Lớn, the historic Chinese-influenced district that later became part of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
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C.
Paiwan
The Paiwan are one of Taiwan’s major Indigenous groups, known for their hierarchical social structure, rich oral traditions, and distinctive artistic practices such as woodcarving and beadwork.
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D.
Wei-kuo
Wei-kuo is the given name of Chiang Wei-kuo, a Chinese military officer and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek who served in both German and later Republic of China forces.
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E.
Taif
Taif is a city in western Saudi Arabia known for its cool climate, rose cultivation, and historical significance as a summer resort and cultural center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.