Amoy
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Amoy, now commonly known as Xiamen, is a major port city on the southeast coast of China that historically served as an important hub for foreign trade and cultural exchange.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Amoy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21936578 — 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: Amoy Context triple: [Treaty of Wanghia, openedPort, Amoy]
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A.
Hangtou
Hangtou is a town in Shanghai, China, known as the southern terminus of the Shanghai Metro’s Line 18.
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B.
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a historic coastal city in southeastern China that flourished as one of the world’s busiest maritime trade hubs, especially during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
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C.
Caizhou
Caizhou was a historic Chinese city best known as the final capital of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty before its fall to the Mongols.
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D.
Tsingtau
Tsingtau is the former German colonial name for the Chinese port city now known as Qingdao, located on the Shandong Peninsula.
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E.
Chungking
Chungking (now commonly spelled Chongqing) is a major city in southwest China that served as the wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
- 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: Amoy Target entity description: Amoy, now commonly known as Xiamen, is a major port city on the southeast coast of China that historically served as an important hub for foreign trade and cultural exchange.
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A.
Hangtou
Hangtou is a town in Shanghai, China, known as the southern terminus of the Shanghai Metro’s Line 18.
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B.
Quanzhou
Quanzhou is a historic coastal city in southeastern China that flourished as one of the world’s busiest maritime trade hubs, especially during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
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C.
Caizhou
Caizhou was a historic Chinese city best known as the final capital of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty before its fall to the Mongols.
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D.
Tsingtau
Tsingtau is the former German colonial name for the Chinese port city now known as Qingdao, located on the Shandong Peninsula.
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E.
Chungking
Chungking (now commonly spelled Chongqing) is a major city in southwest China that served as the wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.