Zhang Zuolin
E159987
Zhang Zuolin was a powerful Chinese warlord who controlled Manchuria and led the Fengtian clique during the turbulent Warlord Era of the early 20th century.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhang Zuolin canonical | 19 |
| Zhang Zuolin as leader of the Fengtian clique | 1 |
| Zhang Zuolin as ruler of Manchuria | 1 |
| 張作霖 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1391372 — 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: Zhang Zuolin Context triple: [Northern Expedition, opponent, Zhang Zuolin]
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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.
Feng Yuxiang
Feng Yuxiang was a prominent Chinese warlord and nationalist general known for his shifting alliances, modernization efforts, and significant role in the early 20th-century Chinese military and political landscape.
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C.
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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D.
Yan Xishan
Yan Xishan was a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader who controlled Shanxi province for decades and played a significant role in Republican-era Chinese military and political affairs.
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E.
Yuan Shikai
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.
- 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: Zhang Zuolin Target entity description: Zhang Zuolin was a powerful Chinese warlord who controlled Manchuria and led the Fengtian clique during the turbulent Warlord Era of the early 20th century.
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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.
Feng Yuxiang
Feng Yuxiang was a prominent Chinese warlord and nationalist general known for his shifting alliances, modernization efforts, and significant role in the early 20th-century Chinese military and political landscape.
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C.
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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D.
Yan Xishan
Yan Xishan was a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader who controlled Shanxi province for decades and played a significant role in Republican-era Chinese military and political affairs.
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E.
Yuan Shikai
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ politician ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1910s–1928 ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Beiyang Government
ⓘ
surface form:
Beiyang government
Fengtian clique ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beiyang Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Beiyang clique
Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ
surface form:
Kwantung Army
|
| birthDate | 1875-03-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Haicheng, Liaoning, Qing Empire ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child |
Zhang Xueliang
ⓘ
Zhang Xueming ⓘ |
| conflict |
Northern Expedition
ⓘ
Second Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ Zhili–Fengtian War ⓘ |
| controlledTerritory |
Fengtian Province
ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing Empire
Republic of China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1928-06-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Huanggutun, Shenyang, Fengtian Province, Republic of China ⓘ |
| era | Warlord Era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| event | Huanggutun Incident ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| leaderOf | Fengtian clique ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in bombing of train ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Zhang Zuolin self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Zhang Zuolin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
張作霖
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| notableFor |
conflict with the Nationalist government during the Northern Expedition
ⓘ
controlling Manchuria during the Warlord Era ⓘ involvement in the Zhili–Fengtian Wars ⓘ leading the Fengtian clique ⓘ |
| occupation |
political leader
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| perpetratorOfKilling | officers of the Imperial Japanese Army Kwantung Army ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | warlordism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
de facto ruler of Manchuria
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head of the Fengtian government in Manchuria ⓘ military governor of Fengtian ⓘ |
| predecessor | Qing imperial authority in Manchuria ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Manchuria
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surface form:
Northeast China
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| religion |
Confucianism
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surface form:
Confucianism (cultural)
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| spouse | Zhao Junrong ⓘ |
| successor | Zhang Xueliang ⓘ |
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: Zhang Zuolin Description of subject: Zhang Zuolin was a powerful Chinese warlord who controlled Manchuria and led the Fengtian clique during the turbulent Warlord Era of the early 20th century.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
張作霖
subject surface form:
Zhang Xueliang
subject surface form:
Zhang Xueliang
this entity surface form:
Zhang Zuolin as ruler of Manchuria
this entity surface form:
Zhang Zuolin as leader of the Fengtian clique