Peking opera
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Peking opera is a traditional Chinese theatrical art form that combines stylized singing, speech, dance, and acrobatics with elaborate costumes and symbolic makeup.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peking opera canonical | 9 |
| Jingju | 2 |
| Beijing opera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524844 — 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: Peking opera Context triple: [Tan Dun, influencedBy, Peking opera]
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A.
Cantonese opera
Cantonese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art from the Cantonese-speaking regions that combines music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and stylized acting.
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B.
China Theater
The China Theater was a major World War II military theater of operations in East Asia, where Allied forces, particularly Chinese and American, coordinated campaigns against Japanese forces.
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C.
Yingqin
Yingqin is the given name of He Yingqin, a prominent Chinese Nationalist military leader and politician of the early 20th century.
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D.
Qintai Grand Theatre
Qintai Grand Theatre is a major modern performing arts venue in Wuhan, China, known for hosting concerts, operas, and large-scale cultural events.
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E.
Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
- 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: Peking opera Target entity description: Peking opera is a traditional Chinese theatrical art form that combines stylized singing, speech, dance, and acrobatics with elaborate costumes and symbolic makeup.
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A.
Cantonese opera
Cantonese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art from the Cantonese-speaking regions that combines music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and stylized acting.
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B.
China Theater
The China Theater was a major World War II military theater of operations in East Asia, where Allied forces, particularly Chinese and American, coordinated campaigns against Japanese forces.
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C.
Yingqin
Yingqin is the given name of He Yingqin, a prominent Chinese Nationalist military leader and politician of the early 20th century.
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D.
Qintai Grand Theatre
Qintai Grand Theatre is a major modern performing arts venue in Wuhan, China, known for hosting concerts, operas, and large-scale cultural events.
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E.
Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese opera genre
ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ traditional Chinese theatrical art form ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Peking opera
ⓘ
surface form:
Beijing opera
Peking opera ⓘ
surface form:
Jingju
|
| artFormCombines |
acrobatics
ⓘ
dance ⓘ singing ⓘ speech ⓘ |
| costumeStyle | Ming dynasty style garments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| developedInCentury |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| feature |
conventionalized gestures
ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ fixed role types ⓘ stylized performance ⓘ symbolic facial makeup ⓘ |
| hasFamousPerformer |
Cheng Yanqiu
ⓘ
Mei Lanfang ⓘ Shang Xiaoyun ⓘ Xun Huisheng ⓘ |
| hasFamousSchool |
Cheng school
ⓘ
Mei school ⓘ Shang school ⓘ Xun school ⓘ |
| hasRoleType |
Chou
ⓘ
Dan ⓘ Jing ⓘ Sheng ⓘ |
| importantCulturalCenter |
Beijing
ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ Tianjin ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese film performance style
ⓘ
modern Chinese theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kunqu
ⓘ
Qinqiang ⓘ |
| majorCityOfDevelopment | Beijing ⓘ |
| makeupType | Lianpu (painted face patterns) ⓘ |
| musicalEnsembleIncludes |
jinghu
ⓘ
percussion section ⓘ yueqin ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
Huizhou opera
ⓘ
surface form:
Anhui opera
Han opera ⓘ |
| primaryDialect | Beijing dialect ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| stageFeature |
conventional entrances and exits
ⓘ
minimal props ⓘ symbolic staging ⓘ |
| typicalTheme |
historical stories
ⓘ
moral conflicts ⓘ mythological tales ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
| uses |
aria singing
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fixed melodic patterns ⓘ percussive rhythmic patterns ⓘ recitative ⓘ spoken dialogue ⓘ |
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: Peking opera Description of subject: Peking opera is a traditional Chinese theatrical art form that combines stylized singing, speech, dance, and acrobatics with elaborate costumes and symbolic makeup.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jingju
this entity surface form:
Beijing opera
this entity surface form:
Jingju