Laiyuan
E248215
Laiyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese armored cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet that fought in the First Sino-Japanese War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laiyuan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2212651 — 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: Laiyuan Context triple: [Beiyang Fleet, vessel, Laiyuan]
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A.
Lincang
Lincang is a prefecture-level city in southwestern China known for its tea production, diverse ethnic cultures, and location near the border with Myanmar.
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B.
Yuxiang
Yuxiang is a Chinese given name notably borne by the early 20th-century warlord and military leader Feng Yuxiang.
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C.
Jiyuan
Jiyuan was a protected cruiser of the late 19th-century Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, notable for its role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Changling
Changling is the largest and best-preserved mausoleum within Beijing’s Ming Tombs complex, built for the Yongle Emperor and his empress.
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E.
Kaihui
Kaihui is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Yang Kaihui, the revolutionary and early partner of Mao Zedong.
- 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: Laiyuan Target entity description: Laiyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese armored cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet that fought in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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A.
Lincang
Lincang is a prefecture-level city in southwestern China known for its tea production, diverse ethnic cultures, and location near the border with Myanmar.
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B.
Yuxiang
Yuxiang is a Chinese given name notably borne by the early 20th-century warlord and military leader Feng Yuxiang.
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C.
Jiyuan
Jiyuan was a protected cruiser of the late 19th-century Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty, notable for its role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Changling
Changling is the largest and best-preserved mausoleum within Beijing’s Ming Tombs complex, built for the Yongle Emperor and his empress.
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E.
Kaihui
Kaihui is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Yang Kaihui, the revolutionary and early partner of Mao Zedong.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Beiyang Fleet ship
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armored cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentType | naval artillery ⓘ |
| armorType | armored belt ⓘ |
| conflict | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| era | pre-dreadnought era ⓘ |
| fleet | Beiyang Fleet ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Qing dynasty
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linked to:
Qing dynasty
|
| hullType | steel hull ⓘ |
| navalTechnologyLevel | late 19th-century warship design ⓘ |
| navalTheater | First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| notableFor |
participation in the First Sino-Japanese War
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service in the Beiyang Fleet ⓘ |
| operator | Beiyang Fleet ⓘ |
| participatedIn | naval battles of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ |
| propulsionType | steam-powered ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation |
East Asia
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Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| role | capital ship of the Beiyang Fleet ⓘ |
| serviceEntryEra | late 19th century ⓘ |
| shipType | armored cruiser ⓘ |
| status | historical ship ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Imperial Chinese Navy
ⓘ
linked to:
Beiyang Fleet
|
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: Laiyuan Description of subject: Laiyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese armored cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet that fought in the First Sino-Japanese War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.