Zhang Xueliang
E47265
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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhang Xueliang canonical | 31 |
| Zhang Xueliang placed under house arrest | 1 |
| 张学良 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314429 — 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 Xueliang Context triple: [Second United Front, brokeredBy, Zhang Xueliang]
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A.
Li Zongren
Li Zongren was a prominent Chinese military commander and political leader of the early 20th century who played key roles in the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War, later briefly serving as acting president of the Republic of China.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Bai Chongxi
Bai Chongxi was a prominent Chinese Muslim general and strategist who played a key role in the Nationalist government’s military campaigns during the early 20th century, including the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.
- 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 Xueliang Target entity description: 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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A.
Li Zongren
Li Zongren was a prominent Chinese military commander and political leader of the early 20th century who played key roles in the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War, later briefly serving as acting president of the Republic of China.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Bai Chongxi
Bai Chongxi was a prominent Chinese Muslim general and strategist who played a key role in the Nationalist government’s military campaigns during the early 20th century, including the Northern Expedition and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was the Nationalist Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China for decades and led its forces against both Japanese invasion and Chinese Communist revolutionaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese warlord
ⓘ
human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| action |
ordered the arrest of Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an
ⓘ
withdrew Northeastern Army from Manchuria after Mukden Incident ⓘ |
| afterEvent | placed under house arrest by the Nationalist government ⓘ |
| alias |
Chang Hsueh-liang
ⓘ
The Young Marshal ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Fengtian clique
ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1901-06-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Haicheng, Liaoning, Qing Empire ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| cause | advocated a united front with the Chinese Communist Party against Japan ⓘ |
| citizenship |
China
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ |
| conflict |
Japanese occupation of Manchuria
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
|
| convertedTo | Christianity in later life ⓘ |
| date | 1936-12-12 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2001-10-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ |
| education | military training in Japan ⓘ |
| era |
Republic of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Republican era of China ⓘ
surface form:
Warlord Era in China
|
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| event |
Xi’an Incident
ⓘ
surface form:
Xi'an Incident
|
| familyName | Zhang ⓘ |
| father | Zhang Zuolin ⓘ |
| givenName | Xueliang ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detaining Chiang Kai-shek to force a united front against Japan
ⓘ
leading the Xi'an Incident in 1936 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Japanese
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| name | Zhang Xueliang self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Xi’an Incident
ⓘ
surface form:
Xi'an Incident
|
| participantIn |
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Civil War (pre–Second United Front phase)
Northern Expedition ⓘ Second United Front formation ⓘ Xi’an Incident ⓘ
surface form:
Xi'an Incident
|
| placeOfDetention |
Chongqing
ⓘ
Nanjing ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| positionHeld |
commander of the Northeastern Army
ⓘ
effective ruler of Manchuria after Zhang Zuolin ⓘ |
| releasedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Yu Fengzhi ⓘ |
| succeeded | Zhang Zuolin as leader of the Fengtian clique ⓘ |
| yearsUnderHouseArrest | over 50 years ⓘ |
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 Xueliang Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form:
Zhang Xueliang placed under house arrest
subject surface form:
Zhang Xueliang
this entity surface form:
张学良
subject surface form:
Zhang Xueliang