Hau Pei-tsun
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Hau Pei-tsun was a Taiwanese military general and politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China in the early 1990s and played a key role in Taiwan’s transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hau Pei-tsun canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5455199 — 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: Hau Pei-tsun Context triple: [Premier of the Republic of China, officeHolders, Hau Pei-tsun]
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A.
Tsai Chongxin
Tsai Chongxin, better known as Joe Tsai, is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group.
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B.
Chang Hsueh-liang
Chang Hsueh-liang was a prominent Chinese warlord and political figure best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to form a united front with the Communists against Japan.
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C.
Pai Chung-hsi
Pai Chung-hsi is an alternate romanization of Bai Chongxi, a prominent Chinese Muslim general and political leader of the Nationalist forces in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Lu Hao-tung
Lu Hao-tung was a Chinese revolutionary and early member of the Tongmenghui best known for creating the Blue Sky with a White Sun emblem that later became a symbol of the Republic of China.
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E.
Tsai Chao-chu
Tsai Chao-chu is the wife of Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate Yuan T. Lee.
- 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: Hau Pei-tsun Target entity description: Hau Pei-tsun was a Taiwanese military general and politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China in the early 1990s and played a key role in Taiwan’s transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.
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A.
Tsai Chongxin
Tsai Chongxin, better known as Joe Tsai, is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group.
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B.
Chang Hsueh-liang
Chang Hsueh-liang was a prominent Chinese warlord and political figure best known for his role in the 1936 Xi'an Incident, which forced Chiang Kai-shek to form a united front with the Communists against Japan.
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C.
Pai Chung-hsi
Pai Chung-hsi is an alternate romanization of Bai Chongxi, a prominent Chinese Muslim general and political leader of the Nationalist forces in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Lu Hao-tung
Lu Hao-tung was a Chinese revolutionary and early member of the Tongmenghui best known for creating the Blue Sky with a White Sun emblem that later became a symbol of the Republic of China.
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E.
Tsai Chao-chu
Tsai Chao-chu is the wife of Taiwanese chemist and Nobel laureate Yuan T. Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 100 ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Lee Teng-hui ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1919-08-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (then Japanese Taiwan) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Multiple organ failure ⓘ |
| child | Hau Lung-bin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2020-03-30 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ |
| education |
Army Command and Staff College (Republic of China)
ⓘ
Republic of China Military Academy ⓘ
linked to:
Whampoa Military Academy
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Mainlander Taiwanese
ⓘ
linked to:
Han Taiwanese
|
| honor |
Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
ⓘ
Order of the Cloud and Banner ⓘ |
| ideology | Chinese nationalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Leading Taiwan’s military modernization
ⓘ
Serving as a key figure in Taiwan’s democratization in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Mandarin Chinese
ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Republic of China Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | General ⓘ |
| name | Hau Pei-tsun ⓘ |
| nationality | Taiwanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 郝柏村 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Memoirs and writings on Taiwan’s military and political history ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
Chief of the General Staff: 1989-01-31
ⓘ
Minister of National Defense: 1990-05-31 ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China: 1993-02-10 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
Chief of the General Staff: 1981-05-16
ⓘ
Minister of National Defense: 1989-03-22 ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China: 1990-06-01 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Chinese Civil War
ⓘ
Cross-Strait military planning during the Cold War ⓘ Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
linked to:
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
|
| politicalParty | Kuomintang ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces
ⓘ
Member of the Legislative Yuan ⓘ Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China ⓘ |
| predecessor | Lee Huan (as Premier of the Republic of China) ⓘ |
| residence | Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ |
| roleIn | Taiwan’s transition from authoritarian rule to democracy ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
President Lee Teng-hui
ⓘ
linked to:
Lee Teng-hui
|
| successor |
Lien Chan (as Premier of the Republic of China)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lien Chan
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hau Pei-tsun Description of subject: Hau Pei-tsun was a Taiwanese military general and politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China in the early 1990s and played a key role in Taiwan’s transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.
Referenced by (2)
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