Wei Te-sheng
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Wei Te-sheng is a Taiwanese film director best known for his epic historical drama "Seediq Bale" and for revitalizing Taiwan’s commercial cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wei Te-sheng canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778207 — 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: Wei Te-sheng Context triple: [Seediq Bale, director, Wei Te-sheng]
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A.
Chiang Hsiao-wu
Chiang Hsiao-wu was a Taiwanese politician and businessman, notable as a member of the influential Chiang family that dominated mid-20th-century Chinese and Taiwanese politics.
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B.
Tsai Kuo-jung
Tsai Kuo-jung is a Taiwanese screenwriter best known for co-writing the internationally acclaimed wuxia film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Hau Pei-tsun
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.
- 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: Wei Te-sheng Target entity description: Wei Te-sheng is a Taiwanese film director best known for his epic historical drama "Seediq Bale" and for revitalizing Taiwan’s commercial cinema.
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A.
Chiang Hsiao-wu
Chiang Hsiao-wu was a Taiwanese politician and businessman, notable as a member of the influential Chiang family that dominated mid-20th-century Chinese and Taiwanese politics.
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B.
Tsai Kuo-jung
Tsai Kuo-jung is a Taiwanese screenwriter best known for co-writing the internationally acclaimed wuxia film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Hau Pei-tsun
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | Taiwanese cinema ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song
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Golden Horse Award for Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Taiwan
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linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
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| birthDate | 1969-08-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Tainan, Taiwan
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linked to:
Tainan
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Taiwan
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linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
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| directed |
52Hz, I Love You
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Cape No. 7 ⓘ Kano ⓘ Seediq Bale ⓘ
linked to:
Seediq Bale (film)
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| genre |
drama film
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historical film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasWorkTheme |
Japanese colonial period in Taiwan
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Taiwanese history ⓘ indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ |
| influenced | revival of Taiwanese commercial film industry in the late 2000s ⓘ |
| knownFor | revitalizing Taiwan’s commercial cinema ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Mandarin Chinese
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Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| name | Wei Te-sheng ⓘ |
| nationality | Taiwanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 魏德聖 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cape No. 7
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Kano ⓘ Seediq Bale ⓘ
linked to:
Seediq Bale (film)
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| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| produced | Kano ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
directed the box-office hit Cape No. 7 in 2008
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released the epic historical drama Seediq Bale in 2011 ⓘ
linked to:
Seediq Bale (film)
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| spouse | Liao Ching-chun ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical studies on contemporary Taiwanese cinema ⓘ |
| wroteScreenplayFor |
Cape No. 7
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Kano ⓘ Seediq Bale ⓘ
linked to:
Seediq Bale (film)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wei Te-sheng Description of subject: Wei Te-sheng is a Taiwanese film director best known for his epic historical drama "Seediq Bale" and for revitalizing Taiwan’s commercial cinema.
Referenced by (4)
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