Shikai
E581528
Shikai is the given name of Yuan Shikai, the Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shikai canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6286929 — 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: Shikai Context triple: [Yuan Shikai, givenName, Shikai]
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A.
Asakura
Asakura is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural landscapes, historic sites, and agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables.
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B.
Hatsuzuki
Hatsuzuki was an Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki-class destroyer that saw action in World War II before being sunk during the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Shinmei
Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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D.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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E.
Shoto
Shoto is an upscale residential neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, known for its quiet streets, cultural institutions, and affluent atmosphere.
- 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: Shikai Target entity description: Shikai is the given name of Yuan Shikai, the Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China.
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A.
Asakura
Asakura is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural landscapes, historic sites, and agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables.
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B.
Hatsuzuki
Hatsuzuki was an Imperial Japanese Navy Akizuki-class destroyer that saw action in World War II before being sunk during the Battle off Cape Engaño in 1944.
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C.
Shinmei
Shinmei is a divine title associated with Emperor Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan revered as a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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D.
Shimotsuki
Shimotsuki was a Japanese destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II before being sunk in late 1944.
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E.
Shoto
Shoto is an upscale residential neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, known for its quiet streets, cultural institutions, and affluent atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Yuan Shih-kai
ⓘ
linked to:
Yuan Shikai
|
| birthDate | 1859-09-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Xiangcheng County, Henan, Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | uremia ⓘ |
| child |
Yuan Keding
ⓘ
Yuan Kewen ⓘ |
| commanded | Beiyang Army ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1916-06-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Beijing, Republic of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing
|
| education | traditional Confucian education ⓘ |
| era |
early Republic of China
ⓘ
late Qing dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Qing dynasty
|
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Yuan ⓘ |
| father | Yuan Baozhong ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Shikai ⓘ |
| languageTranscription | Chinese characters: 袁世凱 ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| monarchName | Hongxian Emperor ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attempting to restore monarchy in China
ⓘ
being the first formal president of the Republic of China ⓘ leading the Beiyang Army ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
First Sino-Japanese War
ⓘ
Xinhai Revolution ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Anyang, Henan, China
ⓘ
linked to:
Anyang
|
| politicalMovement |
Beiyang government
ⓘ
linked to:
Beiyang Government
|
| positionHeld |
Beiyang Army commander
ⓘ
linked to:
Beiyang Army
Emperor of China ⓘ President of the Republic of China ⓘ Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet of the Qing dynasty ⓘ Provisional President of the Republic of China ⓘ Viceroy of Zhili ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1916-03-22 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1915-12-12 ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| spouse | Yu Yishang ⓘ |
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: Shikai Description of subject: Shikai is the given name of Yuan Shikai, the Chinese military and political leader who became the first president of the Republic of China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.