Grand Marshal of the Republic of China

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military office political office

The Grand Marshal of the Republic of China was the supreme military and political leadership title assumed by Yuan Shikai during his rule in the early Republican era.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Generalissimo of the Military Government of the Republic of China	1
Grand Marshal of the Republic of China canonical	1
中華民國大元帥	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6286949 — 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: Grand Marshal of the Republic of China
Context triple: [Yuan Shikai, positionHeld, Grand Marshal of the Republic of China]

A. Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China
The Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China is the highest-ranking military officer responsible for overseeing and coordinating the armed forces' operations and strategic planning.
B. Grand Marshal of the People's Republic of China
The Grand Marshal of the People's Republic of China was a proposed but never formally established supreme military rank that would have stood above the rank of Marshal in the early PRC military hierarchy.
C. Vice Premier of the Republic of China
The Vice Premier of the Republic of China is the second-highest executive official in Taiwan’s government, responsible for assisting the Premier in overseeing national administration and policy implementation.
D. Director-General of the Kuomintang
The Director-General of the Kuomintang is the top leadership position of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) party, historically associated with centralized authority over party policy, organization, and strategy.
E. Premier of the Republic of China
The Premier of the Republic of China is the head of government of the ROC, responsible for leading the Executive Yuan and overseeing the administration of national affairs.
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: Grand Marshal of the Republic of China
Target entity description: The Grand Marshal of the Republic of China was the supreme military and political leadership title assumed by Yuan Shikai during his rule in the early Republican era.

A. Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China
The Chief of General Staff of the Republic of China is the highest-ranking military officer responsible for overseeing and coordinating the armed forces' operations and strategic planning.
B. Grand Marshal of the People's Republic of China
The Grand Marshal of the People's Republic of China was a proposed but never formally established supreme military rank that would have stood above the rank of Marshal in the early PRC military hierarchy.
C. Vice Premier of the Republic of China
The Vice Premier of the Republic of China is the second-highest executive official in Taiwan’s government, responsible for assisting the Premier in overseeing national administration and policy implementation.
D. Director-General of the Kuomintang
The Director-General of the Kuomintang is the top leadership position of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) party, historically associated with centralized authority over party policy, organization, and strategy.
E. Premier of the Republic of China
The Premier of the Republic of China is the head of government of the ROC, responsible for leading the Executive Yuan and overseeing the administration of national affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Beiyang Government ⓘ
appointedBy	Yuan Shikai ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
dissolved	1916 ⓘ
followedBy	President of the Republic of China ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the Republic of China ⓘ
inception	1914 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Chinese ⓘ
legalForm	extra-constitutional title ⓘ
location	Peking ⓘ linked to: Beijing
militaryBranch	Beiyang Army ⓘ
nativeLabel	中華民國大元帥 ⓘ linked to: Grand Marshal of the Republic of China
officeCreatedFor	Yuan Shikai ⓘ
officeHolder	Yuan Shikai ⓘ
officeType	commander-in-chief ⓘ head of state ⓘ
precededBy	Provisional President of the Republic of China ⓘ
residence	Presidential Palace in Peking ⓘ linked to: Nanjing Presidential Palace
role	supreme military leadership title ⓘ supreme political leadership title ⓘ
significantEvent	Yuan Shikai’s attempt to restore monarchy in China ⓘ Yuan Shikai’s consolidation of power ⓘ
temporalCoverage	early 1910s in China ⓘ
usedDuring	early Republican era of China ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yuan Shikai → positionHeld → Grand Marshal of the Republic of China ⓘ

Sun I-hsien → positionHeld → Generalissimo of the Military Government of the Republic of China ⓘ

linked to: Grand Marshal of the Republic of China

Grand Marshal of the Republic of China → nativeLabel → 中華民國大元帥 ⓘ